Gli Indipendent Spirit Awards, riconoscimenti che premiano il meglio del cinema indipendente, hanno annunciato le nomination per la 37esima edizione (a votare per le canddidature una cinquantina di membri, mentre saranno 6.000 i votanti appartenenti all'associazione Film Indipendent ad assegnare i premi).

I film candidabili devono essere prodotti negli Stati Uniti con un budget inferiore ai 22.5 milioni di dollari, mentre la premiazione è prevista per il 6 marzo 2022: non più il weekend prima degli Oscar, ma appena prima dell’apertura delle votazioni finali, prevista per il 17 marzo, con qualche possibilità in pù di influenzare il verdettto finale dell'Academy rispetto al solito.

Lo studio indipendente A24 domina con 13 candidature, andate a film come C’mon C’mon, Zola, The Humans e Red Rocket. Quattro nomination per The Lost Daughter, tra cui quella alla miglior regista per Maggie Gyllenhaal, mentre A Chiara di Jonas Carpignano strappa le candidature come miglior film, miglior fotografia e miglior montaggio.

Di seguito tutte le nomination.

Best Feature

“A Chiara”
“C’mon C’mon”
“The Lost Daughter”
“The Novice”
“Zola”

Best Director

Janicza Bravo, “Zola”
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Lost Daughter”
Lauren Hadaway, “The Novice”
Mike Mills, “C’mon, C’mon”
Ninja Thyberg, “Pleasure”

Best First Feature

“7 Days”
“Holler”
“Queen of Glory”
“Test Pattern”
“Wild Indian”

Best Female Lead

Isabelle Fuhrman, “The Novice”
Brittany S. Hall, “Test Pattern”
Patti Harrison, “Together Together”
Taylour Paige, “Zola”
Taylor Reece, “Catch the Fair One”

Best Male Lead

Clifton Collins, Jr., “Jockey”
Frankie Faison, “The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain”
Michael Greyeyes, “Wild Indian”
Udo Kier, “Swan Song”
Simon Rex, “Red Rocket”

Best Supporting Female

Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter”
Amy Forsyth, “The Novice”
Ruth Negga, “Passing”
Revika Anne Reustle, “Pleasure”
Suzanna Son, “Red Rocket”

Best Supporting Male

Colman Domingo, “Zola”
Meeko Gattuso, “Queen of Glory”
Troy Kotsur, “CODA”
Will Patton, “Sweet Thing”
Chaske Spencer, “Wild Indian”

Best Screenplay

“C’mon, C’mon”
“The Lost Daughter”
“Swan Song”
“Together Together”
“Zola”

Best First Screenplay

“Cicada”
“Mass”
“Pig”
“Test Pattern”
“Wild Indian”

Best Cinematography

“A Chiara”
“Blue Bayou”
“The Humans”
“Passing”
“Zola”

Best Editing

“A Chiara”
“The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain”
“The Novice”
“The Nowhere Inn”
“Zola”

Robert Altman Award

The Director, Cast, and Casting Director of “Mass”

Best Documentary

“Ascension”
“Flee”
“In the Same Breath”
“Procession”
“Summer of Soul”

Best International Film

“Compartment No. 6”
“Drive My Car”
“Parallel Mothers”
“Pebbles”
“Petite Maman”
“Prayers for the Stolen”

Someone to Watch Award

Alex Camilleri, “Luzzu”
Gillian Wallace Horvat, “I Blame Society”
Michael Sarnoski, “Pig”

Truer Than Fiction Award

“North by Current”
“Faya Dayi”
“Try Harder!”

John Cassavetes Award

“Cryptozoo”
“Jockey”
“Shiva Baby”
“Sweet Thing”
“This Is Not a War Story”

Producers Award

Brad Becker-Parton
Pin-Chun Liu
Lizzie Shapiro

Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series

“Black and Missing”
“The Choe Show”
“The Lady and the Dale”
“Nuclear Family”
“Philly D.A.”

Best New Scripted Series

“Blindspotting”
“It’s a Sin”
“Reservation Dogs”
“The Underground Railroad”
“We Are Lady Parts”

Best Female Performance in a Scripted Series

Thuso Mbedu, “The Underground Railroad”
Anjana Vasan, “We Are Lady Parts”
Jana Schmieding, “Rutherford Falls”
Jasmine Cephas Jones, “Blindspotting”
Deborah Ayorinde, “THEM: Covenant”

Best Male Performance in a Scripted Series

Ollie Alexander, “It’s a Sin”
Murray Bartlett, “The White Lotus”
Michael Greyeyes, “Rutherford Falls”
Ashley Thomas, “THEM: Covenant”
Lee Jung-jae, “Squid Game”

Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series

“Reservation Dogs”