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Tuesday, 22 November 2022

Awards Season 2023: Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations


Today (Tuesday 22nd November) saw the announcement of the nominees for the 38th Film Independent Spirit Awards, announced by Taylour Paige (
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom, Zola) and Raúl Castillo (The Inspection, Army Of The Dead).  

As you're probably aware by now, these awards recognise films made wholly or partly outside the traditional studio system. From this year, the budget for eligible films has been increased to $30 million. 

Also, from this year, the Film Independent Spirit Awards are making their acting categories (for both film and television) gender neutral; for the film awards, the categories will be Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance (with up to ten nominees in each category). 

Below is a selection of nominations:

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)
Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie)
Taylor Russell (Bones And All)
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)

A full list of nominees can be found here.


Everything Everywhere All At Once leads the field with eight nominations; Tár has seven, whilst Aftersun has five. 

The Film Independent Spirit Awards will be given out in a ceremony on the Santa Monica beachfront on Saturday 4th March 2023.  

Congratulations to all nominees!

So, we are off again on the awards trail. Next stop is in a couple of weeks with the Golden Globe nominations. 

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