2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards, unveiled this morning at The Jeremy hotel in West Hollywood, this year’s Spirit Award nominees represent a true uniqueness of vision and innovation in visual storytelling. [by Matt Warren] https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/drumroll-2018-film-independent-spirit-award-nominees/
BEST FEATURE
(Award given to the producer)
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME [In theaters/DVD-3/13/18]
THE FLORIDA PROJECT [On DVD now!]
LADY BIRD [In theaters]
THE RIDER [TBA]
GET OUT [On DVD] -WINNER!!
PRODUCERS: Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr., Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele
BEST FIRST FEATURE
(Award given to the producer and director)
COLUMBUS
MENASHE
OH LUCY!
PATTI CAKE$
INGRID GOES WEST [On DVD] -WINNER!!
DIRECTOR: Matt Spicer//PRODUCERS: Jared Goldman, Adam Mirels, Robert Mirels, Aubrey Plaza, Tim White, Trevor White
BEST DIRECTOR
Sean Baker, The Florida Project
Jonas Carpignano, A Ciambra
Luca Guadagnino, Call Me by Your Name
Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Good Time
Chloé Zhao, The Rider
Jordan Peele, Get Out [On DVD] -WINNER!!
BEST MALE LEAD
Harris Dickinson, Beach Rats
Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
Robert Pattinson, Good Time
James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name [In theaters/DVD-3/13/18] -WINNER!!
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Salma Hayek, Beatriz at Dinner
Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
Regina Williams, Life and Nothing More
Frances McDormand, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri [On DVD] -WINNER!!
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Nnamdi Asomugha, Crown Heights
Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name
Barry Keoghan, The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Benny Safdie, Good Time
Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri [On DVD] -WINNER!!
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Lois Smith, Marjorie Prime
Taliah Lennice Webster, Good Time
Allison Janney, I, Tonya [In theaters/DVD-3/13/18] -WINNER!!
BEST SCREENPLAY
Azazel Jacobs, The Lovers
Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
Jordan Peele, Get Out
Mike White, Beatriz at Dinner
Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird -WINNER!!
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Kris Avedisian, Kyle Espeleta (story by), Jesse Wakeman (story by), Donald Cried
Ingrid Jungermann, Women Who Kill
Kogonada, Columbus
David Smith, Matt Spicer, Ingrid Goes West
Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick [On DVD] -WINNER!!
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Award given to the best feature made for under $500,000; given to the writer, director and producer)
DAYVEON
A GHOST STORY
MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND
THE TRANSFIGURATION
LIFE AND NOTHING MORE -WINNER!!
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Antonio Méndez Esparza//PRODUCERS: Amadeo Hernández Bueno, Alvaro Portanet Hernández, Pedro Hernández Santos
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Thimios Bakatakis, The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Elisha Christian, Columbus
Hélène Louvart, Beach Rats
Joshua James Richards, The Rider
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Call Me by Your Name [In theaters/DVD-3/13/18] -WINNER!!
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 [In theaters/DVD-3/13/18] -WINNER!!
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE) (France)==DIRECTOR: Robin Campillo
I AM NOT A WITCH (UK)==DIRECTOR: Rungano Nyoni
LADY MACBETH (UK)==DIRECTOR: William Oldroyd
LOVELESS (Russia)==DIRECTOR: Andrey Zvyagintsev
A FANTASTIC WOMAN (Chile)==DIRECTOR: Sebastián Lelio -WINNER!!
BEST DOCUMENTARY
(Award given to the director and producer)
THE DEPARTURE
LAST MEN IN ALEPPO
MOTHERLAND
QUEST
FACES PLACES [In theaters/DVD-3/6/18] -WINNER!!
DIRECTORS: Agnés Varda, JR//PRODUCER: Rosalie Varda
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Award given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)
MUDBOUND -WINNER!!
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
Juried awards:
JEEP TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
THE CAGE FIGHTER -DIRECTOR: Jeff Unay
DISTANT CONSTELLATION -DIRECTOR: Shevaun Mizrahi
QUEST -DIRECTOR: Jonathan Olshefski -WINNER!!
KIEHL’s SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
DAYVEON -DIRECTOR: Amman Abbasi
GOOK -DIRECTOR: Justin Chon -WINNER!!
SUPER DARK TIMES -DIRECTOR: Kevin Phillips
PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
Giulia Caruso & Ki Jin Kim
Ben LeClair
Summer Shelton -WINNER!!
AMERICAN AIRLINES BONNIE AWARD
So Yong Kim
Lynn Shelton
Chloé Zhao -WINNER!!
The 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards happened Saturday, March 3 on the beach in Santa Monica and was broadcast live on IFC at with returning hosts Nick Kroll and John Mulaney.
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