Jenny Slate and Edgar Ramirez announced the nominees for Film Independent's 32nd annual Spirit Awards this morning at a press conference at the W Hotel in Hollywood.
BEST FEATURE
Award given to the producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.
- American Honey
Producers: Thomas Benski, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Lucas Ochoa, Pouya Shahbazian, Alice Weinberg - Chronic
Producers: Michel Franco, Gina Kwon, Gabriel Ripstein, Moisés Zonana - Jackie
Producers: Darren Aronofsky, Scott Franklin, Ari Handel, Juan de Dios Larraín, Mickey Liddell - Manchester by the Sea
Producers: Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward, Kevin J. Walsh - Moonlight
Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski
Award given to the director and producer.
- The Childhood of a Leader
Director: Brady Corbet
Producers: Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Chris Coen, Ron Curtis, Helena Danielsson, Mona Fastvold, István Major - The Fits
Director/Producer: Anna Rose Holmer
Producer: Lisa Kjerulff - Other People
Director: Chris Kelly
Producers: Sam Bisbee, Adam Scott, Naomi Scott - Swiss Army Man
Director: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
Producers: Miranda Bailey, Lawrence Inglee, Lauren Mann, Amanda Marshall, Eyal Rimmon, Jonathan Wang - The Witch
Director: Robert Eggers
Producers: Daniel Bekerman, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Jodi Redmond, Rodrigo Teixeira
Given to the best feature made for under $500,000. Award given to the writer, director and producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.
- Free in Deed
Writer/Director: Jake Mahaffy
Producers: Mike Bowes, Mike S. Ryan, Brent Stiefel - Hunter Gatherer
Writer/Director: Josh Locy
Producers: Michael Covino, April Lamb, Sara Murphy, Isaiah Smallman - Lovesong
Writer/Director: So Yong Kim
Writer/Producer: Bradley Rust Gray
Producers: David Hansen, Alex Lipschultz, Johnny Mac - Nakom
Writer/Director/Producer: TW Pittman
Director/Producer: Kelly Daniela Norris
Writer/Producer: Isaac Adakudugu
Producer: Giovanni Ximénez - Spa Night
Writer/Director: Andrew Ahn
Producers: David Ariniello, Giulia Caruso, Ki Jin Kim, Kelly Thomas
- Andrea Arnold, American Honey
- Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
- Pablo Larraín, Jackie
- Jeff Nichols, Loving
- Kelly Reichardt, Certain Women
- Barry Jenkins, story by Tarell Alvin McCraney, Moonlight
- Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester by the Sea
- Mike Mills, 20th Century Women
- Ira Sachs & Mauricio Zacharias, Little Men
- Taylor Sheridan, Hell or High Water
- Robert Eggers, The Witch
- Chris Kelly, Other People
- Adam Mansbach, Barry
- Stella Meghie, Jean of the Joneses
- Craig Shilowich, Christine
- Ava Berkofsky, Free in Deed
- Lol Crawley, The Childhood of a Leader
- Zach Kuperstein, The Eyes of My Mother
- James Laxton, Moonlight
- Robbie Ryan, American Honey
- Matthew Hannam, Swiss Army Man
- Jennifer Lame, Manchester by the Sea
- Joi McMillion & Nat Sanders, Moonlight
- Jake Roberts, Hell or Hight Water
- Sebastián Sepúlveda, Jackie
- Annette Bening, 20th Century Women
- Isabelle Huppert, Elle
- Sasha Lane, American Honey
- Ruth Negga, Loving
- Natalie Portman, Jackie
- Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea
- David Harewood, Free in Deed
- Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic
- Jesse Plemons, Other People
- Tim Roth, Chronic
- Edwina Findley, Free in Deed
- Paulina Garcia, Little Men
- Lily Gladstone, Certain Women
- Riley Keough, American Honey
- Molly Shannon, Other People
- Ralph Fiennes, A Bigger Splash
- Ben Foster, Hell or High Water
- Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea
- Shia LaBeouf, American Honey
- Craig Robinson, Morris from America
Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
- Moonlight
Director: Barry Jenkins
Casting Directors: Yesi Ramirez
Ensemble Cast: Mahershala Ali, Patrick Decile, Naomie Harris, Alex Hibbert, André Holland, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monáe, Jaden Piner, Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders
Award given to the director and producer.
- 13th
Director/Producer: Ava DuVernay
Producers: Spencer Averick, Howard Barish - Cameraperson
Director/Producer: Kirsten Johnson
Producer: Marilyn Ness - I Am Not Your Negro
Director/Producer: Raoul Peck
Producers: Rémi Grellety, Hérbert Peck - O.J.: Made in America
Director/Producer: Ezra Edelman
Producers: Nina Krstic, Tamara Rosenberg, Caroline Waterlow - Sonita
Director: Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami
Producer: Gerd Haag - Under the Sun
Director: Vitaly Mansky
Producer: Natalya Manskaya
Award given to the director.
- Aquarius (Brazil)
Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho - Chevalier (Greece)
Director: Athina Tsangari - My Golden Days (France)
Director: Arnaud Desplechin - Toni Erdmann (Germany & Romania)
Director: Maren Ade - Under the Shadow (Iran & United Kingdom)
Director: Babak Anvari
The 20th annual Producers Award, sponsored by Piaget, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget.
- Lisa Kjerulff
- Jordana Mollick
- Melody C. Roscher & Craig Shilowich
The 23rd annual Someone to Watch Award, sponsored by Kiehl’s Since 1851, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Kiehl’s Since 1851.
- Andrew Ahn, director of Spa Night
- Claire Carré, director of Embers
- Anna Rose Holmer, director of The Fits
- Ingrid Jungermann, director of Women Who Kill
The 22nd annual Truer Than Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.
- Kristi Jacobson, director of Solitary
- Sara Jordenö, director of Kiki
- Nanfu Wang, director of Hooligan Sparrow
Winners, who are selected by Film Independent Members, will be announced at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, February 25, 2017. The awards ceremony will be held on the beach in Santa Monica, just north of the Santa Monica Pier. The show will broadcast live exclusively on IFC at 2:00 pm PT/ 5:00 pm ET. (Special thanks to Ginsberg/Libby and Film Independent for their generous help every year)
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