With five nominations each, “Uncut Gems” (starring Adam Sandler) and “The Lighthouse” (starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe) are the top contenders for the 35th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, which will take place in Santa Monica, California, on February 8, 2020. IFC will have a live telecast of the show at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT. The Spirit Awards honor independently financed films that were released in U.S. cinemas the previous year.
Other major contenders are “Honey Boy” and “Give Me Liberty,” which received four nominations each. “Hustlers” and “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” received three nominations each.
Even though writer/director Noah Baumbach’s “Marriage Story” received nods for Best Feature and Best Screenplay, the movie was noticeably snubbed in the categories of Best Director, Best Male Lead (Adam Driver), Best Female Lead (Scarlett Johansson) and Best Supporting Female (Laura Dern). However, “Marriage Story” will get the Robert Altman Award (a non-competitive prize), which is given to the film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
The 2020 Film Independent Spirit Award nominees were announced on November 21, at The Line LA in Los Angeles, by Zazie Beetz and Natasha Lyonne.
Here is the complete list of nominees:
BEST FEATURE
(Award given to the producer)
A Hidden Life
Producers: Elisabeth Bentley, Dario Bergesio, Grant Hill, Josh Jeter
Clemency
Producers: Timur Bekbosunov, Julian Cautherley, Bronwyn Cornelius, Peter Wong
The Farewell
Producers: Anita Gou, Daniele Melia, Andrew Miano, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Lulu Wang, Chris Weitz, Jane Zheng
Marriage Story
Producers: Noah Baumbach, David Heyman
Uncut Gems
Producers: Eli Bush, Sebastian Bear McClard, Scott Rudin
BEST FIRST FEATURE
(Award given to the director and producer)
Booksmart
Director: Olivia Wilde
Producers: Chelsea Barnard, David Distenfeld, Jessica Elbaum, Megan Ellison, Katie Silberman
The Climb
Director: Michael Angelo Covino
Producers: Noah Lang, Kyle Marvin
Diane
Director: Kent Jones
Producers: Luca Borghese, Ben Howe, Caroline Kaplan, Oren Moverman
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Director/Producer: Joe Talbot
Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Khaliah Neal, Christina Oh
The Mustang
Director: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Producer: Ilan Goldman
See You Yesterday
Director: Stefon Bristol
Producer: Spike Lee
BEST DIRECTOR
Robert Eggers, The Lighthouse
Alma Har’el, Honey Boy
Julius Onah, Luce
Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems
Josh Safdie, Uncut Gems
Lorene Scafaria, Hustlers
BEST SCREENPLAY
Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
Jason Begue, Shawn Snyder, To Dust
Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Uncut Gems
Chinonye Chukwu, Clemency
Tarell Alvin McCraney, High Flying Bird
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Fredrica Bailey, Stefon Bristol, See You Yesterday
Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen, Driveways
Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy, Blow the Man Down
Jocelyn Deboer, Dawn Luebbe, Greener Grass
James Montague, Craig W. Sanger, The Vast of Night
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Award given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director and producer)
Burning Cane
Writer/Director/Producer: Phillip Youmans
Producers: Ojo Akinlana, Jakob Johnson, Karen Kaia Livers, Mose Mayer,
Wendell Pierce, Isaac Web, Cassandra Youmans
Colewell
Writer/Director: Tom Quinn
Producers: Joshua Blum, Alexandra Byer, Craig Shilowich, Matthew Thurm
Give Me Liberty
Writer/Director/Producer: Kirill Mikhanovsky
Writer/Producer: Alice Austen
Producers: Val Abel, Wally Hall, Michael Manasseri, George Rush, Sergey
Shtern
Premature
Writer/Director/Producer: Rashaad Ernesto Green
Writer: Zora Howard
Producers: Darren Dean, Joy Ganes
Wild Nights With Emily
Writer/Director/Producer: Madeleine Olnek
Producers: Anna Margarita Albelo, Casper Andreas, Max Rifkind-Barron
BEST MALE LEAD
Chris Galust, Give Me Liberty
Kelvin Harrison Jr., Luce
Robert Pattinson, The Lighthouse
Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
Matthias Schoenaerts, The Mustang
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Karen Allen, Colewell
Hong Chau, Driveways
Elisabeth Moss, Her Smell
Mary Kay Place, Diane
Renée Zellweger, Judy
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
Noah Jupe, Honey Boy
Shia LaBeouf, Honey Boy
Jonathan Majors, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Wendell Pierce, Burning Cane
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Taylor Russell, Waves
Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell
Lauren “Lolo” Spencer, Give Me Liberty
Octavia Spencer, Luce
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Todd Banhazl, Hustlers
Jarin Blaschke, The Lighthouse
Natasha Braier, Honey Boy
Chananun Chotrungroj, The Third Wife
Pawel Pogorzelski, Midsommer
BEST EDITING
Julie Béziau, The Third Wife
Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems
Tyler L. Cook, Sword of Trust
Louise Ford, The Lighthouse
Kirill Mikhanovsky, Give Me Liberty
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Invisible Life (Brazil)
Director: Karim Aïnouz
Les Misérables (France)
Director: Ladj Ly
Parasite (South Korea)
Director: Bong Joon Ho
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (France)
Director: Céline Sciamma
Retablo (Peru)
Director: Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio L.
