'Never Rarely Sometimes Always' Leads the Independent Spirit Awards Nominations

One of my favorites of last year, Never, Rarely, Sometimes, Always was honored with 7 nominations from today’s Indie Spirit Awards noms, potentially a good sign for its fate on April 22nd, the year the ceremony will be held this year. Others in the mix are Nomadland, Minari and Sound of Metal.

2021 Independent Spirit Awards Nominations

BEST FEATURE

• First Cow
  Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
  Minari
  Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  Nomadland

BEST FIRST FEATURE

• I Carry You With Me

• The Forty-Year-Old Version
  Miss Juneteenth

• Nine Days
  Sound of Metal

BEST DIRECTOR

• Lee Isaac Chung, Minari

• Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman

• Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

• Kelly Reichardt, First Cow

• Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Bad Education
  The Half of It
  Minari
  Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  Promising Young Woman

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

• The Assistant

• Lapsis

• Miss Juneteenth

• Palm Springs

• Straight Up

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000)

• The Killing of Two Lovers
  La Leyenda Negra

• Lingua Franca
  Residue
  Saint Frances

BEST MALE LEAD

• Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal

• Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

• Adarsh Gourav, The White Tiger

• Rob Morgan, Bull

• Steven Yeun, Minari

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 SUPPORTING MALE

• Colman Domingo, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom

• Orion Lee, First Cow

• Paul Raci, Sound of Metal

• Glynn Turman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

• Benedict Wong, Nine Days

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

• Alexis Chikaeze, Miss Juneteenth

• Yeri Han, Minari

• Valerie Mahaffey, French Exit

• Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always

• Yu-jung Youn, Minari

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• The Assistant
  Bull
  Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  Nomadland
  She Dies Tomorrow

BEST EDITING

• I Carry You With Me
  The Invisible Man
  Never Rarely Sometimes Always
  Nomadland
  Residue

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

• Bacurau (Brazil)

• The Disciple (India)

• Night of the Kings (Ivory Coast)

• Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time (Hungary)

• Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Collective
  Crip Camp
  Dick Johnson Is Dead
  The Mole Agent
  Time

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)

• One Night in Miami

Lee Isaac Ching’s family drama Minari was also a favorite today