Awards Season 2022: Independent Spirit Awards Winners

[As it turns out, I had enough time to put this update out before heading off to Brighton. Least you don't have to wait a week for these results.] 

Last night (Sunday 6th March) the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards took place. As I'm sure you all know by now, they recognise films made wholly or partly outside the traditional studio system. 

The awards were handed out in an in-person event at the traditional beachside tent in Santa Monica, hosted by husband-and-wife team Nick Offerman (Parks And Recreation) and Megan Mullally (Will & Grace). Things almost feel back to how they were BC (Before COVID) with one exception: instead of one day before the Oscars, the Spirit Awards were being held three weeks before. Not sure whether this will be a permanent change or if it's just for this year. 

Here's a full list of winners. 

Best Feature: The Lost Daughter

Best Female Lead: Taylour Paige (Zola)

Best Male Lead: Simon Rex (Red Rocket)

Best Supporting Female: Ruth Negga (Passing)

Best Supporting Male: Troy Kotsur (CODA)

Best Director: Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)

Best Screenplay: Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)

Best First Screenplay: Michael Sarnoski and Vanessa Block (Pig)

Best Cinematography: Passing

Best Editing: Zola

Best First Feature: 7 Days

Best International Film: Drive My Car

Best Documentary: Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

John Cassavetes Award: Shiva Baby

Robert Altman Award: Mass

The John Cassavetes Award is given to the creative team of a film budgeted at less than $500,000, whilst the Robert Altman Award is presented to the ensemble cast of the movie, its director, and its casting director(s). 

The Lost Daughter leads the winners with three awards, whilst Zola and Passing each get two. 

Congratulations to all winners!

We've got an awards-heavy weekend coming up, with the Directors Guild Awards (DGA) on Saturday 12th March, followed by the BAFTA Film Awards AND the Critics' Choice Awards on Sunday 13th March. 

Awards Season 2022: BAFTA Film Awards Nominations

The nominations for the 75th British Academy (BAFTA) Film Awards were announced this afternoon, by Tom Allen (Bake Off: The Professionals, Live At The Apollo) and A.J. Odudu (Big Brother's Bit On The Side, Strictly Come Dancing) at the organisation's newly redeveloped London headquarters, BAFTA195 Piccadilly.

Like last year's announcement, this year's took place at a much more agreeable time of 12:10pm. After a couple of technical issues, and a lot of cringy "banter", nominees in several major categories were announced. 

Here's a selection of the nominees:

BEST FILM

Belfast

Don't Look Up

Dune

Licorice Pizza

The Power of the Dog

OUTSTANDING BRITISH FILM

After Love

Ali & Ava

Belfast

Boiling Point

Cyrano

Everybody's Talking About Jamie

House of Gucci

Last Night in Soho

No Time To Die

Passing

LEADING ACTOR

Adeel Akhtar (Ali & Ava)

Mahershala Ali (Swan Song)

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)

Leonardo DiCaprio (Don't Look Up)

Stephen Graham (Boiling Point)

Will Smith (King Richard)

LEADING ACTRESS 

Lady Gaga (House of Gucci)

Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza)

Emilia Jones (CODA)

Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World)

Joanna Scanlan (After Love)

Tessa Thompson (Passing)

SUPPORTING ACTOR

Mike Faist (West Side Story)

Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)

Troy Kotsur (CODA)

Woody Norman (C’mon C’mon)

Jesse Plemons (The Power of the Dog)

Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Caitríona Balfe (Belfast)

Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)

Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)

Ann Dowd (Mass)

Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)

Ruth Negga (Passing)

DIRECTOR

Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)

Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)

Audrey Diwan (Happening)

Julia Ducournau (Titane)

Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Drive My Car)

Aleem Khan (After Love)

A full list of nominees in all categories can be found here.

As they did last year, BAFTA had previously announced longlists for all categories, so you can see what was in contention for nominations here. 

Dune leads the field with 11 nominations across all categories, with The Power Of The Dog in second with 8.

Some interesting omissions- notably Olivia Colman, Andrew Garfield and Kirsten Dunst in the acting categories, and Kenneth Branagh in Best Director- although I don't think this will affect their Oscar chances too greatly. I was happy to see Aaron Sorkin's script for Being The Ricardos recognised in the Best Original Screenplay category, and Everybody's Talking About Jamie in Outstanding British Film. 