The Souvenir (United Kingdom)
Director: Joanna Hogg
BEST DOCUMENTARY
(Award given to the director and producer)
American Factory
Director/Producers: Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert
Producers: Julia Parker Benello, Jeff Reichert
Apollo 11
Director/Producer: Todd Douglas Miller
Producers: Evan Krauss, Thomas Baxley Peterson
For Sama
Director: Edward Watts
Director/Producer: Waad al-Kateab
Island of the Hungry Ghosts
Director/Producer: Gabrielle Brady
Producers: Gizem Acarla, Samm Haillay, Alex Kelly, Alexander Wadouh
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Award given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)
Marriage Story
Director: Noah Baumbach
Casting Directors: Douglas Aibel, Francine Maisler
Ensemble Cast: Alan Alda, Laura Dern, Adam Driver, Julie Hagerty, Scarlett Johansson, Ray Liotta, Azhy Robertson, Merritt Wever
BONNIE AWARD SPONSORED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES
(Bonnie Tiburzi Caputo joined American Airlines in 1973 at age 24, becoming the first female pilot to fly for a major U.S. airline. In her honor, the 3rd annual Bonnie Award will recognize a mid-career female director with a $50,000 unrestricted grant, sponsored by American Airlines.)
Marielle Heller
Kelly Reichardt
Lulu Wang
PRODUCERS AWARD
(The Producers Award, now in its 23rd year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.)
Mollye Asher
Krista Parris
Ryan Zacarias
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
(The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 26th year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.)
Premature
Director: Rashaad Ernesto Green
The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Director: Joe Talbot
The Third Wife
Director: Ash Mayfair
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
(The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 25th year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.)
With three awards, including Best Feature, “If Beale Street Could Talk” was the biggest winner at the 34th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, which took place in Santa Monica, California, on February 23, 2019. IFC had a live telecast of the show, which was hosted by Aubrey Plaza. The Spirit Awards honor independently financed films that were released in U.S. cinemas the previous year.
“If Beale Street Could Talk,” based on James Baldwin’s novel of a young African-American couple who are separated after the man is falsely imprisoned for rape, also won the prizes for Best Director (for Barry Jenkins) and Best Supporting Female (Regina King).
Glenn Close won Best Female Lead for “The Wife,” while Ethan Hawke was named Best Male Lead for “First Reformed.”
“Can You Ever Forgive Me?,” based on Lee Israel’s memoir of her experiences as literary forger, won two awards: Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Male (Richard E. Grant). Luca Guadagnino’s remake of the horror movie “Suspiria” received the awards for Best Cinematography (for Sayombhu Mukdeeprom) and the Robert Altman Award, a non-competitive prize whose recipients are announced on the same day as the nominations.
Here is the complete list of winners and nominees for the 2019 Spirit Awards:
*=winner
BEST FEATURE
(Award given to the producer)
Eighth Grade
PRODUCERS: Eli Bush, Scott Rudin, Christopher Storer, Lila Yacoub
First Reformed
PRODUCERS: Jack Binder, Greg Clark, Gary Hamilton, Victoria Hill, David Hinojosa, Frank Murray, Deepak Sikka, Christine Vachon
If Beale Street Could Talk* PRODUCERS: Dede Gardner, Barry Jenkins, Jeremy Kleiner, Sara Murphy, Adele Romanski
Leave No Trace
PRODUCERS: Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman, Anne Rosellini
You Were Never Really Here
PRODUCERS: Rosa Attab, Pascal Caucheteux, Rebecca O’Brien, Lynne Ramsay, James Wilson
BEST FIRST FEATURE
(Award given to the producer and director)
Hereditary
DIRECTOR: Ari Aster
PRODUCERS: Kevin Frakes, Lars Knudsen, Buddy Patrick
Sorry to Bother You* DIRECTOR: Boots Riley PRODUCERS: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jonathan Duffy, Charles D. King, George Rush, Forest Whitaker, Kelly Williams
The Tale
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Jennifer Fox
PRODUCERS: Sol Bondy, Lawrence Inglee, Mynette Louie, Oren Moverman, Simone Pero, Reka Posta, Laura Rister, Regina K. Scully, Lynda Weinman
We the Animals
DIRECTOR: Jeremiah Zagar
PRODUCERS: Andrew Goldman, Christina D. King, Paul Mezey, Jeremy Yaches
Wildlife
DIRECTOR: Paul Dano
PRODUCERS: Andrew Duncan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riva Marker, Oren Moverman, Ann Ruark, Alex Saks
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Schrader, First Reformed Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk*
Debra Granik, Leave No Trace
Tamara Jenkins, Private Life
Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here
BEST SCREENPLAY
Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me?*
Richard Glatzer (writer, story by), Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Wash Westmoreland, Colette
Paul Schrader, First Reformed
Tamara Jenkins, Private Life
Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Quinn Shephard (writer, story by), Laurie Shephard (story by), Blame Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade*
Christina Choe, Nancy
Jennifer Fox, The Tale
Cory Finley, Thoroughbreds
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Award given to the best feature made for under $500,000; given to the writer, director and producer)
