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Independent Spirit Awards

The Independent Spirit Awards are dedicated to independent filmmakers. Presented by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers, winners are announced the night before the annual Academy Awards.

 

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38th Independent Spirit Awards: Nominees-Films Released in 2022

After Yang movie posterBodies Bodies Bodies movie posterEverything Everywhere All at Once movie posterTar movie posterWomen Talking movie poster

 

 

 

Best Feature

Bones and All

Everything Everywhere All at Once; eVideo;

DVD 22124; HDDVD 958

Our Father, the Devil

Tár; DVD 22721; HDDVD 960

Women Talking, eVideo; DVD 22798

 

 

Best Director

Todd Field, Tár; DVD 22721; HDDVD 960

Kogonda, After Yang; DVD 22118

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere

All at Once; eVideo; DVD 22124; HDDVD 958

Sarah Polley, Women Talking; eVideo; DVD 22798

Halina Reijn, Bodies Bodies Bodies; DVD 22568

 

 

Best Lead Performance

Cate Blanchett, Tár; DVD 22721; HDDVD 960

Dale Dickey, A Love Song

Mia Goth, Pearl; DVD 22678

Regina Hall, Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul;

DVD 22635

Paul Mescal, Aftersun

Aubrey Plaza, Emily the Criminal; DVD 22693

Jeremy Pope, The Inspection; DVD 22784

Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie

Taylor Russell, Bones and All

Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once; 

eVideoDVD 22124; HDDVD 958

 

 

Best Supporting Performance 

Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once;

eVideo; DVD 22124; HDDVD 958

Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway

Nina Hoss, Tár; DVD 22721; HDDVD 960

Brian d'Arcy James, The Cathedral

Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once;

eVideo; DVD 22124; HDDVD 958

Trevante Rhodes, Bruiser

Theo Rossi, Emily the Criminal; DVD 22693

Mark Rylance, Bones and All

Jonathan Tucker, Palm Trees and Power Lines

Gabrielle Union, The Inspection; DVD 22784

 

 

Best First Feature

Aftersun

Emily the Criminal, DVD 22693

The Inspection, DVD 22784

Murina

Palm Trees and Power Lines

 

 

 

Best Screenplay

After Yang, DVD 22118

Catherine Called Birdy

Everything Everywhere All at Once, eVideo;

DVD 22124HDDVD 958

Tár; DVD 22721; HDDVD 960

Women Talking, eVideo; DVD 22798

 

Best Documentary Feature

All That Breathes

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

A House Made of Splinters

Midwives

Riotsville, U.S.A.

 

 

 

Best International Film

Corsage (Austria/Belgium/England/France/Italy/

Luxembourg)

Joyland (Pakistan/USA)

Leonor Will Never Die (Philippines)

Return to Seoul (Belgium/France/Romania/

South Korea)

Saint Omer (France)

37th Independent Spirit Awards: Nominees-Films Released in 2021

Zola movie posterRed Rocket posterCODA movie poster (Italy)Drive My Car movie posterSummer of Soul movie poster

 

 

 

Best Feature

A Chiara

C'mon C'mon, DVD 22127

The Lost Daughter

The Novice, DVD 22148

Zola, DVD 22164

 

Best Director

Janzica Bravo, Zola; DVD 22164

Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter

Lauren Hadaway, The Novice; DVD 22148

Mike Mills, C'mon C'mon; DVD 22127

Ninja Thyberg, Pleasure

 

 

 

Best Male Lead

Clifton Collins, Jr. Jockey; DVD 22224

Frankie Faison, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

Michael Greyeyes, Wild Indian

Udo Kier, Swan Song; DVD 22407

Simon Rex, Red Rocket; DVD 22152

 

 

 

Best Female Lead

Isabelle Fuhrman, The Novice; DVD 22148

Brittany S. Hall, Test Pattern

Patti Harrison, Together, Together; DVD 22556

Taylour Paige, Zola; DVD 22164

Kali Reis, Catch the Fair One; DVD 22212

 

 

Best Supporting Male

Colman Domingo, Zola; DVD 22164

Meeko Gattuso, Queen of Glory; DVD 22748

Troy Kotsur, CODA; DVD 22641**

Will Patton, Sweet Thing

Chaske Spencer, Wild Indian

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Best Supporting Female

Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter

Amy Forsyth, The Novice; DVD 22148

Ruth Negga, Passing

Revika Reustle, Pleasure

Suzanna Son, Red Rocket; DVD 22152

 

 

Best First Feature

7 Days

Holler, DVD 22187

Queen of Glory, DVD 22748

Test Pattern

Wild Indian

 

Best Screenplay

C'mon, C'mon, DVD 22127

The Lost Daughter

Swan Song, DVD 22407

Together Together, DVD 22556

Zola, DVD 22164

 

 

 

Best Documentary Feature

Ascension, DVD 22513

Flee, eVideo; HDDVD 910

In the Same Breath, eVideo

Procession

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution

Could Not Be Televised), DVD 22155

 

 

 

Best International Film

Compartment No. 6 (Estonia/Finland/Germany/

Russia)

Drive My Car (Japan), DVD 22184

Parallel Mothers (Spain), DVD 22202

Petite Maman (France)

Prayers for the Stolen (Mexico)

