The Independent Spirit Awards have announced their nominations this morning, with the big splashes coming from “Everything Everywhere All at Once” with eight nominations, “Tár” with seven and “Aftersun” with five.
Other notable nominees include “Bones and All,” “After Yang,” “Pearl,” “Women Talking,” “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” “Emily the Criminal,” “Palm Trees and Power Lines,” “Causeway,” “The Cathedral,” “Murina,” “The Inspection” and “Our Father, the Devil”.
What has drawn surprise are some notable omissions with “The Whale,” “Till,” “Armageddon Time” and “My Policeman” all shut out – including Oscar Best Actor front-runner Brendan Fraser. Others like “Bardo,” “The Good Nurse,” and “White Noise” weren’t eligible.
Taylour Paige and Raul Castillo announced the nominees this year, with distributor A24 dominating the list with 24 total nominations. The winners will be announced on March 4th:
Best Feature
“Bones and All”
“Everything Everywhere All at Once”
“Our Father, the Devil”
“Tár”
“Women Talking”
Best Director
Todd Field – “Tár”
Kogonada – “After Yang”
Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Sarah Polley – “Women Talking”
Halina Reijn – “Bodies Bodies Bodies”
Best Lead Performance
Cate Blanchett – “Tár”
Dale Dickey – “A Love Song”
Mia Goth – “Pearl”
Regina Hall – “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.”
Paul Mescal – “Aftersun”
Aubrey Plaza – “Emily the Criminal”
Jeremy Pope – “The Inspection”
Taylor Russell – “Bones and All”
Andrea Riseborough – “To Leslie”
Michelle Yeoh – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Best Supporting Performance
Jamie Lee Curtis – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Brian Tyree Henry – “Causeway”
Nina Hoss – “Tár”
Brian D’Arcy James – “The Cathedral”
Ke Huy Quan – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Trevante Rhodes – “Bruiser”
Theo Rossi – “Emily the Criminal”
Mark Rylance – “Bones and All”
Jonathan Tucker – “Palm Trees and Power Lines”
Gabrielle Union – “The Inspection”
Best Breakthrough Performance
Frankie Corio – “Aftersun”
Garcija Filipovic – “Murina”
Stephanie Hsu – “Everything Everywhere All at Once”
Lily McInerny – “Palm Trees and Power Lines”
Daniel Zolghardi – “Funny Pages”
Best Screenplay
“After Yang” – Kogonada
“Catherine Called Birdy” – Lena Dunham
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” – Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
“Tár” – Todd Field
“Women Talking” – Sarah Polley
Best First Screenplay
“Bodies Bodies Bodies” – Sarah DeLappe, Kristen Roupenian
“Emergency” – K.D. Dávila
“Emily the Criminal” – John Patton Ford
“Fire Island” – Joel Kim Booster
“Palm Trees and Power Lines” – Jamie Dack, Audrey Findlay
Best First Feature
“Aftersun”
“Emily the Criminal”
“The Inspection”
“Murina”
“Palm Trees and Power Lines”
Best Cinematography
“Aftersun” – Gregory Oke
“Murina” – Hélène Louvart
“Neptune Frost” – Anisia Uzeyman
“Pearl” – Eliot Rockett
“Tár” – Florian Hoffmeister
Best Documentary
“A House Made of Splinters”
“All that Breathes”
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
“Midwives”
“Riotsville, U.S.A.”
Best Editing
“Aftersun” – Blair McClendon
“The Cathedral” – Ricky D’Ambrose
“Everything Everywhere All at Once” – Paul Rogers
“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On” – Dean Fleischer Camp, Nick Paley
“Tár” – Monika Willi
The Robert Altman Award
“Women Talking”
Best International Film
“Corsage” (Austria/Luxembourg/France/Belgium/Italy/England)
“Joyland” (Pakistan/USA)
“Leonor Will Never Die” (Philippines)
“Return to Seoul” (South Korea/France/Belgium/Romania)
“Saint Omer” (France)
Someone to Watch Award
Adamma Ebo – “Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul”
Nikyatu Jusu – “Nanny”
Araceli Lemos – “Holy Emy”
The Truer Than Fiction Award
Isabel Castro – “Mija”
Reid Davenport – “I Didn’t See You There”
Rebeca Huntt – “Beba”