A Bread Factory
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Patrick Wang
PRODUCERS: Daryl Freimark, Matt Miller
En el Séptimo Dia* WRITER/DIRECTOR: Jim McKay PRODUCERS: Alex Bach, Lindsey Cordero, Caroline Kaplan, Michael Stipe
Never Goin’ Back
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Augustine Frizzell
PRODUCERS: Liz Cardenas, Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston
Socrates
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Alex Moratto
WRITER: Thayná Mantesso
PRODUCERS: Ramin Bahrani, Jefferson Paulino, Tammy Weiss
Thunder Road
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Jim Cummings
PRODUCERS: Natalie Metzger, Zack Parker, Benjamin Weissner
BEST MALE LEAD
Daveed Diggs, Blindspotting Ethan Hawke, First Reformed*
John Cho, Searching
Christian Malheiros, Sócrates
Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Toni Collette, Hereditary
Helena Howard, Madeline’s Madeline
Regina Hall, Support the Girls Glenn Close, The Wife*
Carey Mulligan, Wildlife
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Adam Driver, BLACKkKLANSMAN Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?*
Josh Hamilton, Eighth Grade
John David Washington, Monsters and Men
Raúl Castillo, We the Animals
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Tyne Daly, A Bread Factory Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk*
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Leave No Trace
J. Smith-Cameron, Nancy
Kayli Carter, Private Life
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ashley Connor, Madeline’s Madeline
Benjamin Loeb, Mandy Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Suspiria*
Zak Mulligan, We the Animals
Diego Garcia, Wildlife
BEST EDITING
Luke Dunkley, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill, Julian Hart, American Animals
Nick Houy, Mid90s
Anne Fabini, Alex Hall, Gary Levy, The Tale
Keiko Deguchi, Brian A. Kates, Jeremiah Zagar, We the Animals Joe Bini, You Were Never Really Here*
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Burning (South Korea)
DIRECTOR: Lee Chang-Dong
Happy as Lazzaro (Italy)
DIRECTOR: Alice Rohrwacher
Roma (Mexico)* DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón
Shoplifters (Japan)
DIRECTOR: Kore-eda Hirokazu
The Favourite (United Kingdom)
DIRECTOR: Yorgos Lanthimos
BEST DOCUMENTARY
(Award given to the director and producer)
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: RaMell Ross
PRODUCERS: Joslyn Barnes, Su Kim
Minding the Gap
DIRECTOR: Bing Liu
PRODUCER: Diane Quon
Of Fathers and Sons
DIRECTOR: Talal Derki
PRODUCERS: Hans Robert Eisenhauer, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. Siebert
On Her Shoulders
DIRECTOR: Alexandria Bombach
PRODUCERS: Hayley Pappas, Brock Williams
Shirkers
DIRECTOR: Sandi Tan
PRODUCERS: Jessica Levin, Maya Rudolph
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?* DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Morgan Neville PRODUCERS: Caryn Capotosto, Nicholas Ma
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Award given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)
Suspiria
DIRECTOR: Luca Guadagnino
CASTING DIRECTORS: Avy Kaufman, Stella Savino
ENSEMBLE CAST: Malgosia Bela, Ingrid Caven, Lutz Ebersdorf, Elena Fokina, Mia Goth, Jessica Harper, Dakota Johnson, Gala Moody, Chloë Grace Moretz, Renée Soutendijk, Tilda Swinton, Sylvie Testud, Angela Winkler
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
(The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 24th year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.)
Minding the Gap* DIRECTOR: Bing Liu
Of Fathers and Sons
DIRECTOR: Talal Derki
PRODUCERS: Hans Robert Eisenhauer, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. Siebert
On Her Shoulders
DIRECTOR: Alexandria Bombach
PRODUCERS: Hayley Pappas, Brock Williams
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
(The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 24th year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.)
Lemonade
DIRECTOR: Ioana Uricaru
Sócrates* DIRECTOR: Alex Moratto
We the Animals
DIRECTOR: Jeremiah Zagar
PRODUCERS AWARD
(The Producers Award, now in its 22nd year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.)
Jonathan Duffy and Kelly Williams
Gabrielle Nadig Shrihari Sathe*
BONNIE AWARD SPONSORED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES
(Bonnie Tiburzi Caputo joined American Airlines in 1973 at age 24, becoming the first female pilot to fly for a major U.S. airline. In her honor, the inaugural Bonnie Award will recognize a mid-career female director with a $50,000 unrestricted grant, sponsored by American Airlines.)
When it comes to awards, it’s nice to be nominated, but it’s even better to win. The year 2018 was one of the strongest in this decade for movies that have been well-received by critics and/or ticket-buying audiences. Movies from major studios that were blockbusters at the box office have become more critically acclaimed than they have been in recent years, and that means more of these types of blockbuster movies could be competing against smaller, critically acclaimed independent films for Academy Awards. Here’s a tally of the feature films released in U.S. theaters in 2018 that have gotten the most awards so far. This list, which is in alphabetical order, will be updated as more award winners are announced.