36th Independent Spirit Awards: Nominees-Films Released in 2020

Sound of Metal Criterion Collection cover

 

Best Feature

First Cow, eVideo; DVD 22309; HDDVD 915

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Minari, eVideo; DVD 22540

Never Rarely Sometimes Always, DVD 22542

Nomadland, HDDVD 911

 

 

 

Best Director

Lee Isaac Chung, Minari; eVideo; DVD 22540

Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman;

DVD 22204

Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always;

DVD 22542

Kelly Reichardt, First Cow; eVideo; DVD 22309;

HDDVD 915

Chloé Zhao, Nomadland; HDDVD 911

 

Best Male Lead

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal; DVD 22503

Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Adarsh Gourav, The White Tiger

Rob Morgan, Bull; DVD 22516

Steven Yeun, Minari; eVideo; DVD 22540

 

 

 

 

Best Female Lead

Nicole Beharie, Miss Juneteenth

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always;

DVD 22542

Julia Garner, The Assistant; DVD 22167

Frances McDormand, Nomadland; HDDVD 911

Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman;

DVD 22204

 

 

Best Supporting Male

Colman Domingo, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Orion Lee, First Cow; eVideo; DVD 22309; HDDVD 915

Paul Raci, Sound of Metal; DVD 22503

Glynn Turman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Benedict Wong, Nine Days; DVD 22145

 

 

 

Best Supporting Female

Alexis Chikaeze, Miss Juneteenth

Yeri Han, Minari; eVideo; DVD 22540

Valerie Mahaffey, French Exit; DVD 22524

Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always;

DVD 22542

Youn, Yuh-jung, Minari; eVideo; DVD 22540

 

 

Best First Feature

The Forty-Year-Old Version

I Carry You With Me. DVD 22388

Nine Days, DVD 22145

Miss Juneteenth

Sound of Metal, DVD 22503

 

Best Screenplay

Bad Education, DVD 22514

The Half of It

Minari, eVideo; DVD 22540

Never Rarely Sometimes Always, DVD 22542

Promising Young Woman, DVD 22204

 

Best Documentary Feature

Collective, DVD 22571

Crip Camp

Dick Johnson is Dead, DVD 22181

The Mole Agent

Time, DVD 22361

 

 

Best International Film

Bacurau (Brazil), eVideo; HDDVD 908

The Disciple (India)

Night of the Kings (Ivory Coast)

Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Preparations to be Together for an

Unknown Period of Time (Hungary)

35th Independent Spirit Awards: Nominees-Films Released in 2019

 

Best Feature

Clemency, DVD 22178

The Farewell, eVideo; DVD 21251; HDDVD 778 

A Hidden Life, DVD 21995; HDDVD 859

Marriage Story 

Uncut Gems, DVD 22054; HDDVD 874

Best Director

Robert Eggers, The Lighthouse; DVD 21781; HDDVD 813

Alma Har'el, Honey Boy

Julius Onah, Luce; DVD 21419

Benny Safdie & Joshua Safdie, Uncut Gems; DVD 22054;

HDDVD 874

Lorene Scafaria, Hustlers; DVD 21628HDDVD 806

 

 

Best Male Lead

Chris Galust, Give Me Liberty; DVD 21776

Kelvin Harrison Jr., Luce; DVD 21419

Robert Pattinson, The Lighthouse; DVD 21781; HDDVD 813

Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems; DVD 22054; HDDVD 874

Matthias Schoenaerts, The Mustang; DVD 20968

 

 

 

Best Female Lead

Karen Allen, Colewell

Hong Chau, Driveways

Elisabeth Moss, Her Smell; DVD 21216

Mary Kay Place, Diane

Alfre Woodard, Clemency; DVD 22178

Renée Zellweger, Judy; DVD 21635; HDDVD 809

 

 

Best Supporting Male

Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse; DVD 21781; HDDVD 813

Noah Jupe, Honey Boy

Shia LaBeouf, Honey Boy

Jonathan Majors, The Last Black Man in

San Francisco; DVD 21253; HDDVD 780

Wendell Pierce, Burning Cane

 

 

 

Best Supporting Female

Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers; DVD 21628; HDDVD 806

Taylor Russell, Waves; DVD 21963

Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell; eVideo; DVD 21251;

HDDVD 778

Lauren "Lolo" Spencer, Give Me Liberty; DVD 21776

Octavia Spencer, Luce; DVD 21419

 

 

 

Best First Feature

Booksmart, DVD 21248; HDDVD 751

The Climb

Diane

The Last Black Man in San Francisco, DVD 21253;

HDDVD 780

The Mustang, DVD 20968

See You Yesterday

Best Screenplay

Clemency, DVD 22178

High Flying Bird

Marriage Story

To Dust, DVD 21086

Uncut Gems, DVD 22054; HDDVD 874

 

Best Documentary Feature

American Factory

Apollo 11, DVD 21014; HDDVD 665

For Sama, DVD 21654

Honeyland, DVD 21752

Island of the Hungry Ghosts, eVideo

 

 

Best International Film

The Invisible Life of Eurídice Gusmão (Brazil)

Les Misérables (France)

Parasite (South Korea), DVD 21978; HDDVD 839

Retablo (Peru), DVD 21728

Portrait of a Lady on Fire (France)

The Souvenir (United Kingdom), DVD 21290