33rd FILM INDEPENDENT
SPIRIT AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED
AVA DUVERNAY NAMED
SPIRIT AWARDS HONORARY CHAIR
Spirit Awards Co-Hosted by Nick Kroll and John Mulaney
Broadcast Live Exclusively on IFC,
Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 2:00 pm PT / 5:00 pm ET
“This year's nominations reflect the range and vitality of artist-driven, independent film,” said Film Independent President Josh Welsh. “Diversity, innovation and uniqueness of vision are the hallmarks of the Film Independent Spirit Awards, and the films this year powerfully embody all those qualities."
"We are so happy to have Ava DuVernay as our Spirit Awards Honorary Chair," added Welsh, "Ava is a remarkable filmmaker – a writer, director and producer we have celebrated at the Spirit Awards and the LA Film Festival. More than that, she is a leader and a powerful voice for change, in the industry and beyond."
Mudbound was selected to receive the Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. The Altman Award was created in 2008 in honor of legendary director Robert Altman who was known for creating extraordinary ensemble casts.
Winners, who are selected by Film Independent Members, will be announced at the Spirit Awards on Saturday, March 3, 2018. The awards ceremony co-hosted by Nick Kroll and John Mulaney 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.
Winners of the Spirit Awards Filmmaker Grants will be announced at the Film Independent Spirit Awards Filmmaker Grants and Nominee Brunch on Saturday, January 6, 2018, at BOA Steakhouse in West Hollywood.
The Spirit Awards Nominating Committees selected nominees from 400 submissions this year and applied the following guidelines in determining the nominations: uniqueness of vision, original and provocative subject matter, economy of means (with particular attention paid to total production cost and individual compensation) and percentage of financing from independent sources. The Spirit Awards Nominating Committees are comprised of writers, directors, producers, cinematographers, editors, actors, critics, casting directors, film festival programmers and other working film professionals.
2018 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS
BEST FEATURE
(Award given to the producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.)
- Call Me by Your Name
Producers: Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Rodrigo Teixeira, Marco Morabito, James Ivory, Howard Rosenman - The Florida Project
Producers: Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch, Kevin Chinoy, Andrew Duncan, Alex Saks, Francesca Silvestri, Shih-Ching Tsou - Get Out
Producers: Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr., Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele - Lady Bird
Producers: Eli Bush, Evelyn O’Neill, Scott Rudin - The Rider
Producers: Mollye Asher, Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche, Chloé Zhao
(Award given to the director and producer)
- Columbus
Director: Kogonada
Producers: Danielle Renfrew Behrens, Aaron Boyd, Giulia Caruso, Ki Jin Kim, Andrew Miano, Chris Weitz - Ingrid Goes West
Director: Matt Spicer
Producers: Jared Ian Goldman, Adam Mirels, Robert Mirels, Aubrey Plaza Tim White, Trevor White - Menashe
Director/Producer: Joshua Z. Weinstein
Producers: Yoni Brook, Traci Carlson, Daniel Finkelman, Alex Lipschultz - Oh Lucy!
Director/Producer: Atsuko Hirayanagi
Producers: Jessica Elbaum, Yukie Kito, Han West - Patti Cake$
Director: Geremy Jasper
Producers: Chris Columbus, Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Noah Stahl, 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.
- Dayveon
Writer/Director/Producer: Amman Abbasi
Writer: Steven Reneau
Producers: Lachion Buckingham, Alexander Uhlmann - A Ghost Story
Writer/Director: David Lowery
Producers: Adam Donaghey, Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston - Life and nothing more
Writer/Director: Antonio Méndez Esparza
Producers: Amadeo Hernández Bueno, Alvaro Portanet Hernández, Pedro Hernández Santos - Most Beautiful Island
Writer/Director/Producer: Ana Asensio
Producers: Larry Fessenden, Noah Greenberg, Chadd Harbold, Jenn Wexler - The Transfiguration
Writer/Director: Michael O’Shea
Producer: Susan Leber
- Sean Baker, The Florida Project
- Jonas Carpignano, A Ciambra
- Luca Guadagnino, Call Me by Your Name
- Jordan Peele, Get Out
- Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie, Good Time
- Chloé Zhao, The Rider
- Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
- Azazel Jacobs, The Lovers
- Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Jordan Peele, Get Out
- Mike White, Beatriz at Dinner
- Kris Avedisian; story by: Kyle Espeleta, Jesse Wakeman, Donald Cried
- Emily V. Gordon & Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick
- Ingrid Jungermann, Women Who Kill
- Kogonada, Columbus
- David Branson Smith & Matt Spicer, Ingrid Goes West
- Thimios Bakatakis, The Killing of a Sacred Deer
- Elisha Christian, Columbus
- Hélène Louvart, Beach Rats
- Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Call Me by Your Name
- Joshua James Richards, The Rider
- Ronald Bronstein & Benny Safdie, Good Time
- Walter Fasano, Call Me by Your Name
- Alex O'Flinn, The Rider
- Gregory Plotkin, Get Out
- Tatiana S. Riegel, I, Tonya
- Salma Hayek Pinault, Beatriz at Dinner
- Frances McDormand, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
- Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
- Shinobu Terajima, Oh Lucy!
- Regina Williams, Life and nothing more
- Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
- Harris Dickinson, Beach Rats
- James Franco, The Disaster Artist
- Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
- Robert Pattison, Good Time
- Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
- Allison Janney, I, Tonya
- Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
- Lois Smith, Marjorie Prime
- Taliah Lennice Webster, Good Time
- Nnamdi Asomugha, Crown Heights
- Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name
- Barry Keoghan, The Killing of a Sacred Deer
- Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Benny Safdie, Good Time
Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
- Mudbound
Director: Dee Rees
Casting Directors: Billy Hopkins, Ashley Ingram
Ensemble Cast: Jonathan Banks, Mary J. Blige, Jason Clarke, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Rob Morgan, Carey Mulligan
Award given to the director and producer.
- The Departure
Director/Producer: Lana Wilson - Faces Places
Directors: Agnès Varda & JR
Producer: Rosalie Varda - Last Men in Aleppo
Director: Feras Fayyad
Producers: Kareem Abeed, Søeren Steen Jespersen, Stefan Kloos - Motherland
Director/Producer: Ramona S. Diaz
Producer: Rey Cuerdo - Quest
Director: Jonathan Olshefski
Producer: Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
Award given to the director.
- BPM (Beats per Minute) (France)
Director: Robin Campillo - A Fantastic Woman (Chile)
Director: Sebastián Lelio - I Am Not a Witch (Zambia)
Director: Rungano Nyoni - Lady Macbeth (United Kingdom)
Director: William Oldroyd - Loveless (Russia)
Director: Andrey Zvyagintsev
Recognizing a mid-career female director with a $50,000 unrestricted grant, sponsored by American Airlines.
- So Yong Kim
- Lynn Shelton
- Chloé Zhao
Honoring 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.
- Giulia Caruso & Ki Jin Kim
- Ben LeClair
- Summer Shelton
Recognizing 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.
- Amman Abbasi, director of Dayveon
- Justin Chon, director of Gook
- Kevin Phillips, director of Super Dark Times
Presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by the Jeep brand.
- Shevaun Mizrahi, director of Distant Constellation
- Jonathan Olshefski, director of Quest
- Jeff Unay, director of The Cage Fighter
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