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FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

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    Independent Spirit Award

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    Best Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nomadland

      7.3 (193K)
      Chloé Zhao
      Peter Spears
      Frances McDormand
      Dan Janvey
      Mollye Asher
    • [object Object]

      First Cow

      7.1 (23K)
      Anish Savjani
      Neil Kopp
      Vincent Savino
    • [object Object]

      Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

      6.9 (59K)
      Todd Black
      Dany Wolf
      Denzel Washington
    • [object Object]

      Minari

      7.4 (104K)
      Dede Gardner
      Christina Oh
      Jeremy Kleiner
    • [object Object]

      Never Rarely Sometimes Always

      7.4 (32K)
      Adele Romanski
      Sara Murphy

    Best First Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sound of Metal

      7.7 (160K)
      Darius Marder
      Bill Benz
      Kathy Benz
      Bert Hamelinck
      Sacha Ben Harroche
    • [object Object]

      The Forty-Year-Old Version

      7.2 (5.7K)
      Radha Blank
      Inuka Bacote-Capiga
      Jordan Fudge
      Rishi Rajani
      Jennifer Semler
      Lena Waithe
    • [object Object]

      I Carry You with Me

      6.7 (1.9K)
      Heidi Ewing
      Edher Campos
      Mynette Louie
      Gabriela Maire
    • [object Object]

      Miss Juneteenth

      6.5 (2.3K)
      Channing Godfrey Peoples
      Toby Halbrooks
      Tim Headington
      Jeanie Igoe
      James M. Johnston
      Theresa Steele Page
      Neil Creque Williams
    • [object Object]

      Nine Days

      6.8 (13K)
      Edson Oda
      Jason Michael Berman
      Mette-Marie Kongsved
      Matthew Lindner
      Laura Tunstall
      Datari Turner

    Best Female Lead

    • Carey Mulligan
      Winner
      • Carey Mulligan
      • Promising Young Woman
    • Nicole Beharie
      • Nicole Beharie
      • Miss Juneteenth
    • Viola Davis at an event for Suicide Squad (2016)
      • Viola Davis
      • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
    • Sidney Flanigan at an event for The IMDb Studio at Acura Festival Village (2020)
      • Sidney Flanigan
      • Never Rarely Sometimes Always
    • Julia Garner
      • Julia Garner
      • The Assistant
    • Frances McDormand
      • Frances McDormand
      • Nomadland

    Best Male Lead

    • Riz Ahmed
      Winner
      • Riz Ahmed
      • Sound of Metal
    • Chadwick Boseman
      • Chadwick Boseman
      • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
      Posthumously.
    • Rob Morgan
      • Rob Morgan
      • Bull
    • Steven Yeun
      • Steven Yeun
      • Minari
    • Adarsh Gourav
      • Adarsh Gourav
      • The White Tiger

    Best Supporting Female

    • Youn Yuh-jung
      Winner
      • Youn Yuh-jung
      • Minari
    • Alexis Chikaeze
      • Alexis Chikaeze
      • Miss Juneteenth
    • Han Ye-ri in Commitment (2013)
      • Han Ye-ri
      • Minari
    • Valerie Mahaffey
      • Valerie Mahaffey
      • French Exit
    • Talia Ryder
      • Talia Ryder
      • Never Rarely Sometimes Always

    Best Supporting Male

    • Paul Raci
      Winner
      • Paul Raci
      • Sound of Metal
    • Colman Domingo
      • Colman Domingo
      • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
    • Orion Lee
      • Orion Lee
      • First Cow
    • Glynn Turman
      • Glynn Turman
      • Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
    • Benedict Wong
      • Benedict Wong
      • Nine Days

    Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I May Destroy You

      8.1 (27K)
      Michaela Coel
      Weruche Opia
      Paapa Essiedu
      Stephen Wight

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nomadland

      7.3 (193K)
      Joshua James Richards
    • [object Object]

      She Dies Tomorrow

      5.0 (7.6K)
      Jay Keitel
    • [object Object]

      Bull

      6.3 (4.2K)
      Shabier Kirchner
    • [object Object]

