Here are the nominations for the 2022 Independent Spirit Awards.
BEST FEATURE
(Award given to the producer)
A CHIARA
Producers: Jonas Carpignano, Paolo Carpignano, Jon Coplon, Ryan Zacarias
C’MON C’MON
Producers: Chelsea Barnard, Andrea Longacre-White, Lila Yacoub
THE LOST DAUGHTER
Producers: Charles Dorfman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman Keren, Talia Kleinhendler
THE NOVICE
Producers: Ryan Hawkins, Kari Hollend, Steven Sims, Zack Zucker
ZOLA
Producers: Kara Baker, Dave Franco, Elizabeth Haggard, David Hinojosa, Vince Jolivette, Christine Vachon, Gia Walsh
BEST FIRST FEATURE
(Award given to director and producer)
7 DAYS
Director: Roshan Sethi
Producers: Liz Cardenas, Mel Eslyn
HOLLER
Director: Nicole Riegel
Producers: Adam Cobb, Rachel Gould, Katie McNeill, Jamie Patricof, Christy Spitzer Thornton
QUEEN OF GLORY
Director: Nana Mensah
Producers: Baff Akoto, Anya Migdal, Kelley Robins Hicks, Jamund Washington
TEST PATTERN
Director/Producer: Shatara Michelle Ford
Producers: Pin-Chun Liu, Yu-Hao Su
WILD INDIAN
Director/Producer: Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr.
Producers: Thomas Mahoney, Eric Tavitian
BEST DIRECTOR
Janicza Bravo, Zola
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Lauren Hadaway, The Novice
Mike Mills, C’mon C’mon
Ninja Thyberg, Pleasure
BEST SCREENPLAY
Nikole Beckwith, Together Together
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris, Zola
Mike Mills, C’mon C’mon
Todd Stephens, Swan Song
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr., Wild Indian
Shatara Michelle Ford, Test Pattern
Fran Kranz, Mass
Matt Fifer, Sheldon D. Brown, Cicada
Michael Sarnoski, Vanessa Block, Pig
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; Award given to the writer, director and producer)
CRYPTOZOO
Writer/Director: Dash Shaw
Producers: Tyler Davidson, Kyle Martin, Jane Samborski, Bill Way
JOCKEY
Writer/Director/Producer: Clint Bentley
Writer/Producer: Greg Kweder
Producer: Nancy Schafer
SHIVA BABY
Writer/Director/Producer: Emma Seligman
Producers: Kieran Altmann, Katie Schiller, Lizzie Shapiro
SWEET THING
Writer/Director: Alexandre Rockwell
Producers: Louis Anania, Haley Anderson, Kenan Baysal
THIS IS NOT A WAR STORY
Writer/Director/Producer: Talia Lugacy
Producers: Noah Lang, Julian West
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 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 SUPPORTING MALE
Colman Domingo, Zola
Meeko Gattuso, Queen of Glory
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Will Patton, Sweet Thing
Chaske Spencer, Wild Indian
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Amy Forsyth, The Novice
Ruth Negga, Passing
Revika Reustle, Pleasure
Suzanna Son, Red Rocket
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Lol Crawley, The Humans
Tim Curtin, A Chiara
Edu Grau, Passing
Ante Cheng, Matthew Chuang, Blue Bayou
Ari Wegner, Zola
BEST EDITING
Affonso Gonçalves, A Chiara
Ali Greer, The Nowhere Inn
Joi McMillon, Zola
Enrico Natale, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Lauren Hadaway, Nathan Nugent, The Novice
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
COMPARTMENT NO. 6 (Finland/Russia)
Director: Juho Kuosmanen
DRIVE MY CAR (Japan)
Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
PARALLEL MOTHERS (Spain)
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
PEBBLES (India)
Director: P S Vinothraj
PETITE MAMAN (France)
Director: Céline Sciamma
PRAYERS FOR THE STOLEN (Mexico)
Director: Tatiana Huezo
BEST DOCUMENTARY
(Award given to the director and producer)
ASCENSION
Director/Producer: Jessica Kingdon
Producers: Kira Simon-Kennedy, Nathan Truesdell
FLEE
Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
Producers: Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen
IN THE SAME BREATH
Director/Producer: Nanfu Wang
Producers: Christopher Clements, Julie Goldman, Carolyn Hepburn, Jialing Zhang
PROCESSION
Director: Robert Greene
