36th Independent Spirit Awards

BEST FEATURE
FIRST COW
MA RAINEY’S BLACK BOTTOM
MINARI
NEVER RARELY SOMETIMES ALWAYS
NOMADLAND

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
LEE ISAAC CHUNG - Minari
EMERALD FENNELL - Promising Young Woman
ELIZA HITTMAN - Never Rarely Sometimes Always
MIKE MAKOWSKY - Bad Education
ALICE WU - The Half of It

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
YUH-JUNG YOUN - Minari

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
JAY KEITEL - She Dies Tomorrow
SHABIER KIRCHNER - Bull
MICHAEL LATHAM - The Assistant
HÉLÈNE LOUVART - Never Rarely Sometimes Always
JOSHUA JAMES RICHARDS - Nomadland

BEST EDITING 
ANDY CANNY - The Invisible Man
SCOTT CUMMINGS - Never Rarely Sometimes Always
MERAWI GERIMA - Residue
ENAT SIDI - I Carry You With Me
CHLOÉ ZHAO - Nomadland

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

BEST FIRST FEATURE
I CARRY YOU WITH ME
THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION
MISS JUNETEENTH
NINE DAYS
SOUND OF METAL

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
KITTY GREEN - The Assistant
NOAH HUTTON - Lapsis
CHANNING GODFREY PEOPLES -Miss Juneteenth
ANDY SIARA - Palm Springs
JAMES SWEENEY - Straight Up

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
HE KILLING OF TWO LOVERS
LA LEYENDA NEGRA
LINGUA FRANCA
RESIDUE
SAINT FRANCES

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI...

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