The nominees for the 2022 Rising Star award - the only BAFTA awarded by public vote- have also been announced: this year's nominees are Ariana DeBose, Harris Dickinson, Lashana Lynch, Millicent Simmonds, and Kodi Smit-McPhee. Find out more about them, and cast your vote here.

The 75th BAFTA Film Awards will be handed out on Sunday 13th March 2022 in an in-person ceremony at the Royal Albert Hall, with Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect, Bridesmaids) taking hosting duties. 

[Somewhat awkwardly, this is also the date that the rescheduled Critics Choice Awards will also take place.]

Congratulations to all nominees!

We are getting to the sharp end of the awards nominations now, with the Razzies due to announce theirs on Monday (7th February) and the Oscars on Tuesday (8th February).

I'll be making my Oscar nomination predictions as usual; expect them at some point on Monday. 

Awards Season 2022: Golden Globes, Critics' Choice Awards, and Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations

 

Well, this was a surprise. Awards season 2022 has properly snuck up on me. I didn't even have a chance to do my usual "For Your Consideration" post. Ah well, no matter. What's important is that we're here. 

Over the last two days, we've had three sets of awards nominations. So here we go!

GOLDEN GLOBES NOMINATIONS

Yesterday (Monday 13th December 2021) saw the announcement of the nominees for the 79th Golden Globe Awards, awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA). HFPA president Helen Hoehne and Snoop Dogg announced the nominees. 

As longtime readers of the blog will be aware, the HFPA split their awards, giving certain categories for both Drama and Musical or Comedy, rather than just going for the out-and-out drama as most awards tend to do.

Below is a selection of the film nominees: 

Best Picture - Drama

Belfast

CODA

Dune

King Richard

The Power Of The Dog

Best Picture - Musical or Comedy

Cyrano

Don't Look Up

Licorice Pizza

tick, tick… Boom!

West Side Story

Best Director

Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)

Jane Campion (The Power Of The Dog)

Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)

Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)

Denis Villeneuve (Dune)

Best Actor - Drama

Mahershala Ali (Swan Song)

Javier Bardem (Being The Ricardos)

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power Of The Dog)

Will Smith (King Richard)

Denzel Washington (The Tragedy Of Macbeth)

Best Actor - Musical or Comedy

Leonardo DiCaprio (Don't Look Up)

Peter Dinklage (Cyrano)

Andrew Garfield (tick, tick… Boom!)

Cooper Hoffman (Licorice Pizza)

Anthony Ramos (In The Heights)

Best Actress - Drama

Jessica Chastain (The Eyes Of Tammy Faye)

Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)

Nicole Kidman (Being The Ricardos)

Lady Gaga (House Of Gucci)

Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

Best Actress - Musical or Comedy

Marion Cotillard (Annette)

Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza)

Jennifer Lawrence (Don't Look Up)

Emma Stone (Cruella)

Rachel Zegler (West Side Story)

Best Supporting Actor

Ben Affleck (The Tender Bar)

Jamie Dornan (Belfast)

Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)

Troy Kotsur (CODA)

Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power Of The Dog)

Best Supporting Actress

Caitriona Balfe (Belfast)

Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)

Kirsten Dunst (The Power Of The Dog)

Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)

Ruth Negga (Passing)

A full list of nominees can be found here.

The Power Of The Dog leads the pack with seven nods, whilst Belfast is one behind on six. King Richard, Don't Look Up, Licorice Pizza, and West Side Story have four apiece. 

It has been something of a torrid year for the HFPA, with reports of its lack of membership diversity and issues over transparency (amongst others) leading to various boycotts and NBC announcing they would not broadcast the 2021 Golden Globes. It was telling that many TV stations didn't send a camera crew to the announcement, although it was available to be streamed online (and there's still the matter of COVID to deal with). Nonetheless, the HFPA will still hand the Golden Globes out on Sunday 9th January 2022. But they won't be the only awards body to do so...

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CRITICS' CHOICE AWARDS

As if the Golden Globes weren't excitement enough, yesterday also saw the announcement of the movie nominations for the 27th Annual Critics' Choice Awards.

Here are a selection of their nominees:

Best Picture

Belfast

CODA

Don't Look Up

Dune

King Richard

Licorice Pizza

Nightmare Alley

The Power Of The Dog

tick, tick… Boom!

