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The 39th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday.
American Fiction, May December, and Past Lives lead the pack this year with five nominations each.
One of the biggest categories is Best Feature.
The nominations were All of Us, American Fiction, May December, Passages, Past Lives and We Grown Now.
The event will be hosted by Aidy Bryant of SNL fame and will take place on February 25.
The event will no longer air on television and will instead stream on YouTube.
The Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday. American Fiction, May December (pictured), and Past Lives lead the pack this year with five nominations each
Best Lead Performance went to Jessica Chastain for Memory, Greta Lee for Past Lives, Trace Lysette for Monica, Natalie Portman for May December, Judy Reyes for Birth/Rebirth, Franz Rogowski for Passages, Andrew Scott for All of Us Strangers, Teyana Taylor for A Thousand and One, Jeffrey Wright for American Fiction and Teo Yoo for Past Lives.
The list was announced by by actor/director/writer Natalie Morales and actor/producer/writer Joel Kim Booster.
This is the premiere awards event for the independent film and television community.
This year the Spirit Awards Film Nominating Committees selected nominees from over 27 different countries with budget ranges between $10,000 and $28 million, applying the following guidelines in determining nominees: uniqueness of vision, original and provocative subject matter and economy of means.
Of all nominated writers, directors, producers and technical artists, 40% are women and 32% are BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color).
Among the nominated performers, 49% are women and 40% are BIPOC. And of all 2024 nominees, 42% are women and 34% are BIPOC.
The Spirit Awards Nominating Committees are comprised of writers, directors, producers, cinematographers, editors, actors, critics, casting directors, film festival programmers and other working film professionals.
This year, the Spirit Awards nominating committees are 56% female, 3% Nonbinary, 3% Transgender, and 49% BIPOC; 29% identify as LGBTQ+ and 3% identify as people with disabilities (PWD).
