38th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards to be held on March 4th 2023. Image Source: American Film Institute
The 38th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards will take place on the beach in Santa Monica on March 4, 2023. The awards will recognize the year's best independent films and television shows. The Independent Spirits will be broadcasted worldwide across multiple digital and online platforms this year, as there will be no TV outlet.
Josh Welsh, President of Film Independent, stated that as the television landscape evolves, independent artists broaden the idea as to how stories can indeed be told and are appreciative to evolve with it. Josh added that they keep hoping to effectively reflect the variety of fantastic work created by these great artists with their categories and gender-neutral acting awards.
Here is the full list of nominees:
Best Feature
Bones and All
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Our Father, the Devil
Tár
Women Talking
Best First Feature
Aftersun
Emily the Criminal
The Inspection
Murina
Palm Trees and Power Lines
Best Director
Todd Field, Tár
Kogonada, After Yang
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Halina Reijn, Bodies Bodies Bodies
Best Screenplay
Lena Dunham, Catherine Called Birdy
Todd Field, Tár
Kogonada, After Yang
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Best First Screenplay
Joel Kim Booster, Fire Island
Jamie Dack, Audrey Findlay, Story by Jamie Dack, Palm Trees and Power Lines
K.D. Dávila, Emergency
Sarah DeLappe, Story by Kristen Roupenian, Bodies Bodies Bodies
John Patton Ford, Emily the Criminal
Best Lead Performance
Cate Blanchett, Tár
Dale Dickey, A Love Song
Mia Goth, Pearl
Regina Hall, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Aubrey Plaza, Emily the Criminal
Jeremy Pope, The Inspection
Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie
Taylor Russell, Bones and All
Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best Supporting Performance
Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
Nina Hoss, Tár
Brian d’Arcy James, The Cathedral
Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Trevante Rhodes, Bruiser
Theo Rossi, Emily the Criminal
Mark Rylance, Bones and All
Jonathan Tucker, Palm Trees, and Power Lines
Gabrielle Union, The Inspection
Best Breakthrough Performance
Frankie Corio, Aftersun
Gracija Filipović, Murina
Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Lily McInerny, Palm Trees, and Power Lines
Daniel Zolghadri, Funny Pages
Best Cinematography
Florian Hoffmeister, Tár
Hélène Louvart, Murina
Gregory Oke, Aftersun
Eliot Rockett, Pearl
Anisia Uzeyman, Neptune Frost
Best Editing
Ricky D’Ambrose, The Cathedral
Dean Fleischer Camp and Nick Paley, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Blair McClendon, Aftersun
Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Monika Willi, Tár
Best International Film
Corsage (Austria/Luxembourg/France/Belgium/Italy/England)
Joyland (Pakistan/USA)
Leonor Will Never Die (Philippines)
Return to Seoul (South Korea/France/Belgium/Romania)
Saint Omer (France)
Best Documentary
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
A House Made of Splinters
Midwives
Riotsville, U.S.A.
John Cassavetes Award
The African Desperate
A Love Song
The Cathedral
Holy Emy
Something in the Dirt
Robert Altman Award
Women Talking
Director: Sarah Polley
Casting Directors: John Buchan, Jason Knight
Ensemble Cast: Shayla Brown, Michelle McLeod, Claire Foy, Kira Guloien, Jessie Buckley, Kate Hallett, Sheila McCarthy, Frances McDormand,Judith Ivey, Rooney Mara, Liv McNeil, Ben Whishaw, August Winter
Producers Awards
This award recognizes emerging producers who, despite possessing very fewer resources, show the creative thinking, tenacity, and vision required to create quality indie films.
Someone to Watch Award
This award honors a naturally gifted filmmaker with a particular vision who has yet to receive adequate recognition.
Adamma Ebo, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Nikyatu Jusu, Nanny
Araceli Lemos, Holy Emy
Truer Than Fiction Award
This award is given to an emerging nonfiction feature director who has not yet gained substantial acknowledgment.
Isabel Castro, Mija
Reid Davenport, I Didn’t See You There
Rebeca Huntt, Beba
Best New Scripted Series
The Bear
Pachinko
The Porter
Catherine Pinkney, Devin Griffin
Severance
Station Eleven
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
Children of the Underground
Mind Over Murder
Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?
The Rehearsal
We Need to Talk About Cosby
Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series
Aml Ameen , The Porter
Mohammed Amer, Mo
Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere
KaMillion, Rap Sh!t
Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets
Himesh Patel, Station Eleven
Sue Ann Pien, As We See It
Adam Scott, Severance
Ben Whishaw, This is Going to Hurt
Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series
Danielle Deadwyler, Station Eleven
Ayo Edibiri, The Bear
Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere
Gbemisola Ikumelo, A League of Their Own
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
Frankie Quiñones, This Fool
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary
Molly Shannon, I Love That For You
Tramell Tillman, Severance
Best Ensemble Cast in a Scripted Series
Pachinko
Ensemble Cast: Minha Kim, Soji Arai, Yuh-jung Youn, Kaho Minami, Jin Ha, Inji Jeong, Lee Minho, Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson, Steve Sanghyun Noh
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