34th FILM INDEPENDENT AWARD – HOW I PICKED
34th FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD WINNERS
VOTING WINDOW
November 16, 2018 — February 23, 2019
1 of 44 FILMS
FILMS
| # | FILM | AVAILABILITY | MEMBERS |
| 1 | “American Animals” | Available on Digital & DVD | *** |
| 2 | “BlacKkKlansman” | Available on Digital & DVD | DIGITAL |
| 3 | “Blame” | Streaming on Prime Video
| *** |
| 4 | “Blindspotting” | Available on Digital & DVD | *** |
| 5 | “A Bread Factory” | *** | DIGITAL |
| 6 | “Burning” | Streaming on Hoopla | *** |
| 7 | “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” | In Theaters | DIGITAL |
| 8 | “Colette” | Available on Digital & DVD | MAIL |
| 9 | “Eighth Grade” | Available on Digital & DVD | MAIL |
| 10 | “En El Séptimo Día” | Streaming on HBO Go | *** |
| 11 | “The Favourite” | In Theaters | DIGITAL |
| 12 | “First Reformed” | Streaming on Prime Video | MAIL |
| 13 | “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” | *** | *** |
| 14 | “Happy As Lazzaro” | Streaming on Netflix | MAIL |
| 15 | “Hereditary” | Available on Digital & DVD | MAIL |
| 16 | “If Beale Street Could Talk” | In Theaters | DIGITAL |
| 17 | “Leave No Trace” | Streaming on Prime Video | MAIL |
| 18 | “Lemonade” | *** | *** |
| 19 | “Madeline’s Madeline” | Streaming on Prime Video | DIGITAL |
| 20 | “Mandy” | Streaming on Hoopla | DIGITAL |
| 21 | “Mid90s” | Available on Digital & DVD | MAIL |
| 22 | “Minding The Gap” | Streaming on Hulu | DIGITAL |
| 23 | “Monsters and Men” | Available on Digital & DVD | DIGITAL |
| 24 | “Nancy” | Streaming on Hoopla | DIGITAL |
| 25 | “Never Goin’ Back” | Streaming on Prime Video | *** |
| 26 | “Of Fathers And Sons” | Streaming on Kanopy | DIGITAL |
| 27 | “On Her Shoulders” | Available on Digital & DVD | DIGITAL |
| 28 | “Private Life” | Streaming on Netflix | MAIL |
| 29 | “Roma” | Streaming on Netflix | MAIL |
| 30 | “Searching” | Available on Digital & DVD | MAIL |
| 31 | “Shirkers” | Streaming on Netflix | MAIL |
| 32 | “Shoplifters” | On DVD: Feb 12 | DIGITAL |
| 33 | “Sócrates” | *** | DIGITAL |
| 34 | “Sorry To Bother You” | Streaming on Hulu | DIGITAL |
| 35 | “Support The Girls” | Streaming on Hulu | DIGITAL |
| 36 | “Suspiria” | Available on Digital & DVD | DIGITAL |
| 37 | “The Tale” | Streaming on HBO Go | DIGITAL |
| 38 | “Thoroughbreds” | Available on Digital & DVD | *** |
| 39 | “Thunder Road” | Available on Digital & DVD | *** |
| 40 | “We The Animals” | Available on Digital & DVD | MAIL |
| 41 | “The Wife” | Available on Digital & DVD | DIGITAL |
| 42 | “Wildlife” | In Theaters
(Rent on Amazon) | *** |
| 43 | “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” | Available on Digital & DVD | DIGITAL |
| 44 | “You Were Never Really Here” | Streaming on Prime Video | DIGITAL |
NOMINATIONS
BEST FEATURE
| “Eighth Grade” |
| “First Reformed” |
| “If Beale Street Could Talk” |
| “Leave No Trace” |
| “You Were Never Really Here” |
BEST FIRST FEATURE
| “Hereditary” |
| “Sorry To Bother You” |
| “The Tale” |
| “We The Animals” |
| “Wildlife” |
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
| “A Bread Factory” |
| “En El Séptimo Día” |
| “Never Goin’ Back” |
| “Sócrates” |
| “Thunder Road” |
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” |
BEST FEMALE LEAD
| Glenn Close – “The Wife” |
| Toni Collette – “Hereditary” |
| Elsie Fisher – “Eighth Grade” |
| Regina Hall – “Support The Girls” |
| Helena Howard – “Madeline’s Madeline” |
| Renée Zellweger — “Judy”Carey Mulligan – “Wildlife” |
BEST MALE LEAD
| John Cho – “Searching” |
| Daveed Diggs – “Blindspotting” |
| Ethan Hawke – “First Reformed” |
| Christian Malheiros – “Sócrates” |
| Joaquin Phoenix – “You Were Never Really Here” |
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” |
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” |
BEST SCREENPLAY
| “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” — Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty |
| “Colette” — Richard Glatzer, Rebecca Lenkiewicz & Wash Westmoreland |
| “First Reformed” — Paul Schrader |
| “Private Life” — Tamara Jenkins |
| “Sorry To Bother You” — Boots Riley |
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
| “Blame” — Quinn Shephard and Laurie Shephard |
| “Eighth Grade” — Bo Burnham |
| “Nancy” — Christina Choe |
| “The Tale” — Jennifer Fox |
| “Thoroughbreds” — Cory Finley |
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
| “Madeline’s Madeline” — Ashley Connor |
| “Mandy” — Benjamin Loeb |
| “Suspiria” — Sayombhu Mukdeeprom |
| “We The Animals” — Zak Mulligan |
| “Wildlife” — Diego Garcia |
BEST EDITING
| “American Animals” — Luke Dunkley, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill & Julian Hart |
| “Mid90s” — Nick Houy |
| “The Tale” — Anne Fabini, Alex Hall and Gary Levy |
| “We The Animals” — Keiko Deguchi, Brian A. Kates & Jeremiah Zagar |
| “You Were Never Really Here” — Joe Bini |
BEST DOCUMENTARY
| “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” |
| “Minding The Gap” |
| “Of Fathers And Sons” |
| “On Her Shoulders” |
| “Shirkers” |
| “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” |
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
| “Burning” (South Korea) |
| “The Favorite” (United Kingdom) |
| “Happy As Lazzaro” (Italy) |
| “Roma” (Mexico) |
| “Shoplifters” (Japan) |
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
Piaget Producers Award
| Jonathan Duffy and Kelly Williams |
| Gabrielle Nadig |
| Shrihari Sathe |
Kiehls Someone to Watch Award
| Alex Moratto – “Sócrates” |
| Ioana Uricaru – “Lemonade” |
| Jeremiah Zagar – “We The Animals” |
Bonnie Award
| Debra Granik |
| Tamara Jenkins |
| Karyn Kusama |
Truer Than Fiction Award
| Alexandria Bombach – “On Her Shoulders” |
| Bing Liu – “Minding The Gap” |
| RaMell Ross – “Hale County This Morning, This Evening” |
