Spirit Awards Nominations 2019

The 34th Film Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best independent films of 2018, will be presented by Film Independent on February 23, 2019.

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BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.)

→ Eighth Grade -->Producers: Eli Bush, Scott Rudin, Christopher Storer, Lila Yacoub
→ First Reformed --> Producers: Jack Binder, Greg Clark, Gary Hamilton, Victoria Hill, David Hinojosa, Frank Murray, Deepak Sikka, Christine Vachon
→ If Beale Street Could Talk --> Producers: Dede Gardner, Barry Jenkins, Jeremy Kleiner, Sara Murphy, Adele Romanski
→ Leave No Trace --> Producers: Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman, Anne Rosellini
→ You Were Never Really Here --> Producers: Rosa Attab, Pascal Caucheteux, Rebecca O’Brien, Lynne Ramsay, James Wilson
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BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the director and producer)

→ Hereditary --> Director: Ari Aster. Producers: Kevin Frakes, Lars Knudsen, Buddy Patrick
→ Sorry to Bother You --> Director: Boots Riley. Producers: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jonathan Duffy, Charles D. King, George Rush, Forest Whitaker, Kelly Williams
→ The Tale --> Director/Producer: Jennifer Fox. Producers: Oren Moverman, Laura Rister, Mynette Louie, Simone Pero, Lawrence Inglee, Sol Bondy, Regina K. Scully, Lynda Weinman, Reka Posta
→ We the Animals --> Director: Jeremiah Zagar. Producers: Andrew Goldman, Christina D. King, Paul Mezey, Jeremy Yaches
→ Wildlife --> Director/Producer: Paul Dano. Producers: Andrew Duncan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riva Marker, Oren Moverman, Ann Ruark, Alex Saks
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JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

→ A Bread Factory --> Writer/Director/Producer: Patrick Wang. Producers: Daryl Freimark, Matt Miller
→ En el Séptimo Día --> Writer/Director/Producer: Jim McKay. Producers: Alex Bach, Lindsey Cordero, Caroline Kaplan, Michael Stipe
→ Never Goin’ Back --> Writer/Director: Augustine Frizzell. Producers: Liz Cardenas, Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston
→ Sócrates --> Writer/Director/Producer: Alex Moratto. Writer: Thayná Mantesso. Producers: Ramin Bahrani, Jefferson Paulino, Tammy Weiss
→ Thunder Road --> Writer/Director: Jim Cummings. Producers: Natalie Metzger, Zack Parker, Benjamin Weissner
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BEST DIRECTOR

→ Debra Granik: Leave No Trace
→ Barry Jenkins: If Beale Street Could Talk
→ Tamara Jenkins: Private Life
→ Lynne Ramsay: You Were Never Really Here
→ Paul Schrader: First Reformed
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BEST SCREENPLAY

→ Richard Glatzer (Writer/Story By), Rebecca Lenkiewicz & Wash Westmoreland --> Colette
→ Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty --> Can You Ever Forgive Me?
→ Tamara Jenkins --> Private Life
→ Boots Riley --> Sorry to Bother You
→ Paul Schrader --> First Reformed
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BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

→ Bo Burnham --> Eighth Grade
→ Christina Choe --> Nancy
→ Cory Finley --> Thoroughbreds
→ Jennifer Fox --> The Tale
→ Quinn Shephard (Writer/Story By), Laurie Shephard (Story By) --> Blame
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BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

→ Ashley Connor --> Madeline’s Madeline
→ Diego Garcia --> Wildlife
→ Benjamin Loeb --> Mandy
→ Sayombhu Mukdeeprom --> Suspiria
→ Zak Mulligan --> We the Animals
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BEST EDITING

→ Joe Bini --> You Were Never Really Here
→ Keiko Deguchi, Brian A. Kates, Jeremiah Zagar --> We the Animals
→ Luke Dunkley, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill, Julian Hartv --> American Animals
→ Anne Fabini, Alex Hall, Gary Levy --> The Tale
→ Nick Houy --> Mid90s
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BEST FEMALE LEAD

→ Glenn Close --> The Wife
→ Toni Collette --> Hereditary
→ Elsie Fisher --> Eighth Grade
→ Regina Hall --> Support the Girls
→ Helena Howard --> Madeline’s Madeline
→ Carey Mulligan --> Wildlife
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BEST MALE LEAD

→ John Cho --> Searching
→ Daveed Diggs --> Blindspotting
→ Ethan Hawke --> First Reformed
→ Christian Malheiros --> Sócrates
→ Joaquin Phoenix --> You Were Never Really Here
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BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

→ Kayli Carter --> Private Life
→ Tyne Daly --> A Bread Factory
→ Regina King --> If Beale Street Could Talk
→ Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie --> Leave No Trace
→ J. Smith-Cameron --> Nancy
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BEST SUPPORTING MALE

→ Raúl Castillo --> We the Animals
→ Adam Driver --> BLACKkKLANSMAN
→ Richard E. Grant --> Can You Ever Forgive Me?
→ Josh Hamilton --> Eighth Grade
→ John David Washington --> Monsters and Men
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ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast

→ Suspiria
Director: Luca Guadagnino
Casting Directors: Avy Kaufman, Stella Savino
Ensemble Cast: Malgosia Bela, Ingrid Caven, Lutz Ebersdorf, Elena Fouina, Mia Goth, Jessica Harper, Dakota Johnson, Gala Moody, Chloë Grace Moretz, Fabrizia Sacchi, Renée Soutendijk, Tilda Swinton, Sylvie Testud, Angela Winkler
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BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer)

→ Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Director/Producer: RaMell Ross. Producers: Joslyn Barnes, Su Kim
→ Minding the Gap
Director/Producer: Bing Liu. Producer: Diane Quon
→ Of Fathers and Sons
Director: Talal Derki. Producers: Hans Robert Eisenhauer, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. Siebert
→ On Her Shoulders
Director: Alexandria Bombach. Producers: Hayley Pappas, Brock Williams
→ Shirkers
Director/Producer: Sandi Tan. Producers: Jessica Levin, Maya Rudolph
→ Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Director/Producer: Morgan Neville. Producers: Caryn Capotosto, Nicholas Ma
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BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director)

→ Burning --> South Korea. Director: Lee Chang-Dong
→ The Favourite --> United Kingdom. Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
→ Happy as Lazzaro --> Italy. Director: Alice Rohrwacher
→ Roma --> Mexico. Director: Alfonso Cuarón
→ Shoplifters --> Japan. Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu
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ANNUAL BONNIE AWARD

→ Debra Granik
→ Tamara Jenkins
→ Karyn Kusama
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PRODUCERS AWARD

→ Jonathan Duffy and Kelly Williams
→ Gabrielle Nadig
→ Shrihari Sathe
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SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD

→ Alex Moratto. Director of Sócrates
→ Ioana Uricaru. Director of Lemonade
→ Jeremiah Zagar. Director of We the Animals
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TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD

→ Alexandria Bombach. Director of On Her Shoulders
→ Bing Liu. Director of Minding the Gap
→ RaMell Ross. Director of Hale County This Morning, This Evening