Producer: Susan Bedusa, Bennett Elliott, Douglas Tirola
SUMMER OF SOUL (…OR, WHEN THE REVOLUTION COULD NOT BE TELEVISED)
Director: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
Producers: David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent, Joseph Patel
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)
MASS
Director: Fran Kranz
Casting Directors: Henry Russell Bergstein, Allison Estrin
Ensemble Cast: Kagen Albright, Reed Birney, Michelle N. Carter, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Breeda Wool
PRODUCERS AWARD
(The Producers Award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films)
Brad Becker-Parton
Pin-Chun Liu
Lizzie Shapiro
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
(The Someone to Watch Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition)
ALEX CAMILLERI
Director of Luzzu
GILLIAN WALLACE HORVAT
Director of I Blame Society
MICHAEL SARNOSKI
Director of Pig
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
(The 27th Truer Than Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition)
JESSICA BESHIR
Director of Faya Dayi
DEBBIE LUM
Director of Try Harder!
ANGELO MADSEN MINAX
Director of North By Current
BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
(Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)
BLACK AND MISSING
Series By/Executive Producers: Soledad O’Brien, Geeta Gandbhir
Executive Producers: Jo Honig, Patrick Conway, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez
THE CHOE SHOW
Creator/Executive Producer: David Choe
Executive Producers: Matt Revelli, Christopher C. Chen, Hiro Murai, Nate Matteson
THE LADY AND THE DALE
Executive Producers: Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Mel Eslyn, Allen Bain, Andre Gaines, Mick Cammilleri, Alana Carithers, Zackary Drucker, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller
NUCLEAR FAMILY
Series By: Ry Russo-Young
Produced By: Dan Cogan, Warren Fischer
Executive Producers: Liz Garbus, Julie Gaither, Jon Bardin, Leah Holzer, Peter Saraf, Alex Turtletaub, Jenny Raskin, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Lauren Haber, Maria Zuckerman, Christine Connor, Ryan Heller, Barbara Dobkin, Eric Dobkin, Andrea Van Beuren, Joe Landauer
PHILLY D.A.
Creators: Ted Passon, Yoni Brook, Nicole Salazar
Produced By: Josh Penn, Michael Gottwald
Executive Producers: Dawn Porter, Sally Jo Fifer, Lois Vossen, Ryan Chanatry, Gena Konstantinakos, Jeff Seelbach, Patty Quillin
Co-Executive Producers: Nion McEvoy, Leslie Berriman
BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
(Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)
BLINDSPOTTING
Creators/Executive Producers: Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs
Executive Producers: Jess Wu Calder, Keith Calder, Ken Lee, Tim Palen, Emily Gerson Saines, Seith Mann
IT’S A SIN
Executive Producers: Russell T Davies, Peter Hoar, Nicola Shindler
RESERVATION DOGS
Creators/Executive Producers: Sterlin Harjo, Taika Waititi
Executive Producer: Garrett Basch
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
Creator/Executive Producer: Barry Jenkins
Executive Producers: Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Colson Whitehead, Richard Heus, Jacqueline Hoyt
WE ARE LADY PARTS
Creator: Nida Manzoor
Executive Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Surian Fletcher-Jones, Mark Freeland
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A SCRIPTED SERIES
Deborah Ayorinde, THEM: Covenant
Jasmine Cephas Jones, Blindspotting
Thuso Mbedu, The Underground Railroad
Jana Schmieding, Rutherford Falls
Anjana Vasan, We Are Lady Parts
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Olly Alexander, It’s a Sin
Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus
Michael Greyeyes, Rutherford Falls
Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game
Ashley Thomas, THEM: Covenant
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