Eighth Grade, First Reformed Lead 2019 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations

This morning at 10am PT, Gemma Chan and Molly Shannon  announced the nominations for the Film Independent Spirit Awards.

Best Feature

• 8TH GRADE
• IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
• FIRST REFORMED
• LEAVE NO TRACE
• YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

Best First Feature

• HEREDITARY
• SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
• THE TALE
• WE THE ANIMALS
• WILDLIFE

Best Director

• Debra Granik, LEAVE NO TRACE
• Barry Jenkins, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
• Tamara Jenkins, PRIVATE LIFE
• Lynne Ramsay, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
• Paul Schrader, FIRST REFORMED

Best Female Lead

• Glenn Close, THE WIFE
• Toni Collette, HEREDITARY
• Elsie Fisher, EIGHTH GRADE
• Regina Hall, SUPPORT THE GIRLS
• Helena Howard, MADELINE’S MADELINE
• Carey Mulligan, WILDLIFE

Best Male Lead

• John Cho, SEARCHING
• Daveed Diggs, BLINDSPOTTING
• Ethan Hawke, FIRST REFORMED
• Christian Malheiros, SÓCRATES
• Joaquin Phoenix, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE

Best Supporting Female

• Kayli Carter, PRIVATE LIFE
• Tyne Daly, A BREAD FACTORY
• Regina King, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
• Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, LEAVE NO TRACE
• J. Smith-Cameron, NANCY

Best Supporting Male

• Raúl Castillo, WE THE ANIMALS
• Adam Driver, BLACKKKLANSMAN
• Richard E. Grant, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
• Josh Hamilton, EIGHTH GRADE
• John David Washington, MONSTERS AND MEN

Best Screenplay

• Richard Glatzer (Writer/Story By), Rebecca Lenkiewicz & Wash Westmoreland, COLETTE
• Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty, CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
• Tamara Jenkins, PRIVATE LIFE
• Boots Riley, SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
• Paul Schrader FIRST REFORMED

Best First Screenplay

• Bo Burnham, EIGHTH GRADE
• Christina Choe, NANCY
• Cory Finley, THOROUGHBREDS
• Jennifer Fox, THE TALE
• Quinn Shephard (Writer/Story By) and Laurie Shephard (Story By), BLAME

Best Cinematography

• Ashley Connor, MADELINE’S MADELINE
• Diego Garcia, WILDLIFE
• Benjamin Loeb, MANDY
• Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, SUSPIRIA
• Zak Mulligan, WE THE ANIMALS

Best Editing

• Joe Bini, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
• Keiko Deguchi, Brian A. Kates & Jeremiah Zagar, WE THE ANIMALS
• Luke Dunkley, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill & Julian Hart, AMERICAN ANIMALS
• Anne Fabini, Alex Hall and Gary Levy, THE TALE
• Nick Houy, MID90S

John Cassavetes Award

• A BREAD FACTORY
• EN EL SÉPTIMO DÍA
• NEVER GOIN’ BACK
• SÓCRATES
• THUNDER ROAD

Robert Altman Award

• SUSPIRIA

Best Documentary

• HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING
• MINDING THE GAP
• OF FATHERS AND SONS
• ON HER SHOULDERS
• SHIRKERS
• WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?

Best International Film

• BURNING (South Korea)
• THE FAVOURITE (United Kingdom)
• HAPPY AS LAZZARO (Italy)
• ROMA (Mexico)
• SHOPLIFTERS (Japan)

Piaget Producers Award

• Jonathan Duffy and Kelly Williams
• Gabrielle Nadig
• Shrihari Sathe

Someone to Watch Award

• Alex Moratto, SÓCRATES
• Ioana Uricaru, LEMONADE
• Jeremiah Zagar, WE THE ANIMALS

Truer Than Fiction Award

• Alexandria Bombach, ON HER SHOULDERS
• Bing Liu, MINDING THE GAP
• RaMell Ross, HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING

Annual Bonnie Award

• Debra Granik
• Tamara Jenkins
• Karyn Kusama