Updated: March 30, 2019
“22 July”
National Board of Review Awards
NBR Freedom of Expression Award
“American Animals”
British Independent Film Awards
Best Debut Screenwriter (Bart Layton)
Best Editing (Nick Fenton, Julian Hart, Chris Gill)
“Annihilation”
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
Best Use of Visual Effects
GALECA Dorian Awards
Visually Striking Film of the Year
Online Film Critics Society Awards
Top 10 Film of 2018
Best Visual Effects
Phoenix Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Science Fiction Film
Utah Film Critics Association
Best Original Score (Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury)
“At Eternity’s Gate”
Satellite Awards
Best Actor in a Motion Picture, Drama (Willem Dafoe)
Venice International Film Festival
Best Actor (Willem Dafoe)
“Avengers: Infinity War”
Austin Film Critics Association Awards
Best Motion Capture/Special Effects Performance (Josh Brolin)
E! People’s Choice Awards
Movie of 2018
Action Movie of 2018
Female Movie Star of 2018 (Scarlett Johansson)
Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards
Visual Effects Supervisor (Dan DeLeeuw)
Hollywood Film Awards
Hollywood Visual Effects Award (Dan DeLeeuw, Kelly Port, Russel Earl and Dan Sudick)
Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards
Best Vocal/Motion Capture Performance (Josh Brolin)
Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards
Best Visual Effects
Best Visual Effects or Animated Performance (Josh Brolin and Digital Domain)
Nevada Film Critics Society Awards
Best Visual Effects
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards
Best Visual Effects
Teen Choice Awards
Choice Action Movie
Choice Action Movie Actor (Robert Downey Jr.)
Choice Action Movie Actress (Scarlett Johansson)
Visual Effects Society Awards
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature (Thanos)
Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature (Titan)
Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards
Best Motion Capture Performance (Josh Brolin)
“The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”
Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards
Best Ensemble Acting
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
Top 10 Film of 2018
Venice International Film Festival
Best Screenplay (Joel and Ethan Coen)
“Beautiful Boy”
Hollywood Film Awards
Hollywood Supporting Actor Award (Timothée Chalamet)
Hollywood Breakthrough Director (Felix Van Groeningen)
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Spotlight Award, Actor (Timothée Chalamet)
“Believer”
GLAAD Media Awards
Outstanding Documentary
Hollywood Film Awards
Hollywood Documentary Award
“Ben Is Back”
Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards
Best Performance by an Actor 23 and Under (Lucas Hedges) – tie with Alex Wolff of “Hereditary”
“BlacKkKlansman”
AARP’s Movies for Grownups Awards
Best Director (Spike Lee)
Academy Awards
Best Adapted Screenplay (Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee)
African American Film Critics Association
Best Actor (John David Washington)
Best Screenplay (Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee)
American Film Institute (AFI) Awards
AFI Top 10 Movie of the Year
Atlanta Film Critics Association Awards
Top 10 Film of 2018
BAFTA Awards
Best Adapted Screenplay (Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee)
Cannes International Film Festival
Grand Prix Award
Capri, Hollywood – The International Film Festival
Best Adapted Screenplay (Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee)
Casting Society of America Awards
Best Studio or Independent Drama: Kim Taylor-Coleman
Columbus Film Critics Association Awards
Best Adapted Screenplay (Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee)
Georgia Film Critics Association Awards
Best Adapted Screenplay (Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee)
Hamilton Behind the Camera Awards
Best Editor (Barry Alexander Brown)
Hollywood Film Awards
Hollywood Breakthrough Actor (John David Washington)
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Adapted Screenplay (Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee)
Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards
Top 10 Film of 2018
Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society Awards
Best Male Director (Spike Lee)
Nevada Film Critics Society Awards
Best Director (Spike Lee)
Oklahoma Film Critics Circle Awards
Top 10 Film of 2018
Best Adapted Screenplay
Online Film Critics Society Awards
Top 10 Film of 2018
Best Adapted Screenplay (Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee)
Palm Springs International Film Festival
Career Achievement Award (Spike Lee)
San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Director (Spike Lee)
Best Adapted Screenplay (Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee)
Best Original Score (Terence Blanchard)
Satellite Awards
Best Independent Motion Picture
Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards
Top 10 Film of 2018
Best Adapted Screenplay (Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Willmott and Spike Lee)
St. Louis Film Critics Association Awards
Best Director (Spike Lee)
Best Adapted Screenplay (Charlie Wachtel, David Rabinowitz, Kevin Wilmmott and Spike Lee)
Best Original Score (Terence Blanchard)
“Black Panther”
Academy Awards
Best Costume Design (Ruth Carter)
Best Production Design (Hannah Beachler)
Best Original Score (LudwigGöransson)
African American Film Critics Association
Best Film
Best Director (Ryan Coogler)
Best Song (“All the Stars”)
Alliance of Women Film Journalists EDA Awards
Best Ensemble Cast
Outstanding Achievement by a Woman in the Film Industry (cinematographer Rachel Morrison)
Art Directors Guild Awards
Best Production Design for a Fantasy Film (Hannah Beachler)
American Film Institute (AFI) Awards
AFI Movie of the Year
Atlanta Film Critics Association Awards
Top 10 Film of 2018
BAFTA Awards
Best Special Visual Effects
BET Awards
Best Movie
Black Film Critics Circle Awards
Best Picture
Best Director (Ryan Coogler)
Best Ensemble
Black Reel Awards
Outstanding Picture
Outstanding Director (Ryan Coogler)
Outstanding Actor (Chadwick Boseman)
Outstanding Supporting Actor (Michael B. Jordan)
Outstanding Ensemble
Outstanding Original Song (“All the Stars”)
Outstanding Breakthrough Actor, Male (Winston Duke)
With five nominations, including Best First Feature, “We the Animals” is the leading contender at the 34th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, which will take place in Santa Monica, California, on February 23, 2019. IFC will have a live telecast of the show at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT. The Spirit Awards honor independently financed films that were released in U.S. cinemas the previous year.