      The Assistant

      6.3 (28K)
      Michael Latham
    • [object Object]

      Never Rarely Sometimes Always

      7.4 (32K)
      Hélène Louvart

    Best Director

    • Chloé Zhao
      Winner
      • Chloé Zhao
      • Nomadland
    • Lee Isaac Chung
      • Lee Isaac Chung
      • Minari
    • Emerald Fennell
      • Emerald Fennell
      • Promising Young Woman
    • Eliza Hittman at an event for Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)
      • Eliza Hittman
      • Never Rarely Sometimes Always
    • Kelly Reichardt
      • Kelly Reichardt
      • First Cow

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Crip Camp

      7.7 (8.5K)
      Sara Bolder
      James Lebrecht
      Nicole Newnham
    • [object Object]

      Time

      6.8 (6.5K)
      Garrett Bradley
      Lauren Domino
      Kellen Quinn
    • [object Object]

      The Mole Agent

      7.5 (10K)
      Maite Alberdi
      Marcela Santibanez
    • [object Object]

      Collective

      8.1 (14K)
      Bianca Oana
      Alexander Nanau
      Bernard Michaux
      Hanka Kastelicová
    • [object Object]

      Dick Johnson Is Dead

      7.4 (7.5K)
      Katy Chevigny
      Kirsten Johnson
      Marilyn Ness

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nomadland

      7.3 (193K)
      Chloé Zhao
    • [object Object]

      I Carry You with Me

      6.7 (1.9K)
      Enat Sidi
    • [object Object]

      The Invisible Man

      7.1 (271K)
      Andy Canny
    • [object Object]

      Residue

      6.6 (659)
      Merawi Gerima
    • [object Object]

      Never Rarely Sometimes Always

      7.4 (32K)
      Scott Cummings

    Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Unorthodox

      8.0 (96K)
      Shira Haas
    • [object Object]

      The Great

      8.1 (59K)
      Elle Fanning
    • [object Object]

      Work in Progress

      7.4 (2.2K)
      Abby McEnany
    • [object Object]

      Never Have I Ever

      7.8 (88K)
      Maitreyi Ramakrishnan
    • [object Object]

      We Are Who We Are

      7.3 (10K)
      Jordan Kristine Seamón

    Best First Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Palm Springs

      7.4 (200K)
      Andy Siara
    • [object Object]

      The Assistant

      6.3 (28K)
      Kitty Green
    • [object Object]

      Lapsis

      6.2 (2.9K)
      Noah Hutton
    • [object Object]

      Miss Juneteenth

      6.5 (2.3K)
      Channing Godfrey Peoples
    • [object Object]

      Straight Up

      6.9 (3.5K)
      James Sweeney

    Best International Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Quo Vadis, Aida?

      8.0 (41K)
      Jasmila Zbanic
      Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • [object Object]

      Bacurau

      7.3 (32K)
      Juliano Dornelles
      Kleber Mendonça Filho
      Brazil
    • [object Object]

      The Disciple

      7.1 (3.2K)
      Chaitanya Tamhane
      India
    • [object Object]

      Night of the Kings

      6.5 (3K)
      Philippe Lacôte
      Ivory Coast
    • [object Object]

      Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time

      6.5 (2.9K)
      Lili Horvát
      Hungary

    Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Unorthodox

      8.0 (96K)
      Amit Rahav
    • [object Object]

      Little America

      7.6 (4K)
      Conphidance
    • [object Object]

      Little America

      7.6 (4K)
      Adam Ali
    • [object Object]

      P-Valley

      7.5 (12K)
      Nicco Annan
    • [object Object]

      ZeroZeroZero

      8.1 (31K)
      Harold Torres

    Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Immigration Nation

      7.6 (1.3K)
      Christina Clusiau
      Shaul Schwarz
      Dan Cogan
      Jenny Raskin
      Brandon Hill
      Christian Thompson
    • [object Object]

      Atlanta's Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children

      7.1 (1.7K)
      Jeff Dupre
      Joshua Bennett
      Sam Pollard
      Maro Chermayeff
      John Legend
      Mike Jackson
      Ty Stiklorius
    • [object Object]

