Well, this snuck up on me (as the actress said to the bishop).
Life has properly got in the way and I didn't realise that Awards Season 2024 had officially begun. But it has, so I'm playing just a little bit of catch-up.
Today (Tuesday 5th December) saw the announcement of the nominees for the 39th Independent Spirit Awards. The nominations were announced by Joel Kim Booster (Fire Island, Big Mouth, Psychosexual) and Natalie Morales (The Little Things, No Hard Feelings, Santa Clarita Diet).
You will no doubt be aware by now that these awards recognise films made wholly or partly outside the traditional studio system. Last year, the eligibility budget was raised to $30 million dollars, and gender-neutral acting categories were introduced.
Below is a selection of nominations:
Best Feature
All Of Us Strangers
American Fiction
May December
Passages
Past Lives
We Grown Now
Best Director
Andrew Haigh (All Of Us Strangers)
Todd Haynes (May December)
William Oldroyd (Eileen)
Celine Song (Past Lives)
Ira Sachs (Passages)
Best Lead Performance
Jessica Chastain (Memory)
Greta Lee (Past Lives)
Trace Lysette (Monica)
Natalie Portman (May December)
Judy Reyes (Birth/Rebirth)
Franz Rogowski (Passages)
Andrew Scott (All Of Us Strangers)
Teyana Taylor (A Thousand And One)
Jeffrey Wright (American Fiction)
Teo Yoo (Past Lives)
Best Supporting Performance
Erika Alexander (American Fiction)
Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction)
Noah Galvin (Theater Camp)
Anne Hathaway (Eileen)
Glenn Howerton (BlackBerry)
Marin Ireland (Eileen)
Charles Melton (May December)
Da'Vine Joy Randolph (The Holdovers)
Catalina Saavedra (Rotting In The Sun)
Ben Whishaw (Passages)
A full list of nominees can be found here.
Past Lives (a romantic drama about two childhood friends [Greta Lee and Teo Yoo] who reunite twenty years after one of them emigrates from South Korea to Canada), American Fiction (a comedy-drama in which a frustrated Black novelist [Jeffrey Wright] uses a pen-name to write an outrageous "Black" book as a joke, only to find it being critically lauded), and May December (a drama in which a married couple's [Julianne Moore and Charles Melton] controversial relationship begins to buckle when an actress [Natalie Portman] meets them to do some research for a film about their lives) lead the pack with five nominations apiece.
Passages (a controversial drama where a gay couple [Franz Rogowski and Ben Whishaw] find their relationship in crisis when one begins an affair with a woman) and The Holdovers (a comedy-drama where a history teacher [Paul Giamatti] at a remote school is forced to remain on campus over Christmas with a troubled student who has nowhere to go) received four each.
The 39th Film Independent Spirit Awards ceremony will take place at the usual Santa Monica beachside tent on 24th February 2024, hosted by Aidy Bryant (Saturday Night Live, Human Resources, The Big Sick).
Congratulations to all the nominees!
As I didn't get a chance to do my usual "For Your Consideration" post, I'm going to include the important dates here. So, the timetable for the rest of the major awards in 2024 is as follows:
Golden Globes
Nominations announced: 11th December 2023
Awards ceremony: 7th January 2024
Critics' Choice Award
Nominations announced: 13th December 2023
Awards ceremony: 14th January 2024
Directors' Guild Of America (DGA) Award
Nominations announced: 10th January 2024
Awards ceremony: 17th February 2024
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards
Nominations announced: 10th January 2024
Awards ceremony: 24th February 2024
Producers' Guild Of America (PGA) Award
Nominations announced: 12th January 2024
Awards ceremony: 25th February 2024
BAFTA Film Awards
Nominations announced: 18th January 2024
Awards ceremony: 18th February 2024
Golden Raspberry Awards (Razzies)
Nominations announced: 22nd January 2024
Awards ceremony: 9th March 2024
Academy Awards (Oscars)
Nominations announced: 23rd January 2024
Awards ceremony: 10th March 2024 (hosted by Jimmy Kimmel)
Let the fun begin!
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