Other major contenders are “Eighth Grade,” “First Reformed” and “You Were Never Really Here,” which received four nominations each. “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “Leave No Trace,” “Private Life” and “Wildlife” received three nominations each.
Here is the complete list of nominees for the 2018 Spirit Awards:
BEST FEATURE
(Award given to the producer)
Eighth Grade
PRODUCERS: Eli Bush, Scott Rudin, Christopher Storer, Lila Yacoub
First Reformed
PRODUCERS: Jack Binder, Greg Clark, Gary Hamilton, Victoria Hill, David Hinojosa, Frank Murray, Deepak Sikka, Christine Vachon
If Beale Street Could Talk
PRODUCERS: Dede Gardner, Barry Jenkins, Jeremy Kleiner, Sara Murphy, Adele Romanski
Leave No Trace
PRODUCERS: Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman, Anne Rosellini
You Were Never Really Here
PRODUCERS: Rosa Attab, Pascal Caucheteux, Rebecca O’Brien, Lynne Ramsay, James Wilson
BEST FIRST FEATURE
(Award given to the producer and director)
Hereditary
DIRECTOR: Ari Aster
PRODUCERS: Kevin Frakes, Lars Knudsen, Buddy Patrick
Sorry to Bother You
DIRECTOR: Boots Riley
PRODUCERS: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jonathan Duffy, Charles D. King, George Rush, Forest Whitaker, Kelly Williams
The Tale
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Jennifer Fox
PRODUCERS: Sol Bondy, Lawrence Inglee, Mynette Louie, Oren Moverman, Simone Pero, Reka Posta, Laura Rister, Regina K. Scully, Lynda Weinman
We the Animals
DIRECTOR: Jeremiah Zagar
PRODUCERS: Andrew Goldman, Christina D. King, Paul Mezey, Jeremy Yaches
Wildlife
DIRECTOR: Paul Dano
PRODUCERS: Andrew Duncan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riva Marker, Oren Moverman, Ann Ruark, Alex Saks
BEST DIRECTOR
Paul Schrader, First Reformed
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Debra Granik, Leave No Trace
Tamara Jenkins, Private Life
Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here
BEST SCREENPLAY
Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Richard Glatzer (writer, story by), Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Wash Westmoreland, Colette
Paul Schrader, First Reformed
Tamara Jenkins, Private Life
Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Quinn Shephard (writer, story by), Laurie Shephard (story by), Blame
Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade
Christina Choe, Nancy
Jennifer Fox, The Tale
Cory Finley, Thoroughbreds
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Award given to the best feature made for under $500,000; given to the writer, director and producer)
A Bread Factory
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Patrick Wang
PRODUCERS: Daryl Freimark, Matt Miller
En el Séptimo Dia
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Jim McKay
PRODUCERS: Alex Bach, Lindsey Cordero, Caroline Kaplan, Michael Stipe
Never Goin’ Back
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Augustine Frizzell
PRODUCERS: Liz Cardenas, Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston
Socrates
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Alex Moratto
WRITER: Thayná Mantesso
PRODUCERS: Ramin Bahrani, Jefferson Paulino, Tammy Weiss
Thunder Road
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Jim Cummings
PRODUCERS: Natalie Metzger, Zack Parker, Benjamin Weissner
BEST MALE LEAD
Daveed Diggs, Blindspotting
Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
John Cho, Searching
Christian Malheiros, Sócrates
Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Toni Collette, Hereditary
Helena Howard, Madeline’s Madeline
Regina Hall, Support the Girls
Glenn Close, The Wife
Carey Mulligan, Wildlife
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Adam Driver, BLACKkKLANSMAN
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Josh Hamilton, Eighth Grade
John David Washington, Monsters and Men
Raúl Castillo, We the Animals
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Tyne Daly, A Bread Factory
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Leave No Trace
J. Smith-Cameron, Nancy
Kayli Carter, Private Life
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ashley Connor, Madeline’s Madeline
Benjamin Loeb, Mandy
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Suspiria
Zak Mulligan, We the Animals
Diego Garcia, Wildlife
BEST EDITING
Luke Dunkley, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill, Julian Hart, American Animals
Nick Houy, Mid90s
Anne Fabini, Alex Hall, Gary Levy, The Tale
Keiko Deguchi, Brian A. Kates, Jeremiah Zagar, We the Animals
Joe Bini, You Were Never Really Here
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Burning (South Korea)
DIRECTOR: Lee Chang-Dong
Happy as Lazzaro (Italy)
DIRECTOR: Alice Rohrwacher
Roma (Mexico)
DIRECTOR: Alfonso Cuarón
Shoplifters (Japan)
DIRECTOR: Kore-eda Hirokazu
The Favourite (United Kingdom)
DIRECTOR: Yorgos Lanthimos
BEST DOCUMENTARY
(Award given to the director and producer)
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: RaMell Ross
PRODUCERS: Joslyn Barnes, Su Kim
Minding the Gap
DIRECTOR: Bing Liu
PRODUCER: Diane Quon
Of Fathers and Sons
DIRECTOR: Talal Derki
PRODUCERS: Hans Robert Eisenhauer, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. Siebert
On Her Shoulders
DIRECTOR: Alexandria Bombach
PRODUCERS: Hayley Pappas, Brock Williams
Shirkers
DIRECTOR: Sandi Tan
PRODUCERS: Jessica Levin, Maya Rudolph
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Morgan Neville
PRODUCERS: Caryn Capotosto, Nicholas Ma
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Award given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)
Suspiria
DIRECTOR: Luca Guadagnino
CASTING DIRECTORS: Avy Kaufman, Stella Savino
ENSEMBLE CAST: Malgosia Bela, Ingrid Caven, Lutz Ebersdorf, Elena Fokina, Mia Goth, Jessica Harper, Dakota Johnson, Gala Moody, Chloë Grace Moretz, Renée Soutendijk, Tilda Swinton, Sylvie Testud, Angela Winkler
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
(The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 24th year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.)
