This year’s postponed 36th Film Independent Spirit Awards with SNL‘s Melissa Villaseñor hosting will feel different than years’ past. In addition to premiering on a Thursday night versus Saturday night following a pandemic delay from February, TV programs will be honored for the first time in the ceremony’s history.
The 2021 Spirit Awards will be simulcast Thursday, April 22nd at 10/9c on the IFC cable TV channel and AMC+ streaming service. Find out how to watch the Independent Spirit Awards 2021 online free without cable on either viewing option.
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Independent Spirit Awards 2021 Preview
Here are the nominations for the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards by category.
Best Feature
First Cow
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Minari
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Nomadland
Best Director
Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
Eliza Hittman (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
Kelly Reichardt (First Cow)
Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
Best First Feature
I Carry You With Me
The 40 Year Old Version
The Sound of Metal
Miss Juneteenth
Nine Days
Best Female Lead
Nicole Beharie (Miss Juneteenth)
Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
Sidney Flanigan (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
Julia Garner (The Assistant)
Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
Best Male Lead
Riz Ahmed (The Sound of Metal)
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
Rob Morgan (Bull)
Steven Yeun (Minari)
Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger)
Best Supporting Female
Alexis Chikaeze (Miss Juneteenth)
Yeri Han (Minari)
Valerie Mahaffey (French Exit)
Talia Ryder (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
Yuh-jung Youn (Minari)
Best Supporting Male
Colman Domingo (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
Orion Lee (First Cow)
Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)
Glynn Turmann (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
Benedict Wong (Nine Days)
Best Screenplay
Bad Education
Minari
The Half of It
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Promising Young Woman
Best First Screenplay
Kitty Green (The Assistant)
Noah Hutton (Lapsis)
Channing Godfrey Peoples (Miss Juneteenth)
Andy Siara (Palm Springs)
James Sweeney (Straight Up)
Best Cinematography
Jay Keitel (She Dies Tomorrow)
Shabier Kirchner (Bull)
Michael Latham (The Assistant)
Hélène Louvart (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
Joshua James Richards (Nomadland)
Best Editing
I Carry You With Me
The Invisible Man
Residue
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Nomadland
Robert Altman Award
One Night in Miami
Best Documentary
Collective
Crip Camp
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Time
The Mole Agent
Best International Film
Bacurau
The Disciple
Night of the Kings
Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Piaget Producers Award
Kara Durrett
Lucas Joaquin
Gerry Kim
Someone to Watch Award
David Midell (The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain)
Ekwa Msangi (Farewell Amor)
Annie Silverstein (Bull)
Truer Than Fiction Award
Cecilia Aldarondo (Landfall)
Elegance Bratton (Pier Kids)
Elizabeth Lo (Stray)
John Cassavetes Awards
The Killing of Two Lovers
La Leyenda Negra
Lingua Franca
Residue
Saint Frances
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
City So Real
Immigration Nation
Love Fraud
We’re Here
Best Scripted Series
I May Destroy You
Little America
Small Axe
A Teacher
Unorthodox
Best Female Performance in a Scripted Series
Elle Fanning (The Great)
Shira Haas (Unorthodox)
Abby McEnany (Work in Progress)
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Never Have I Ever)
Jordan Kristine Seamón (We Are Who We Are)
Best Male Performance in a Scripted Series
Conphidance (Little America)
Adam Ali (Little America)
Nicco Annan (P-Valley)
Amit Rahav (Unorthodox)
Harold Torres (Zero, Zero, Zero)
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
I May Destroy You
Ensemble Cast: Michaela Coel, Paapa Essiedu, Weruche Opia
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