2020/21 Film Independent Spirit Award winners announced
Normally held on Oscar eve, the 2020/21 Spirit Awards took place this year a couple days early, though still much later than usual. Nomadland was, as predicted, the top award winner with four prizes including Best Picture and Director. Lead Frances McDormand lost her nomination to Promising Young Woman's Carey Mulligan however, with Emerald Fennell's debut feature also winning Best Screenplay. All four acting award winners are up for this weekend's Oscar, including surprise winner Riz Ahmed for Leading Actor in Sound of Metal, beating Chadwick Boseman for Ma Rainey's Black Bottom; many pundits are predicting neither to win on Sunday, as The Father's Anthony Hopkins gains momentum. And rotten luck for Never Rarely Sometimes Always as voters took their usual route of snubbing movies also snubbed by the Academy - its 7/7 losses is a record for these awards. Check out Film Independent's Spirit Award nominees at this link, and all the winners below.
Best Feature
Nomadland
Best Director
Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
Best Female Lead
Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
Best Male Lead
Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal)
Best Supporting Female
Youn Yuh Jung (Minari)
Best Supporting Male
Paul Raci (Sound of Metal)
Best Screenplay
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
Best Cinematography
Joshua James Richards (Nomadland)
Best Editing
Chloe Zhao (Nomadland)
Robert Altman Award
Kingsley Ben-Adir, Eli Goree, Kimberly Hardin, Aldis Hodge, Regina King and Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami)
Best Documentary
Crip Camp
Best International Film
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Best First Feature
Sound of Metal
Best First Screenplay
Andy Siara (Palm Springs)
John Cassavetes Award
Residue
Producers Award
Gerry Kim
Someone to Watch Award
Ekwa Msangi (Farewell Amor)
Truer Than Fiction Award
Elegance Bratton (Pier Kids)