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
DIRECTOR: RaMell Ross
Minding the Gap
DIRECTOR: Bing Liu
On Her Shoulders
DIRECTOR: Alexandria Bombach
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
(The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 24th year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.)
Lemonade
DIRECTOR: Ioana Uricaru
Sócrates
DIRECTOR: Alex Moratto
We the Animals
DIRECTOR: Jeremiah Zagar
PRODUCERS AWARD
(The Producers Award, now in its 22nd year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.)
Jonathan Duffy and Kelly Williams
Gabrielle Nadig
Shrihari Sathe
BONNIE AWARD SPONSORED BY AMERICAN AIRLINES
(Bonnie Tiburzi Caputo joined American Airlines in 1973 at age 24, becoming the first female pilot to fly for a major U.S. airline. In her honor, the inaugural Bonnie Award will recognize a mid-career female director with a $50,000 unrestricted grant, sponsored by American Airlines.)
Writer/director/producer Jordan Peele on the set of “Get Out” (Photo by Jason Lubin)
Jordan Peele’s critically acclaimed horror film “Get Out” won the top two prizes (Best Feature and Best Director) at the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, which took place in Santa Monica, California, on March 3, 2018. IFC had a live telecast of the show, which was hosted or the second year in a row by Nick Kroll and John Mulaney. The Spirit Awards honor independently financed films that were released in U.S. cinemas the previous year. “Get Out,” which is also a commentary on race relations in the U.S., is the first feature film written and directed by Peele, who is also one of the producers of the movie.
Other films that won two awards each at the show were “Three Billboard Outside Ebbing Missouri,” “Call Me by Your Name” and “I, Tonya.”
Here is the complete list of winners and nominees for the 2018 Spirit Awards:
*=winner
BEST FEATURE
(Award given to the producer)
Call Me By Your Name
PRODUCERS: Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Rodgrigo Teixeira, Marco Morabito, James Ivory, Howard Rosenman
The Florida Project
PRODUCERS: Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch, Kevin Chinoy, Andrew Duncan, Alex Saks, Francesca Silvestri, Shih-Ching Tsou
Get Out* PRODUCERS: Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr., Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele
Lady Bird
PRODUCERS: Eli Bush, Evelyn O’Neill, Scott Rudin
Columbus
DIRECTOR: Kogonada
PRODUCERS: Danielle Renfrew Behrens, Aaron Boyd, Giulia Caruso, Ki Jin Kim, Andrew Miano, Chris Weitz
Ingrid Goes West* DIRECTOR: Matt Spicer PRODUCERS: Jared Goldman, Adam Mirels, Robert Mirels, Aubrey Plaza, Tim White, Trevor White
Menashe
DIRECTOR: Joshua Z. Weinstein
PRODUCERS: Yoni Brook, Traci Carlson, Daniel Finkelman, Alex Lipschultz
Oh Lucy!
