In a virtual event hosted by Melissa Villaseñor, the 36th annual Independent Spirit Awards took place Thursday night. The big winner of the night was “Nomadland” and Chloé Zhao, which looks to repeat at the Oscars on Sunday as well. It won Best Feature, Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Cinematography. “Sound Of Metal” won a pair of acting awards while “Promising Young Woman” won Best Lead Actress and Best Screenplay.
Presented by Cate Blanchett
“Nomadland”
Produced by Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Chloé Zhao
Searchlight Pictures
NOMINEES
“First Cow”
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
“Minari”
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Presented by Maria Bakalova
“Sound Of Metal”
Directed by Darius Marder
Produced by Bill Benz, Kathy Benz, Bert Hamelinck, and Sacha Ben Harroche
Amazon Studios
NOMINEES
“The Forty-Year-Old Version”
“I Carry You With Me”
“Miss Juneteenth”
“Nine Days”
“Residue”
Writer/Director: Merawi Gerima
Netflix
NOMINEES
“The Killing Of Two Lovers”
“La Leyenda Negra”
“Lingua Franca”
“Saint Frances”
Presented by Lulu Yang
Chloé Zhao
“Nomadland”
Searchlight Pictures
NOMINEES
Lee Isaac Chung
“Minari”
Emerald Fennell
“Promising Young Woman”
Eliza Hittman
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Kelly Reichardt
“First Cow”
Presented by Adam Sandler
Carey Mulligan
“Promising Young Woman”
Focus Features
NOMINEES
Nicole Beharie
“Miss Juneteenth”
Viola Davis
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Sidney Flanigan
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Julia Garner
“The Assistant”
Frances McDormand
“Nomadland”
Presented by Renée Zellweger
Riz Ahmed
“Sound Of Metal”
Amazon Studios
NOMINEES
Chadwick Boseman
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Adarsh Gourav
“The White Tiger”
Rob Morgan
“Bull”
Steven Yeun
“Minari”
Presented by Leslie Odom, Jr.
Yuh-Jung Youn
“Minari”
A24
NOMINEES
Alexis Chikaeza
“Miss Juneteenth”
Yeri Han
“Minari”
Valerie Mahaffey
“French Exit”
Talia Ryder
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Presented by Laura Dern
Paul Raci
“Sound Of Metal”
Amazon Studios
NOMINEES
Colman Domingo
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Orion Lee
“First Cow”
Glynn Turman
“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”
Benedict Wong
“Nine Days”
Presented by Kumail Nanjiani
“Promising Young Woman”
Written by Emerald Fennell
Focus Features
NOMINEES
“Bad Education”
Mike Makowsky
“The Half Of It”
Alice Wu
“Minari”
Lee Isaac Chung
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Eliza Hittman
Presented by Kathryn Hahn
“Palm Springs”
Written by Andy Siara
Neon | Hulu
NOMINEES
“The Assistant”
Kitty Green
“Lapsis”
Noah Hutton
“Miss Juneteenth”
Channing Godfrey Peoples
“Straight Up”
James Sweeney
“Nomadland”
Cinematography by Joshua James Richards
Searchlight Pictures
NOMINEES
“The Assistant”
Michael Latham
“Bull”
Shabier Kirchner
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Hélène Louvart
“She Dies Tomorrow”
Jay Keitel
“Nomadland”
Edited by Chloé Zhao
Searchlight Pictures
NOMINEES
“I Carry You With Me”
Enat Sidi
“The Invisible Man”
Chloé Zhao
“Never Rarely Sometimes Always”
Scott Cummings
“Residue”
Merawi Gerima
Presented by Dominique Fishback
“Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution”
Directors/Producers: Jim LeBrecht and Nicole Newnham
Producer: Sara Bolder
Netflix
NOMINEES
“Collective”
“Dick Johnson Is Dead”
“The Mole Agent”
“Time”
Presented by
“Quo Vadis, Aida?”
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Directed by Jasmila Žbanić
NOMINEES
“Bacurau”
Brazil
“The Disciple”
India
“Night Of The Kings”
Bosnia and Herzegovina
“Preparations To Be Together For An Unknown Period Of Time”
Hungary
Presented by Don Cheadle
“One Night In Miami…”
Director: Regina King
Casting Director: Kimberly R. Hardin
Ensemble Cast: Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Aldis Hodge, Leslie Odom Jr.
Amazon Studios
TELEVISION
Presented by Julia Garner
“I May Destroy You”
Creator/Executive Producer: Michaela Coel
Executive Producers: Phil Clarke and Roberto Troni
HBO
NOMINEES
“Little America”
“Small Axe”
“A Teacher”
“Unorthodox”
“Immigration Nation”
Executive Produced by Christina Clusiau, Shaul Schwarz, Dan Cogan, Jenny Raskin, Brandon Hill, and Christian Thompson
Co-Executive Produced by Andrey Alistratov, Jay Arthur Sterrenberg, and Lauren Haber
Netflix
NOMINEES
“Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children”
“City So Real”
“Love Fraud”
“We’re Here”
Presented by Daveed Diggs
Shira Haas
“Unorthodox”
Netflix
NOMINEES
Elle Fanning
“The Great”
Abby McEnany
“Work In Progress”
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
“Never Have I Ever”
Jordan Kristine Seamón
“We Are Who We Are”
Presented by Annie Murphy
Amit Rahav
“Unorthodox”
Netflix
NOMINEES
Adam Ali
“Little America”
Nicco Annan
“P-Valley”
Conphidance
“Little America”
Harold Torres
“ZeroZeroZero”
Presented by Phoebe Waller-Bridge
“I May Destroy You”
Ensemble Cast: Michaela Coel, Paapa Essiedu, Weruche Opia, and Stephen Wight
HBO
EMERGING FILMMAKERS
Gerry Kim
NOMINEES
Kara Durrett
Lucas Joaquin
Ekwa Msangi
“Farewell Amor”
NOMINEES
David Midell
“The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain”
Annie Silverstein
“Bull”
Elegance Bratton
“Pier Kids”
NOMINEES
Cecilia Aldarondo
“Landfall”
Elizabeth Lo
“Stray”
