Indie Spirit Awards 2021
The Indie Spirit Awards is one of my favorite award shows! They tend to feature movies that get overlooked by most other awards. If you’re looking for some quality movies that might have flown under the radar in 2020, this is a great start. Check out the nominees and the winners below.
Best Feature
First Cow
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Minari
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Nomadland – WINNER
Best First Feature
I Carry You With Me
The Forty-Year-Old Version
Miss Juneteenth
Nine Days
Sound of Metal – WINNER
Best Director
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland – WINNER
Best Screenplay
Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman – WINNER
Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Mike Makowsky, Bad Education
Alice Wu, The Half of It
Best First Screenplay
Kitty Green, The Assistant
Noah Hutton, Lapsis
Channing Godfrey Peoples, Miss Juneteenth
Andy Siara, Palm Springs – WINNER
James Sweeney, Straight Up
John Cassavetes Awards
The Killing of Two Lovers
La Leyenda Negra
Lingua Franca
Residue – WINNER
Saint Frances
Best Male Lead
Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal – WINNER
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 – WINNER
Best Supporting Male
Colman Domingo, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Orion Lee, First Cow
Paul Raci, Sound of Metal – WINNER
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
Yuh-jung Youn, Minari – WINNER
Best Cinematography
Jay Keitel, She Dies Tomorrow
Shabier Kirchner, Bull
Michael Latham, The Assistant
Helene Louvart, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Joshua James Richards, Nomadland – WINNER
Best Editing
Andy Canny, The Invisible Man
Scott Cummings, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Merawi Gerima, Residue
Enat Sidi, I Carry You With Me
Chloe Zhao, Nomadland – WINNER
Best International Film
Bacurau
The Disciple
Night of the Kings
Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
Quo Vadis, Aida? – WINNER
Best Documentary
Collective
Crip Camp – WINNER
Dick Johnson Is Dead
The Mole Agent
Time
Robert Altman Award
One Night in Miami
Producers Award
Lucas Joaquin
Gerry Kim
Kara Durrett
Someone to Watch Award
David Midell
Ekwa Msangi
Annie Silverstein
Truer Than Fiction Award
Cecilia Aldarondo
Elegance Bratton
Elizabeth Lo
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
City So Real
Immigration Nation – WINNER
Love Fraud
We’re Here
Best New Scripted Series
I May Destroy You – WINNER
Little America
Small Axe
A Teacher
Unorthodox
Best Female Performance in a Scripted Series
Elle Fanning, The Great
Shira Haas, Unorthodox – WINNER
Abby McEnany, Work in Progress
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Never Have I Ever
Jordan Kristine Seamon, We Are Who We Are
Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series
Adam Ali, Little America
Nicco Annan, P-Valley
Conphidance, Little America
Amit Rahav, Unorthodox – WINNER
Harold Torres, ZeroZeroZero
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
I May Destroy You