West Side Story

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)

Kenneth Branagh (Belfast)

Jane Campion (The Power Of The Dog)

Guillermo del Toro (Nightmare Alley)

Steven Spielberg (West Side Story)

Denis Villeneuve (Dune)

Best Actor

Nicolas Cage (Pig)

Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power Of The Dog)

Peter Dinklage (Cyrano)

Andrew Garfield (tick, tick… Boom!)

Will Smith (King Richard)

Denzel Washington (The Tragedy Of Macbeth)

Best Actress

Jessica Chastain (The Eyes Of Tammy Faye)

Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)

Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza)

Nicole Kidman (Being The Ricardos)

Lady Gaga (House Of Gucci)

Kristen Stewart (Spencer)

Best Supporting Actor

Jamie Dornan (Belfast)

Ciarán Hinds (Belfast)

Troy Kotsur (CODA)

Jared Leto (House Of Gucci)

J.K. Simmons (Being The Ricardos)

Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power Of The Dog)

Best Supporting Actress

Caitriona Balfe (Belfast)

Ariana DeBose (West Side Story)

Ann Dowd (Mass)

Kirsten Dunst (The Power Of The Dog)

Aunjanue Ellis (King Richard)

Rita Moreno (West Side Story)

A full list of nominees can be found here.

Belfast and West Side Story both have 11 nominations, whilst The Power Of The Dog and Dune have 10 apiece.

On a personal note, I'm over the moon to see Rita Moreno get a nod for her role in the new version of West Side Story (she plays Valentina, the owner of the drugstore that Tony works at). Here's hoping she gets an Oscar nod as well. 

The 27th Critics' Choice Awards will be handed out on Sunday 9th January 2022, in a ceremony co-hosted by Taye Diggs (returning to hosting duties for the fourth time) and Nicole Byer. The Critics' Choice Awards will be broadcast on The CW and TBS. 

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FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS NOMINATIONS

If yesterday's double whammy wasn't enough awards news, today (Tuesday 14th December) saw the announcement of the nominees for the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards, announced by Beanie Feldstein, Regina Hall, and Naomi Watts. Truly our cup runneth over. 

As you're probably aware by now, these awards recognise films made wholly or partly outside the traditional studio system. The budget for eligible films is $22.5 million (meaning films like The Power Of The Dog, Don't Look Up, tick, tick... Boom!, Belfast, and The Harder They Fall would be ineligible for Independent Spirit consideration). 

Below is a selection of nominations:

Best Feature

A Chiara

C'mon C'mon

The Lost Daughter

The Novice

Zola

Best Director

Janicza Bravo (Zola)

Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)

Lauren Hadaway (The Novice)

Mike Mills (C'mon C'mon)

Ninja Thyberg (Pleasure)

Best Male Lead

Clifton Collins, Jr. (Jockey)

Frankie Faison (The Killing Of Kenneth Chamberlain)

Michael Greyeyes (Wild Indian)

Udo Kier (Swan Song)

Simon Rex (Red Rocket)

Best Female Lead

Isabelle Fuhrman (The Novice)

Brittany S. Hall (Test Pattern)

Patti Harrison (Together Together)

Taylour Paige (Zola)

Taylor Reece (Catch The Fair One)

Best Supporting Male

Colman Domingo (Zola)

Meeko Gattuso (Queen Of Glory)

Troy Kotsur (CODA)

Will Patton (Sweet Thing)

Chaske Spencer (Wild Indian)

Best Supporting Female

Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)

Amy Forsyth (The Novice)

Ruth Negga (Passing)

Revika Anne Reustle (Pleasure)

Suzanna Son (Red Rocket)

A full list of nominees can be found here.

Zola leads the nominations with seven, The Novice has five, whilst The Lost Daughter and Wild Indian each have four. 

Also, for anyone who cares, the Swan Song that Udo Kier has received a Best Actor nod for is not the same as the Swan Song that Mahershala Ali got a Golden Globe Best Actor nom for- Kier plays an ageing hairdresser who escapes his nursing home to do a former client's hair one last time, whilst Ali plays a terminally ill man who clones himself in order to save his wife and son from grief (he also plays the clone). 

Changing things up a little, the Film Independent Spirit Awards will be given out in a ceremony on the Santa Monica beachfront on Saturday 6th March 2022.  

Congratulations to all nominees!

So, we are off again on the awards trail. Luckily the next stop isn't until January (when the Golden Globes and the Critics Choice Awards will be handed out).