The nominations for this year’s film categories were announced as part of the Independent Spirit Awards ceremony this morning, which was held in conjunction with the annual event.
Daniels’ movie Everything Everywhere All At Once leads the pack with eight nominations, including Best Feature, Best Director, and Best Screenplay.
This 38th Annual Spirit Awards Shortlist Was Presented By Taylour Paige And Ral Castillo
They have been nominated for the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards and announced. It was presented on Tuesday, the 38th anniversary of the Spirit Awards, with the, shortlist for the awards delivered by actors Taylour Paige and Rael Castillo and several other stars.
In August, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) announced it would introduce gender-neutral acting categories throughout film and television, ditching its previous use of categorizing actors into males and females.
The organization has also increased its budgetary cap for movies from $22.5 million to $30 million. In comparison, the amount that can be awarded the John Cassavetes Award has also increased from $500,000 to $1 million.
With Eight Nominations, Everything Everywhere All At Once Leads The Pack
A range of phenomenal acting performances can compete toe-to-toe for the first time due to the shake-up. It is the musical epic Tár that leads the nominations with eight nods. This is followed closely by the family drama Aftersun with seven nods and the musical epic Everything Everywhere All At Once with six.
As a result of the popularity of all three movies as well as the nominations for Best Lead Performance, Michelle Yeoh, Cate Blanchett, and Paul Mescal remain in the running for the award, which is also contested by Regina Hall (Honk For Jesus. Your soul), Mia Goth (Pearl), and Taylor Russell (Bones and All).
As part of the Robert Altman Awards given to the best film director, casting director, and an ensemble cast of the year, Sarah Polley’s Women Talking will receive the award this year. This drama has some impressive performances, including those of Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Rooney Mara, Frances McDormand, Michelle McLeod, and Ben Whishaw.
Film Independent Members Vote On The Spirit Awards
Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the profile of independent cinema and diversity within the film industry, is responsible for presenting the Spirit Awards each year, which the organization’s members decide.
The ceremony will occur on Saturday, March 4, 2023, in Santa Monica, Calif. As of December 13, it will be announced which candidates will compete in the television categories of the awards.
All acting awards at this year’s award ceremony will be gender-neutral for the first time in history. In addition, the budget cap for qualifying films has also been increased by Film Independent recently, bringing it from $22.5 million to $30 million.
This cites the increase in production costs as the reason for the change. This award is given annually to the most impressive film made on a budget of less than $1 million, and it is named the John Cassavetes Award.
Here is the 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
John Cassavetes Award (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000)
The African Desperate
A Love Song
The Cathedral
Holy Emy
Something in the Dirt
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, Nick Paley, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Blair McClendon, Aftersun
Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Monika Willi, TÁR
Robert Altman Award (Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)
Women Talking
Best Documentary
All That Breathes
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
A House Made of Splinters
Midwives
Riotsville, U.S.A.
Best International Film
Corsage
Joyland
Leonor Will Never Die
Return to Seoul
Saint Omer
Producers Award
Liz Cardenas
Tory Lenosky
David Grove Churchill Viste
Someone to Watch Award
Adamma Ebo, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Nikyatu Jusu, Nanny
Araceli Lemos, Holy Emy
Truer Than Fiction Award
Isabel Castro, Mija
Reid Davenport, I Didn’t See You There
On March 4, 2013, you will have the opportunity to watch the ceremony. Please let me know which one is your favorite among these. Tell us in the comments about them.