DIRECTOR: Atsuko Hirayanagi
PRODUCERS: Jessica Elbaum, Yukie Kito, Han West
Patti Cake$
DIRECTOR: Geremy Jasper
PRODUCERS: Chris Columbus, Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Noah Stahl, Rodrigo Teixeira
BEST DIRECTOR
Sean Baker, The Florida Project
Jonas Carpignano, A Ciambra
Luca Guadagnino, Call Me by Your Name Jordan Peele, Get Out*
Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Good Time
Chloé Zhao, The Rider
BEST SCREENPLAY
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird*
Azazel Jacobs, The Lovers
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Mike White, Beatriz at Dinner
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Kris Avedisian, Kyle Espeleta (story by), Jesse Wakeman (story by), Donald Cried Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick*
Ingrid Jungermann, Women Who Kill
Kogonada, Columbus
David Smith, Matt Spicer, Ingrid Goes West
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Award given to the best feature made for under $500,000; given to the writer, director and producer)
Dayveon
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Amman Abbasi
WRITER: Steven Reneau
PRODUCERS: Lachion Buckingham, Alexander Uhlmann
A Ghost Story
WRITER/DIRECTOR: David Lowery
PRODUCERS: Adam Donaghey, Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston
Life and Nothing More* WRITER/DIRECTOR: Antonio Méndez Esparza PRODUCERS: Amadeo Hernández Bueno, Alvaro Portanet Hernández, Pedro Hernández Santos
Most Beautiful Island
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Ana Asensio
PRODUCERS: Larry Fessenden, Noah Greenberg, Chadd Harbold, Jenn Wexler
The Transfiguration
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Michael O’Shea
PRODUCER: Susan Leber
BEST MALE LEAD
Harris Dickinson, Beach Rats Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name*
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Robert Pattinson, Good Time
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Salma Hayek, Beatriz at Dinner Frances McDormand, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri*
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Regina Williams, Life and Nothing More
Shinobu Terajima, Oh Lucy!
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Nnamdi Asomugha, Crown Heights
Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name
Barry Keoghan, The Killing of a Sacred Deer Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri*
Benny Safdie, Good Time
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Holly Hunter, The Big Sick Allison Janney, I, Tonya*
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Lois Smith, Marjorie Prime
Taliah Lennice Webster, Good Time
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Thimios Bakatakis, The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Elisha Christian, Columbus
Hélène Louvart, Beach Rats Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Call Me by Your Name*
Joshua James Richards, The Rider
BEST EDITING
Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie, Good Time
Walter Fasano, Call Me by Your Name
Alex O’Flinn, The Rider
Gregory Plotkin, Get Out Tatiana S. Riegel, I, Tonya*
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
BPM (Beats Per Minute) (France)
DIRECTOR: Robin Campillo
A Fantastic Woman (Chile)* DIRECTOR: Sebastián Lelio
I Am Not a Witch (UK)
DIRECTOR: Rungano Nyoni
Lady MacBeth (UK)
DIRECTOR: William Oldroyd
Loveless (Russia)
DIRECTOR: Andrey Zvyagintsev
BEST DOCUMENTARY
(Award given to the director and producer)
The Departure
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Lana Wilson
Faces Places* DIRECTORS: Agnés Varda, JR PRODUCER: Rosalie Varda
Last Men in Aleppo
DIRECTOR: Feras Fayyad
PRODUCERS: Kareem Abeed, Steen Jespersen, Stefan Kloos
Motherland
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Ramona S. Diaz
PRODUCER: Rey Cuerdo
Quest
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Olshefski
PRODUCER: Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Award given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)
Mudbound
DIRECTOR: Dee Rees
CASTING DIRECTORS: Billy Hopkins, Ashley Ingram
ENSEMBLE CAST: Jonathan Banks, Mary J. Blige, Jason Clarke, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Rob Morgan, Carey Mulligan
JEEP TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
(The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 23rd year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant sponsored by the Jeep brand.)
The Cage Fighter
DIRECTOR: Jeff Unay
Distant Constellation
DIRECTOR: Shevaun Mizrahi
Quest* DIRECTOR: Jonathan Olshefski
KIEHL’S SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
(The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 24th year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant sponsored by Kiehl’s Since 1851.)
Dayveon
DIRECTOR: Amman Abbasi
Gook* DIRECTOR: Justin Chon
Super Dark Times
DIRECTOR: Kevin Phillips
PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
(The Producers Award, now in its 21st year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant sponsored by Piaget.)
Giulia Caruso & Ki Jin Kim
Ben LeClair Summer Shelton*
AMERICAN AIRLINES BONNIE AWARD
(Bonnie Tiburzi Caputo joined American Airlines in 1973 at age 24, becoming the first female pilot to fly for a major U.S. airline. In her honor, the inaugural Bonnie Award will recognize a mid-career female director with a $50,000 unrestricted grant, sponsored by American Airlines.)
With six nominations, the coming-of-age drama “Call Me By Your Name” is the leading contender at the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, which will take place in Santa Monica, California, on March 3, 2018. IFC will have a live telecast of the show, which will be hosted or the second year in a row by Nick Kroll and John Mulaney. The Spirit Awards honor independently financed films that were released in U.S. cinemas the previous year.
“Get Out” and “Good Time” received five nominations each, while “Lady Bird” and “The Rider” garnered four nominations each.
Here is the complete list of nominees for the 2018 Spirit Awards:
BEST FEATURE
(Award given to the producer)
Call Me By Your Name
PRODUCERS: Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Rodgrigo Teixeira, Marco Morabito, James Ivory, Howard Rosenman
The Florida Project
PRODUCERS: Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch, Kevin Chinoy, Andrew Duncan, Alex Saks, Francesca Silvestri, Shih-Ching Tsou
Get Out
PRODUCERS: Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr., Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele
Lady Bird
PRODUCERS: Eli Bush, Evelyn O’Neill, Scott Rudin
Columbus
DIRECTOR: Kogonada
PRODUCERS: Danielle Renfrew Behrens, Aaron Boyd, Giulia Caruso, Ki Jin Kim, Andrew Miano, Chris Weitz
Ingrid Goes West
DIRECTOR: Matt Spicer
PRODUCERS: Jared Goldman, Adam Mirels, Robert Mirels, Aubrey Plaza, Tim White, Trevor White
Menashe
DIRECTOR: Joshua Z. Weinstein
PRODUCERS: Yoni Brook, Traci Carlson, Daniel Finkelman, Alex Lipschultz
Oh Lucy!
