Update for more information: The Independent Spirit Film Awards today announced its 37th nominations for a pre-recorded YouTube reel of Benny Feldstein, Regina Hall and Naomi Watts.
The Spirit Awards will take place on Sunday, March 6, 2022 and broadcast on IFC, and will be head to head on the beach.
Check out this morning’s announcement here:
best feature
kiara
come on come on
the missing daughter
beginner
Zola
Best First Feature
7 days
cry
queen glory
test pattern
Indian wild
Best female driver
Isabelle Fuhrmann, beginner
Brittany S Hall, test pattern
patty harrison With each other
Taylor Paige, Zola
Callie Reese, Catch Fair One
Best Male Leader
Clifton Collins Jr., jockey
Frankie Faison Kenneth Chamberlain murder
Michael Gray, Indian wild
Udo Care swan song
Simon Rex red rocket
best director
ganicza bravo, Zola
Maggie Gyllenhaal the missing daughter
Lauren Hadaway, beginner
Mike Mills, come on come on
Ninja Tyberg gladly
Best Documentary
Boarding
run away
in the same breath
procession
summer of the soul
best help
Jesse Buckley the missing daughter
Amy Forsyth beginner
Ruth Negga pass
Revika Anne Reustle, gladly
Susanna’s son red rocket
Best assistant
Coleman Domingo, Zola
Miko Gattuso, queen of glory
Troy Kotsur, kuda
Will Patton, sweet thing
Chask Spencer Indian wild
best screen
come on come on, Mike Mills
lost daughter Maggie Gyllenhaal
swan song, Todd Stevens
With each other, Nicole Beckwith
Zola, Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris
Best Initial Screen
Lyle Mitchell Corbin Jr. Indian wild
Matt Fever; The story of Sheldon D. cicada
Clever Michael Ford test pattern
Fran Kranz, Collective
Michael Sarnosky; The Story of Vanessa Block, Michael Sarnosky, Pig
best montage
Afonso Gonçalves, kiara
Ali Jarir hostel no place
Lauren Hadaway, Nathan Nugent, beginner
Joey McMillon, Zola
Enrico Natali Kenneth Chamberlain murder
Best Cinematography
Ante Cheng, Matthew Chuang, Blue Bio
Lol Crowley Humans
Tim Curtin, kiara
education degree, pass
Ari Wegner, Zola
Best international movie
Room No. 6
Finland / Russia
Director: Juho Kuzmanen
driving my car
Japan
Director: Ryosuke Hamaguchi
Parallel mothers
Spain
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Gravel
India
Director: PS Vinothraj
little mom
France
Director: Celine Siama
Prayers for the stolen
Mexico
Director: Tatiana Huizu
Robert Altman Prize
(Awarded to a single film director, a director and a choice of cast and actors)
Collective
Director: Fran Kranz
Casting Directors: Henry Russell Bergstein, Alison Estrine
Cast: Cagan Albright, Red Bernie, Michelle N. Carter, Anne Dodd, Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Breda Wall
John Cassavetes Prize
The award for Best Film Made for less than $500,000 is awarded (the prize is awarded to writer, director, and producer. Executive producers are not awarded).
cryptozoo
Writer/Director: Dash Show
Producers: Tyler Davidson, Kyle Martin, Jane Samborsky, Bill Way
jockey
Writer/Director/Producer: Clint Bentley
Writer/Producer: Greg Quedar
Producer: Nancy Schaeffer
shiva baby
Writer/Director/Producer: Emma Seligman
Producers: Kieran Altman, Katie Schiller, Lizzie Shapiro
sweet thing
Writer/Director: Alexander Rockwell
Producers: Louis Anya, Haley Anderson, Kenan Baysal
This is not a war story
Writer/Director/Producer: Talia Lugacy
Producers: Noah Lange, Julian West
Producers Award
(The Producers Award, now in its 24th year, honors emerging producers who, despite very limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, persistence, and vision required to produce high-quality independent films.)
Brad Baker Barton, Ben Chun Liu, Lizzie Shapiro
Person to Watch Award
(The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 27th year, honors a talented filmmaker with an individual vision who has yet to receive proper recognition.)
Alex Camilleri, luzo
Michael Sarnosky, Pig
Gillian Wallace Horvat, I blame society
FICTION TRUER AWARD
(The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 26th year, is given to an emerging director for non-fiction features who has not yet received much recognition.)
Angelo Madsen Minx, north by current
Jessica Bashir Faya Day
Debbie Loom, Make an effort!
TV Categories
Best New Series, Unwritten or Documentary
Award given to Creator, Executive Producer and Co-Executive Producer)
black and missing
Series Produced/Executive Producers: Soledad O’Brien, Geeta Gandbeir
Executive Producers: Joe Honig, Patrick Conway, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sarah Rodriguez
show choy
Author/Executive Producer: David Choi
Executive Producers: Matt Rivelli, Christopher C. Chen, Hiro Murray, Nate Mathison
Mrs. Waldale
Executive Producers: Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Mel Eislin, Allen Payne, Andre Gaines, Nick Camilleri, Alana Carrethers, Zachary Drucker, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller
The nuclear family
Series: Ry Russo-Young
Executive Producers: Liz Garbus, Julie Geither, John Bardeen, Leah Holzer, Peter Saraf, Alex Turtletop, Jenny Raskin, Geralene White-Dreyfus, Lauren Haber, Maria Zuckerman, Kristen Connor, Ryan Heller, Barbara Dobkin, Eric Dobkin, Andrea Van Buren, Joe Landauer
philly d
Creators: Ted Basson, Yoni Brock, Nicole Salazar
Executive Producers: Dawn Porter, Sally Jo Pfeiffer, Louis Vossen, Ryan Chantry, Gina Konstantinakos, Jeff Seelbach, Patti Keulin
Co-Executive Producers: Neon McEvoy, Leslie Berryman
Best new written series (The award is given to the creator, executive producer and co-executive producer)
blindness
Writers/Executive Producers: Rafael Casale, David Diggs
Executive Producers: Jesse Wu Calder, Keith Calder, Ken Lee, Tim Palin, Emily Gerson Sainz, Seth Mann
It’s a sin
Executive Producers: Russell T Davis, Peter Hoare, Nicholas Schindler
booking dogs
Writers/Executive Producers: Sterlin Harjo, Taika Waititi
Executive Producer: Garrett Bash
Underground railway
Author/Executive Producer: Barry Jenkins
Executive Producers: Adele Romansky, Mark Serrick, Brad Pitt, Diddy Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Colson Whitehead, Richard Heus, Jacqueline Hoyt
We are a lady of parts
Author: Nada Mansour
Executive Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Sorian Fletcher Jones, Mark Freeland
Best Female Performance in a New Maktoob Series
helps, Underground railway
Anjana Vasan, We are a lady of parts
Jana Schmiding Rutherford Falls
Jasmine Cepheus Jones, blindness
Deborah Iurindi, them: covenant
Best Male Performance in a New Maktoob Series
Lee Jong Jae squid game
Olly Alexander, It’s a sin
Michael Gray, Rutherford Falls
Murray Bartlett white lotus
ashley thomas, them: covenant
Best group in a new Maktoob series
booking dogs
Cast: Devere Jacobs, Devron Won-a-Tay, Lynn Factor, Paulina Alexis, Sarah Bodimsky, Zane McClarennon, Lil Mike, Fanny Boone