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Thursday 21 November 2019

Awards Season 2020: Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations


Brace yourself...


Yep, with today's announcement of the nominees for the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards, awards season 2020 has begun!

As you will probably know by now, the Film Independent Spirit Awards recognise films made wholly or partly outside the traditional studio system (although there is becoming an increasingly wide overlap between these and the more 'mainstream' awards). 

Below is a selection of nominations:

Best Feature
A Hidden Life
Clemency
The Farewell
Marriage Story
Uncut Gems

Best Director
Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse)
Alma Har'el (Honey Boy)
Julius Onah (Luce)
Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie (Uncut Gems)
Lorene Scafaria (Hustlers)

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)
Alfre Woodard (Clemency)
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)

A full list of nominees can be found here.

Uncut Gems and The Lighthouse have five nominations apiece, whilst Honey Boy and Give Me Liberty both have four. 

The Film Independent Spirit Awards will be given out on Saturday 8th February 2020.

So, it's officially started! The next major piece of awards news will be on 8th December, when the Critics' Choice Awards nominations will be announced. 

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