The 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations

November 22, 2022

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Film Independent released the full list of its 2023 Spirit Award Nominations for its film categories today, November 22, 2022. The prerecorded video announcements, featured guest presenters Raúl Castillo (2019 Spirit Award nominee for We Are Animals), and Taylour Paige (2022 Spirit Award winner for Zola). You can watch the nominations here. This year marks a moved to gender neutral acting awards and the inagural year for Best Breakthrough Performance. previous Film Independent Fellows Chloé Zhao (Nomadland, Eternals) and Siân Heder (Coda, Tallulah) will act as the honorary co-chairs of the 38th Spirit Awards. All Award Winners, Including in New Performance Categories, to be Announced at the 38th Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 4, 2023, in Santa Monica, California.

Read the full list of nominees:

BEST FEATURE	(Award given to the producer)
Bones and All	Producers: Timothée Chalamet, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Luca Guadagnino, David Kajganich, Lorenzo Mieli, Marco Morabito, Gabriele Moratti, Theresa Park, Peter Spears
Everything Everywhere All At Once	Producers: Daniel Kwan, Mike Larocca, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang
Our Father, the Devil	Producers: Ellie Foumbi, Joseph Mastantuono
TÁR	Producers: Todd Field, Scott Lambert, Alexandra Milchan
Women Talking	Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Frances McDormand

BEST FIRST FEATURE	(Award given to director and producer)
Aftersun	Director: Charlotte Wells Producers: Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski
Emily the Criminal	Director: John Patton Ford Producers: Tyler Davidson, Aubrey Plaza, Drew Sykes
The Inspection	Director: Elegance Bratton Producers: Effie T. Brown, Chester Algernal Gordon
Murina	Director: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović Producers: Danijel Pek, Rodrigo Teixeira
Palm Trees and Power Lines	Director/Producer: Jamie Dack Producer: Leah Chen Baker

BEST DIRECTOR
Todd Field	TÁR
Kogonada	After Yang
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert	Everything Everywhere All At Once
Sarah Polley	Women Talking
Halina Reijn	Bodies Bodies Bodies

BEST SCREENPLAY
Lena Dunham	Catherine Called Birdy
Todd Field	TÁR
Kogonada	After Yang
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert	Everything, Everywhere All At Once
Sarah Polley	Women Talking

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Joel Kim Booster	Fire Island
Jamie Dack, Audrey Findlay, Story by Jamie Dack	Palm Trees and Power Lines
K.D. Dávila	Emergency
Sarah DeLappe, Story by Kristen Roupenian	Bodies Bodies Bodies
John Patton Ford	Emily the Criminal

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE
Cate Blanchett	TÁR
Dale Dickey	A Love Song
Mia Goth	Pearl
Regina Hall	Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Paul Mescal	Aftersun
Aubrey Plaza	Emily the Criminal
Jeremy Pope	The Inspection
Andrea Riseborough	To Leslie
Taylor Russell	Bones and All
Michelle Yeoh	Everything Everywhere All At Once

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Jamie Lee Curtis	Everything Everywhere All At Once
Brian Tyree Henry	Causeway
Nina Hoss	TÁR
Brian d’Arcy James	The Cathedral
Ke Huy Quan	Everything Everywhere All At Once
Trevante Rhodes	Bruiser
Theo Rossi	Emily the Criminal
Mark Rylance	Bones and All
Jonathan Tucker	Palm Trees and Power Lines
Gabrielle Union	The Inspection

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE	(New Award)
Frankie Corio	Aftersun
Gracija Filipović	Murina
Stephanie Hsu	Everything Everywhere All At Once
Lily McInerny	Palm Trees and Power Lines
Daniel Zolghadri	Funny Pages

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Florian Hoffmeister	TÁR
Hélène Louvart	Murina
Gregory Oke	Aftersun
Eliot Rockett	Pearl
Anisia Uzeyman	Neptune Frost

BEST EDITING
Ricky D’Ambrose	The Cathedral
Dean Fleischer Camp, Nick Paley	Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
Blair McClendon	Aftersun
Paul Rogers	Everything Everywhere All At Once
Monika Willi	TÁR

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM	(Award given to the director)
Corsage	Austria/Luxembourg/France/Belgium/Italy/England Director: Marie Kreutzer
Joyland	Pakistan/USA Director: Saim Sadiq
Leonor Will Never Die	Philippines Director: Martika Ramirez Escobar
Return to Seoul	South Korea/France/Belgium/Romania Director: Davy Chou
Saint Omer	France Director: Alice Diop

BEST DOCUMENTARY	(Award given to the director and producer)
All That Breathes	Director/Producer: Shaunak Sen Producers: Teddy Leifer, Aman Mann
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed	Director/Producer: Laura Poitras Producers: Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John Lyons
A House Made of Splinters	Director: Simon Lereng Wilmont Producers: Monica Hellström
Midwives	Director/Producer: Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing Producers: Mila Aung-Thwin, Ulla Lehmann, Bob Moore
Riotsville, U.S.A.	Director: Sierra Pettengill Producers: Sara Archambault, Jamila Wignot

29th SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD	Recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.
Adamma Ebo	Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Nikyatu Jusu	Nanny
Araceli Lemos	Holy Emy

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD	Given to the best feature made for under $1,000,000 (Award given to the writer, director and producer)
The African Desperate	Writer/Director/Producer: Martine Syms Writer/Producer: Rocket Caleshu Producer: Vic Brooks
A Love Song	Writer/Director/Producer: Max Walker-Silverman Producers: Jesse Hope, Dan Janvey
The Cathedral	Writer/Director: Ricky D’Ambrose Producer: Graham Swon
Holy Emy	Writer/Director: Araceli Lemos Writer/Producer: Giulia Caruso Producers: Mathieu Bompoint, Ki Jin Kim, Konstantinos Vassilaros
Something in the Dirt	Writer/Director/Producer: Justin Benson Director/Producer: Aaron Moorhead Producer: David Lawson Jr.

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD

Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast

Women Talking

Director: Sarah Polley
Casting Directors: John Buchan, Jason Knight

Ensemble Cast: Shayla Brown, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Kira Guloien, Kate Hallett, Judith Ivey, Rooney Mara, Sheila McCarthy, Frances McDormand, Michelle McLeod, Liv McNeil, Ben Whishaw, August Winter

28th TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD	Presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition.
Isabel Castro	Mija
Reid Davenport	I Didn’t See You There
Rebeca Huntt	Beba

26th PRODUCERS AWARD	Honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films.
Liz Cardenas
Tory Lenosky
David Grove Churchill Viste

We expect there'll be strong feelings as Awards season gets into full swing. But once again, Film Independent Spirit Awards kicks things off with with a broad range of notable films. Tell us what you think about this year's nominees.

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