Here come the nominations for the 35th Independent Spirit Awards, unveiled live by Zazie Beetz and Natasha Lyonne for Film Independent. The 35th Independent Spirit Awards winners will be revealed on Saturday 8th February.
Best Feature
- A Hidden Life (Elisabeth Bentley, Dario Bergesio, Grant Hill, Josh Jeter)
- Clemency (Timur Bekbosunov, Julian Cautherley, Bronwyn Cornelius, Peter Wong)
- The Farewell (Anita Gou, Daniele Melia, Andrew Miano, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Lulu Wang, Chris Weitz, Jane Zheng)
- Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach, David Heyman)
- Uncut Gems (Eli Bush, Sebastian Bear-McClard, Scott Rudin)
Best Director
- Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse)
- Alma Har’el (Honey Boy)
- Julius Onah (Luce)
- Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie (Uncut Gems)
- Lorene Scafaria (Hustlers)
Best First Feature
- Booksmart (Olivia Wilde, Chelsea Barnard, David Distenfeld, Jessica Elbaum, Megan Ellison, Katie Silberman)
- The Climb (Michael Angelo Covino, Noah Lang, Kyle Marvin)
- Diane (Kent Jones, Luca Borghese, Ben Howe, Caroline Kaplan, Oren Moverman)
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco (Joe Talbot, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Khaliah Neal, Christina Oh)
- The Mustang (Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, Ilan Goldman)
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol, Spike Lee)
Best Female Lead
- Karen Allen (Colewell)
- Hong Chau (Driveways)
- Elisabeth Moss (Her Smell)
- Mary Kay Place (Diane)
- Alfre Woodard (Clemency)
- Renée Zellweger (Judy)
Best Male Lead
- Chris Galust (Give Me Liberty)
- Kelvin Harrison Jr. (Luce)
- Robert Pattinson (The Lighthouse)
- Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)
- Matthias Schoenaerts (The Mustang)
Best Supporting Female
- Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)
- Taylor Russell (Waves)
- Zhao Shuzhen (The Farewell)
- Lauren “Lolo” Spencer (Give Me Liberty)
- Octavia Spencer (Luce)
Best Supporting Male
- Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse)
- Noah Jupe (Honey Boy)
- Shia LaBeouf (Honey Boy)
- Jonathan Majors (The Last Black Man in San Francisco)
- Wendell Pierce (Burning Cane)
Best Screenplay
- Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story)
- Jason Begue, Shawn Snyder (To Dust)
- Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie (Uncut Gems)
- Chinonye Chukwu (Clemency)
- Tarell Alvin McCraney (High Flying Bird)
Best First Screenplay
- Fredrica Bailey, Stefon Bristol (See You Yesterday)
- Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen (Driveways)
- Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy (Blow the Man Down)
- Jocelyn DeBoer, Dawn Luebbe (Greener Grass)
- James Montague, Craig W. Sanger (The Vast of Night)
Best Cinematography
- Todd Banhazl (Hustlers)
- Jarin Blaschke (The Lighthouse)
- Natasha Braier (Honey Boy)
- Chananun Chotrungroj (The Third Wife)
- Pawel Pogorzelski (Midsommar)
Best Editing
- Julie Béziau (The Third Wife)
- Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems)
- Tyler L. Cook (Sword of Trust)
- Louise Ford (The Lighthouse)
- Kirill Mikhanovsky (Give Me Liberty)
John Cassavetes Award
- Burning Cane (Phillip Youmans, Ojo Akinlana, Jakob Johnson, Karen Kaia Livers, Mose Mayer, Wendell Pierce, Isaac Webb, Cassandra Youmans)
- Colewell (Tom Quinn, Joshua Blum, Alexandra Byer, Craig Shilowich, Matthew Thurm)
- Give Me Liberty (Kirill Mikhanovsky, Alice Austen, Val Abel, Wally Hall, Michael Manasseri, George Rush, Sergey Shtern)
- Premature (Rashaad Ernesto Green, Zora Howard, Darren Dean, Joy Ganes)
- Wild Nights With Emily (Madeleine Olnek, Anna Margarita Albelo, Casper Andreas, Max Rifkind-Barron)
Robert Altman Award
Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach, Douglas Aibel, Francine Maisler, Alan Alda, Laura Dern, Adam Driver, Julie Hagerty, Scarlett Johansson, Ray Liotta, Azhy Robertson, Merritt Wever)
Best Documentary
- American Factory (Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Julie Parker Benello, Jeff Reichert)
- Apollo 11 (Todd Douglas Miller, Evan Krauss, Thomas Baxley Petersen)
- For Sama (Edward Watts, Waad al-Kateab)
- Honeyland (Tamara Kotevska, Ljubo Stefanov, Atanas Georgiev)
- Island of the Hungry Ghosts (Gabrielle Brady, Gizem Acarla, Samm Haillay, Alex Kelly, Alexander Wadouh)
Best International Film
- The Invisible Life of Euridice Gusmao (Brazil)
- Les Miserables (France)
- Parasite (South Korea)
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (France)
- Retablo (Peru)
- The Souvenir (United Kingdom)
Piaget Producers Award
- Mollye Asher
- Krista Parris
- Ryan Zacarias
Someone to Watch Award
- Rashaad Ernesto Green (Premature)
- Ash Mayfair (The Third Wife)
- Joe Talbot (The Last Black Man in San Francisco)
Truer Than Fiction Award
- Khalik Allah (Black Mother)
- Davy Rothbart (17 Blocks)
- Nadia Shihab (Jaddoland)
- Erick Stoll, Chase Whiteside (America)
Annual Bonnie Award
- MarielleHeller
- KellyReichardt
- LuluWang