DIRECTOR: Atsuko Hirayanagi
PRODUCERS: Jessica Elbaum, Yukie Kito, Han West
Patti Cake$
DIRECTOR: Geremy Jasper
PRODUCERS: Chris Columbus, Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Noah Stahl, Rodrigo Teixeira
BEST DIRECTOR
Sean Baker, The Florida Project
Jonas Carpignano, A Ciambra
Luca Guadagnino, Call Me by Your Name
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Good Time
Chloé Zhao, The Rider
BEST SCREENPLAY
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
Azazel Jacobs, The Lovers
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Mike White, Beatriz at Dinner
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Kris Avedisian, Kyle Espeleta (story by), Jesse Wakeman (story by), Donald Cried
Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick
Ingrid Jungermann, Women Who Kill
Kogonada, Columbus
David Smith, Matt Spicer, Ingrid Goes West
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Award given to the best feature made for under $500,000; given to the writer, director and producer)
Dayveon
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Amman Abbasi
WRITER: Steven Reneau
PRODUCERS: Lachion Buckingham, Alexander Uhlmann
A Ghost Story
WRITER/DIRECTOR: David Lowery
PRODUCERS: Adam Donaghey, Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston
Life and Nothing More
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Antonio Méndez Esparza
PRODUCERS: Amadeo Hernández Bueno, Alvaro Portanet Hernández, Pedro Hernández Santos
Most Beautiful Island
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Ana Asensio
PRODUCERS: Larry Fessenden, Noah Greenberg, Chadd Harbold, Jenn Wexler
The Transfiguration
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Michael O’Shea
PRODUCER: Susan Leber
BEST MALE LEAD
Harris Dickinson, Beach Rats
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Robert Pattinson, Good Time
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Salma Hayek, Beatriz at Dinner
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Regina Williams, Life and Nothing More
Shinobu Terajima, Oh Lucy!
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Nnamdi Asomugha, Crown Heights
Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name
Barry Keoghan, The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Benny Safdie, Good Time
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
Allison Janney, I, Tonya
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Lois Smith, Marjorie Prime
Taliah Lennice Webster, Good Time
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Thimios Bakatakis, The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Elisha Christian, Columbus
Hélène Louvart, Beach Rats
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Call Me by Your Name
Joshua James Richards, The Rider
BEST EDITING
Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie, Good Time
Walter Fasano, Call Me by Your Name
Alex O’Flinn, The Rider
Gregory Plotkin, Get Out
Tatiana S. Riegel, I, Tonya
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
BPM (Beats Per Minute) (France)
DIRECTOR: Robin Campillo
A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
DIRECTOR: Sebastián Lelio
I Am Not a Witch (UK)
DIRECTOR: Rungano Nyoni
Lady MacBeth (UK)
DIRECTOR: William Oldroyd
Loveless (Russia)
DIRECTOR: Andrey Zvyagintsev
BEST DOCUMENTARY
(Award given to the director and producer)
The Departure
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Lana Wilson
Faces Places
DIRECTORS: Agnés Varda, JR
PRODUCER: Rosalie Varda
Last Men in Aleppo
DIRECTOR: Feras Fayyad
PRODUCERS: Kareem Abeed, Steen Jespersen, Stefan Kloos
Motherland
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Ramona S. Diaz
PRODUCER: Rey Cuerdo
Quest
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Olshefski
PRODUCER: Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Award given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)
Mudbound
DIRECTOR: Dee Rees
CASTING DIRECTORS: Billy Hopkins, Ashley Ingram
ENSEMBLE CAST: Jonathan Banks, Mary J. Blige, Jason Clarke, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Rob Morgan, Carey Mulligan
JEEP TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
(The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 23rd year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant sponsored by the Jeep brand.)
The Cage Fighter
DIRECTOR: Jeff Unay
Distant Constellation
DIRECTOR: Shevaun Mizrahi
Quest
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Olshefski
KIEHL’S SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
(The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 24th year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant sponsored by Kiehl’s Since 1851.)
Dayveon
DIRECTOR: Amman Abbasi
Gook
DIRECTOR: Justin Chon
Super Dark Times
DIRECTOR: Kevin Phillips
PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
(The Producers Award, now in its 21st year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant sponsored by Piaget.)
Giulia Caruso & Ki Jin Kim
Ben LeClair
Summer Shelton
AMERICAN AIRLINES BONNIE AWARD
(Bonnie Tiburzi Caputo joined American Airlines in 1973 at age 24, becoming the first female pilot to fly for a major U.S. airline. In her honor, the inaugural Bonnie Award will recognize a mid-career female director with a $50,000 unrestricted grant, sponsored by American Airlines.)