      City So Real

      7.7 (304)
      Zak Piper
      Steve James
      Jeff Skoll
      Diane Weyermann
      Alex Kotlowitz
      Gordon Quinn
      Betsy Steinberg
      Jolene Pinder
    • [object Object]

      Love Fraud

      6.4 (1.2K)
      Rachel Grady
      Heidi Ewing
      Amy Goodman Kass
      Vinnie Malhotra
      Jihan Robinson
      Michael Bloom
      Maria Zuckerman
    • [object Object]

      We're Here

      8.2 (3.4K)
      Steve Warren
      Johnnie Ingram
      Eli Holzman
      Aaron Saidman
      Peter LoGreco
      Erin Haglund
      Sabrina Mar

    Best New Scripted Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I May Destroy You

      8.1 (27K)
      Michaela Coel
      Philip Clarke
      Roberto Troni
    • [object Object]

      Little America

      7.6 (4K)
      Lee Eisenberg
      Joshuah Bearman
      Joshua Davis
      Arthur Spector
      Alan Yang
      Sian Heder
      Kumail Nanjiani
      Emily V. Gordon
    • [object Object]

      Small Axe

      7.8 (5.6K)
      Tracey Scoffield
      David Tanner
      Steve McQueen
    • [object Object]

      A Teacher

      6.9 (17K)
      Hannah Fidell
      Michael Costigan
      Kate Mara
      Louise Shore
      Jason Bateman
      Daniel Brocklehurst
      Daniel Pipski
    • [object Object]

      Unorthodox

      8.0 (96K)
      Anna Winger
      Alexa Karolinski
      Henning Kamm

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Promising Young Woman

      7.5 (225K)
      Emerald Fennell
    • [object Object]

      Bad Education

      7.1 (45K)
      Mike Makowsky
    • [object Object]

      Minari

      7.4 (104K)
      Lee Isaac Chung
    • [object Object]

      The Half of It

      6.9 (46K)
      Alice Wu
    • [object Object]

      Never Rarely Sometimes Always

      7.4 (32K)
      Eliza Hittman

    John Cassavetes Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Residue

      6.6 (659)
      Merawi Gerima
    • [object Object]

      La leyenda negra

      7.2 (84)
      Patricia Vidal Delgado
      Alicia Herder
      Marcel Perez
    • [object Object]

      The Killing of Two Lovers

      6.8 (5.7K)
      Robert Machoian
      Scott Christopherson
      Clayne Crawford
    • [object Object]

      Lingua Franca

      6.6 (1.1K)
      Isabel Sandoval
      Darlene Catly Malimas
      Jhett Tolentino
      Carlo Velayo
    • [object Object]

      Saint Frances

      7.1 (5.7K)
      Alex Thompson
      Kelly O'Sullivan
      James Choi
      Pierce Cravens
      Ian Keiser
      Edwin Linker
      Raphael Nash
      Roger Welp

    Robert Altman Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      One Night in Miami...

      7.1 (35K)
      Regina King
      Kimberly Hardin
      Kingsley Ben-Adir
      Eli Goree
      Aldis Hodge
      Leslie Odom Jr.

    Truer Than Fiction Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Pier Kids

      6.6 (116)
      Elegance Bratton
    • [object Object]

      Landfall

      7.3 (61)
      Cecilia Aldarondo
    • [object Object]

      Stray

      6.9 (1.8K)
      Elizabeth Lo

    Producers Award

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    • Gerry Kim
      Winner
      • Gerry Kim
    • Kara Durrett
      • Kara Durrett
    • Lucas Joaquin
      • Lucas Joaquin

    Someone to Watch Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Farewell Amor

      6.9 (1.7K)
      Ekwa Msangi
    • [object Object]

      The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

      7.1 (1.8K)
      David Midell
    • [object Object]

      Bull

      6.3 (4.2K)
      Annie Silverstein

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    • FINDIE Awards ("Friends of Independents")
    • Independent Spirit Awards

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