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Film Independent Spirit Awards – 4/22/21

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Film Independent Spirit Awards

36th Film Independent Spirit Awards

Nominations: January 26, 2021

Ceremony: April 22, 2021

36th

And the Winner Goes To…

The Full Ballot

Film

Best Feature

First Cow

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Minari

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Nomadland WINNER

Best Director

Lee Isaac Chung, Minari

Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Kelly Reichardt, First Cow

Chloe Zhao, Nomadland WINNER

Best First Feature

I Carry You With Me

The 40 Year Old Version

Sound of Metal WINNER

Miss Juneteenth

Nine Days

Best Female Lead

Nicole Beharie, Miss Juneteenth

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Julia Garner, The Assistant

Frances McDormand, Nomadland

Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman WINNER

Best Male Lead

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal WINNER

Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Rob Morgan, Bull

Steven Yeun, Minari

Adarsh Gourav, The White Tiger

Best Supporting Female

Alexis Chikaeze, Miss Juneteenth

Yeri Han, Minari

Valerie Mahaffey, French Exit

Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Yuh-jung Youn, Minari WINNER

Best Supporting Male

Colman Domingo, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Orion Lee, First Cow

Paul Raci, Sound of Metal WINNER

Glynn Turmann, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

Benedict Wong, Nine Days

Best Screenplay

Bad Education

Minari

The Half of It

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Promising Young Woman WINNER

Best First Screenplay

Kitty Green, The Assistant

Noah Hutton, Lapsis

Channing Godfrey Peoples, Miss Juneteenth

Andy Siara, Palm Springs WINNER

James Sweeney, Straight Up

Best Cinematography

Jay Keitel, She Dies Tomorrow

Shabier Kirchner, Bull

Michael Latham, The Assistant

Hélène Louvart, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Joshua James Richards, Nomadland WINNER

Best Editing

I Carry You With Me

The Invisible Man

Residue

Never Rarely Sometimes Always

Nomadland WINNER

Robert Altman Award

One Night in Miami… WINNER

Best Documentary

Collective

Crip Camp WINNER

Dick Johnson Is Dead

Time

The Mole Agent

Best International Film

Bacurau

The Disciple

Night of the Kings

Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

Quo Vadis, Aida? WINNER

Piaget Producers Award

Kara Durrett

Lucas Joaquin

Gerry Kim WINNER

Someone to Watch Award

David Midell, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

Ekwa Msangi, Farewell Amor WINNER

Annie Silverstein, Bull

Truer Than Fiction Award

Cecilia Aldarondo, Landfall

Elegance Bratton, Pier Kids WINNER

Elizabeth Lo, Stray

John Cassavetes Awards

The Killing of Two Lovers

La Leyenda Negra

Lingua Franca

Residue WINNER

Saint Frances

Television

Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series

Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children

City So Real

Immigration Nation WINNER

Love Fraud

We’re Here

Best Scripted Series

I May Destroy You WINNER

Little America

Small Axe

A Teacher

Unorthodox

Best Female Performance in a Scripted Series

Elle Fanning, The Great

Shira Haas, Unorthodox WINNER

Abby McEnany, Work in Progress

Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Never Have I Ever

Jordan Kristine Seamón, We Are Who We Are

Best Male Performance in a Scripted Series

Conphidance, Little America

Adam Ali, Little America

Nicco Annan, P-Valley

Amit Rahav, Unorthodox WINNER

Harold Torres, Zero, Zero, Zero

Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series

I May Destroy You WINNER

Ensemble Cast: Michaela Coel, Paapa Essiedu, Weruche Opia

Stephen Wight