Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations Announced, Here’s Where to Watch the Nominees
Film Independent has announced the nominees for their 2024 Spirit Awards. ANORA and I SAW THE TV GLOW led with six nominations each. Surprisingly, THE BRUTALIST received only one nomination: Brady Corbet for Best Director.
Here’s the full breakdown of the 2024 nominees, along with where (or when) you can watch them:
BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer)
“Anora”
Producers: Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan
Currently in theaters, VOD/Digital date TBA
“I Saw the TV Glow”
Producers: Ali Herting, Sam Intili, Dave McCary, Emma Stone, Sarah Winshall
Streaming on Max, VOD/Digital platforms
“Nickel Boys”
Producers: Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine
Coming to US theaters December 13th
“Sing Sing”
Producers: Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Monique Walton
Re-releasing in US theaters January 17, 2024
“The Substance”
Producers: Tim Bevan, Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner
Streaming on MUBI, VOD/Digital platforms
BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to director and producer)
“Dìdi”
Director/Producer: Sean Wang Producers: Valerie Bush, Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters
Streaming on Peacock, VOD/Digital platforms
“In the Summers”
Director: Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio Producers: Janek Ambros, Lynette Coll, Alexander Dinelaris, Cynthia Fernandez De La Cruz, Cristóbal Güell, Sergio Alberto Lira, Rob Quadrino, Jan Suter, Daniel Tantalean, Nando Vila, Slava Vladimirov, Stephanie Yankwitt
Streaming on Kanopy, VOD/Digital platforms
“Janet Planet”
Director/Producer: Annie Baker Producers: Andrew Goldman, Dan Janvey, Derrick Tseng
Streaming on Max, VOD/Digital platforms
“The Piano Lesson”
Director: Malcolm Washington Producers: Todd Black, Denzel Washington
Streaming on Netflix
“Problemista”
Director/Producer: Julio Torres Producers: Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Emma Stone
Streaming on Max, VOD/Digital platforms
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD – Given to the best feature made for under $1,000,000. (Award given to the writer, director, and producer)
“Big Boys”
Writer/Director/Producer: Corey Sherman Producer: Allison Tate
Streaming on VOD/Digital platforms
“Ghostlight”
Writer/Director: Kelly O’Sullivan Director/Producer: Alex Thompson Producers: Pierce Cravens, Ian Keiser, Chelsea Krant, Eddie Linker, Alex Wilson
Streaming on AMC+, VOD/Digital platforms
“Girls Will Be Girls”
Writer/Director/Producer: Shuchi Talati Producers: Richa Chadha, Claire Chassagne
Streaming on Amazon Prime Video for rental and purchase
“Jazzy”
Writer/Director/Producer: Morrisa Maltz Writer/Producer: Lainey Shangreaux Writers: Andrew Hajek, Vanara Taing Producers: Miranda Bailey, Tommy Heitkamp, John Way, Natalie Whalen, Elliott Whitton
Not currently in theaters or available to stream
“The People’s Joker”
Writer/Director: Vera Drew Writer: Bri LeRose Producer: Joey Lyons
Streaming on MUBI 12/6, available on VOD/Digital platforms
BEST DIRECTOR
Ali Abbasi, “The Apprentice”
Streaming on VOD/Digital platforms
Sean Baker, “Anora”
Currently in theaters, VOD/Digital streaming date TBA
Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
Coming to theaters December 20th
Alonso Ruizpalacios, “La Cocina”
Currently in select theaters, VOD/Digital streaming date TBA
Jane Schoenbrun, “I Saw the TV Glow”
Streaming on Max, VOD/Digital platforms
BEST SCREENPLAY
Scott Beck, Bryan Woods, “Heretic”
Streaming on PVOD 12/10
Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain”
Currently in theaters, streaming date TBA
Megan Park, “My Old Ass”
Streaming on Prime Video
Aaron Schimberg, “A Different Man”
Streaming on VOD/Digital platforms
Jane Schoenbrun, “I Saw the TV Glow”
Streaming on Max, VOD/Digital platforms
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Joanna Arnow, “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed”
Streaming on Hulu, VOD/Digital platforms
Annie Baker, “Janet Planet”
Streaming on Max, VOD/Digital platforms
India Donaldson, “Good One”
Streaming 12/6 on VOD/Digital platforms
Julio Torres, “Problemista”
Streaming on Max, VOD/Digital platforms
Sean Wang, “Dìdi”
Streaming on Peacock, VOD/Digital platforms
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE
Amy Adams, “Nightbitch”
Coming to theaters December 6
Ryan Destiny, “The Fire Inside”
Coming to theaters December 25
Colman Domingo, “Sing Sing”
Re-releasing in theaters 1/17
Keith Kupferer, “Ghostlight”
Streaming on AMC+, VOD/Digital platforms
Mikey Madison, “Anora”
Currently in theaters, VOD/Digital release date TBA
