C’mon C’mon was championed by the ISA’s but no nod for Phoenix
This list of Independent Spirit Awards nominees couldn’t be further from Oscar buzz if it tried. Which is a good thing, I think, as the’ve tried really hard for the last couple years to go back to being their own clear cut awards organization (after years, it should be noted, of being accused of copying the major buzzed about players). The Lost Daughter is probably the frontrunner here, although it’s interesting that even in nominating that and C’mon C’mon, they refused to acknowledge bigger name leads Olivia Colman and Joaquin Phoenix.
2021 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS NOMINATIONS
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”
Kali Reis, “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
Ruth Negga is on the verge of getting nominated for Passing, but it depends how manny people watch the movie