Demi Moore, “The Substance”
Streaming on MUBI, VOD/Digital platforms
Hunter Schafer, “Cuckoo”
Streaming 12/17 on Hulu, currently on VOD/Digital platforms
Justice Smith, “I Saw the TV Glow”
Streaming on Max, VOD/Digital platforms
June Squibb, “Thelma”
Streaming on Hulu, VOD/Digital platforms
Sebastian Stan, “The Apprentice”
Streaming on VOD/Digital platforms
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Yura Borisov, “Anora”
Currently in theaters, VOD/Digital streaming date TBA
Joan Chen, “Dìdi”
Streaming on Peacock, VOD/Digital platforms
Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
Currently in theaters, VOD/Digital streaming date TBA
Danielle Deadwyler, “The Piano Lesson”
Streaming on Netflix
Carol Kane, “Between the Temples”
Streaming on VOD/Digital platforms
Karren Karagulian, “Anora”
Currently in theaters, VOD/Digital streaming date TBA
Kani Kusruti, “Girls Will Be Girls”
Streaming on Amazon Prime Video for rental and purchase
Brigette Lundy-Paine, “I Saw the TV Glow”
Streaming on Max, VOD/Digital platforms
Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin, “Sing Sing”
Re-releasing in theaters 1/17
Adam Pearson, “A Different Man”
Streaming on VOD/Digital platforms
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Isaac Krasner, “Big Boys”
Streaming on VOD/Digital platforms
Katy O’Brian, “Love Lies Bleeding”
Streaming on Max, VOD/Digital platforms
Mason Alexander Park, “National Anthem”
Streaming on VOD/Digital platforms
René Pérez Joglar, “In the Summers”
Streaming on Kanopy, VOD/Digital platforms
Maisy Stella, “My Old Ass”
Streaming on Prime Video
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dinh Duy Hung, “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell”
Streaming on Kanopy, VOD/Digital platforms
Jomo Fray, “Nickel Boys”
Coming to theaters 12/13
Maria von Hausswolff, “Janet Planet”
Streaming on Max, VOD/Digital platforms
Juan Pablo Ramírez, “La Cocina”
Currently in theaters, VOD/Digital release date TBA
Rina Yang, “The Fire Inside”
Coming to theaters 12/25
BEST EDITING
Laura Colwell, Vanara Taing, “Jazzy”
Not currently in theaters or available to stream
Olivier Bugge Coutté, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, “The Apprentice”
Streaming on VOD/Digital platforms
Anne McCabe, “Nightbitch”
Coming to theaters December 6
Hansjörg Weissbrich, “September 5”
Coming to theaters December 13
Arielle Zakowski, “Dìdi”
Streaming on Peacock, VOD/Digital platforms
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – Given to one film’s director, casting director, and ensemble cast
“His Three Daughters”
Director: Azazel Jacobs Casting Director: Nicole Arbusto Ensemble Cast: Jovan Adepo, Jasmine Bracey, Carrie Coon, Jose Febus, Rudy Galvan, Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, Randy Ramos Jr., Jay O. Sanders
Streaming on Netflix
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer)
“Gaucho Gaucho”
Directors/Producers: Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw Producers: Christos Konstantakopoulos, Cameron O’Reilly, Matthew Perniciaro H
Not currently in theaters or available for streaming
“Hummingbirds”
Directors: Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía “Beba” Contreras Co-Directors/Producers: Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Diane Ng, Ana Rodriguez-Falco, Jillian Schlesinger Producers: Leslie Benavides, Rivkah Beth Medow
Not currently in theaters or available for streaming
“No Other Land”
Directors/Producers: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor Producers: Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
Not currently in theaters or available for streaming
“Patrice: The Movie”
Director: Ted Passon Producers: Kyla Harris, Innbo Shim, Emily Spivack
Streaming on Hulu
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”
Director: Johan Grimonprez Producers: Rémi Grellety, Daan Milius
Currently in theaters, coming to VOD/Digital 1/7
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director)
“All We Imagine as Light”
France, India, Netherlands, Luxembourg
Director: Payal Kapadia
Currently in theaters, VOD/Digital release date TBA
“Black Dog”
China
Director: Guan Hu
Not currently in theaters or available for streaming
“Flow”
Latvia, France, Belgium
Director: Gints Zilbalodis
Currently in theaters
“Green Border”
Poland, France, Czech Republic, Belgium
Director: Agnieszka Holland
Streaming on Kanopy, VOD/Digital platforms
“Hard Truths”
United Kingdom
Director: Mike Leigh
Coming to theaters 1/10
PRODUCERS AWARD presented by Bulleit Frontier Whiskey – The Producers Award, now in its 28th year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce quality independent films.
Alex Coco, Sarah Winshall, Zoë Worth
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD – The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 31st year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.
Nicholas Colia, Director of “Griffin in Summer”
Not currently in theaters or streaming on VOD/Digital
Sarah Friedland, Director of “Familiar Touch”
Not currently in theaters or streaming on VOD/Digital
Pham Thien An, Director of “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell”
Streaming on Kanopy, VOD/Digital platforms
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD – The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 30th year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition.
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, Directors of “Sugarcane”
Streaming 12/10 on Hulu
Carla Gutiérrez, Director of “Frida”
Streaming on Prime Video
Rachel Elizabeth Seed, Director of “A Photographic Memory”
Not currently in theaters or streaming on VOD/Digital
BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES (Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)
“Erased: WW2’s Heroes of Color”
Executive Producers: Idris Elba, Johanna Woolford Gibbon, Jamilla Dumbuya, Jos Cushing, Khaled Gad, Matt Robins, Chris Muckle, Sean David Johnson, Simon Raikes Co-Executive Producer: Annabel Hobley
“Hollywood Black”
Executive Producers: Shayla Harris, Dave Sirulnick, Stacey Reiss, Jon Kamen, Justin Simien, Kyle Laursen, Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jeffrey Schwarz, Amy Goodman Kass, Michael Wright, Jill Burkhart Co-Executive Producers: David C. Brown, Laurens Grant
“Photographer”
Executive Producers: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Pagan Harleman, Betsy Forhan Co-Executive Producers: Anna Barnes, Brent Kunkle
“Ren Faire”
Executive Producers: Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Eli Bush, Dani Bernfeld, Lance Oppenheim, David Gauvey Herbert, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez Co-Executive Producers: Abigail Rowe, Christian Vasquez, Max Allman
“Social Studies”
Creator/Executive Producer: Lauren Greenfield Executive Producers: Wallis Annenberg, Regina K. Scully, Andrea van Beuren, Frank Evers, Caryn Capotosto
BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES (Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)
“Baby Reindeer”
Creator/Executive Producer: Richard Gadd Executive Producers: Wim De Greef, Petra Fried, Matt Jarvis, Ed Macdonald
“Diarra From Detroit”
Creator/Executive Producer: Diarra Kilpatrick Executive Producers: Kenya Barris, Miles Orion Feldsott, Darren Goldberg Co-Executive Producers: Ester Lou, Mark Ganek
“English Teacher”
Creator/Executive Producer: Brian Jordan Alvarez Executive Producers: Paul Simms, Jonathan Krisel, Dave King Co-Executive Producers: Kathryn Dean, Jake Bender, Zach Dunn
“Fantasmas”
Creator/Executive Producer: Julio Torres Executive Producers: Emma Stone, Dave McCary, Olivia Gerke, Alex Bach, Daniel Powell Co-Executive Producer: Ali Herting
“Shōgun”
Creators/Executive Producers: Rachel Kondo, Justin Marks Executive Producers: Edward L. McDonnell, Michael De Luca, Michaela Clavell Co-Executive Producers: Shannon Goss, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Brian Jordan Alvarez, “English Teacher”
Richard Gadd, “Baby Reindeer”
Lily Gladstone, “Under the Bridge”
Kathryn Hahn, “Agatha All Along”
Cristin Milioti, “The Penguin”
Julianne Moore, “Mary & George”
Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shōgun”
Anna Sawai, “Shōgun”
Andrew Scott, “Ripley”
Julio Torres, “Fantasmas”
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Tadanobu Asano, “Shōgun”
Enrico Colantoni, “English Teacher”
Betty Gilpin, “Three Women”
Chloe Guidry, “Under the Bridge”
Moeka Hoshi, “Shōgun”
Stephanie Koenig, “English Teacher”
Patti LuPone, “Agatha All Along”
Nava Mau, “Baby Reindeer”
Ruth Negga, “Presumed Innocent”
Brian Tee, “Expats”
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer”
Diarra Kilpatrick, “Diarra From Detroit”
Joe Locke, “Agatha All Along”
Megan Stott, “Penelope”
Hoa Xuande, “The Sympathizer”
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
“How to Die Alone”
Ensemble Cast: Melissa DuPrey, Jaylee Hamidi, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Arkie Kandola, Elle Lorraine, Michelle McLeod, Chris “CP” Powell, Conrad Ricamora, Natasha Rothwell, Jocko Sims
