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  •   Home > News > Entertainment

    Joaquin Phoenix is among the nominees for the upcoming Independent Spirit Awards

    The 44-year-old actor has been shortlisted for the Best Male Lead gong at the bash on February 23 for his starring role in the Lynne Ramsay-directed drama 'You Were Never Really Here', which also starred Ekaterina Samsonov


    The movie is nominated for the Best Feature award while Ramsay has been shortlisted for the Best Director accolade at the bash, which celebrates the work of independent filmmakers.

    Joaquin will face competition from the likes of John Cho, Daveed Diggs, Ethan Hawke and Christian Malheiros for the Best Male Lead award.

    Elsewhere, Glenn Close, Toni Collette, Elsie Fisher, Regina Hall, Helena Howard, and Carey Mulligan have all been nominated for the Best Female Lead prize.

    'You Were Never Really Here' also faces stiff competition in the Best Feature category, with 'Eighth Grade', 'First Reformed', 'If Beale Street Could Talk' and 'Leave No Trace' vying for the prize.

    Meanwhile, the Best Director nominees include Debra Granik, Barry Jenkins, Tamara Jenkins, Ramsay, and Paul Schrader.

    The list of nominees was announced by Molly Shannon and 'Crazy Rich Asians' star Gemma Chan.

    The Independent Spirit Awards will be staged the night before the Academy Awards in 2019.

    Independent Spirit Awards nominees:

    Best Feature:

    Eighth Grade

    First Reformed

    If Beale Street Could Talk

    Leave No Trace

    You Were Never Really Here

    Best Male Lead:

    John Cho, Searching

    Daveed Diggs, Blindspotting

    Ethan Hawke, First Reformed

    Christian Malheiros, Sócrates

    Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here

    Best Female Lead:

    Glenn Close, The Wife

    Toni Collette, Hereditary

    Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade

    Regina Hall, Support the Girls

    Helena Howard, Madeline's Madeline

    Carey Mulligan, Wildlife

    Best Supporting Actor:

    Raul Castillo, We the Animals

    Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman

    Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

    Josh Hamilton, Eighth Grade

    John David Washington, Monsters and Men

    Best Supporting Actress:

    Kayli Carter, Private Life

    Tyne Daly, A Bread Factory

    Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

    Thomasin Harcout McKenzie, Leave No Trace

    J. Smith-Cameron, Nancy

    Best Director:

    Debra Granik, Leave No Trace

    Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk

    Tamara Jenkins, Private Life

    Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here

    Paul Schrader, First Reformed

    Best Screenplay:

    Richard Glatzer (Writer/Story By), Rebecca Lenkiewicz & Wash Westmoreland, Colette

    Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

    Tamara Jenkins, Private Life

    Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You

    Paul Schrader, First Reformed

    Best First Screenplay:

    Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade

    Christina Choe, Nancy

    Cory Finley, Thoroughbreds

    Jennifer Fox, The Tale

    Quinn Shephard (Writer/Story By) and Laurie Shephard (Story By), Blame

    Best Cinematography:

    Ashley Connor, Madeline's Madeline

    Diego Garcia, Wildlife

    Benjamin Loeb, Mandy

    Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Suspiria

    Zak Mulligan, We the Animals

    Best Editing:

    Joe Bini, You Were Never Really Here

    Keiko Deguchi, Brian A. Kates & Jeremiah Zagar, We the Animals

    Luke Dunkley, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill & Julian Hart, American Animals

    Anne Fabini, Alex Hall and Gary Levy, The Tale

    Nick Houy, Mid90s

    Best International Film:

    Burning (South Korea)

    The Favourite (United Kingdom)

    Happy as Lazzaro (Italy)

    Roma (Mexico)

    Shoplifters (Japan)

    Best Documentary:

    Hale County This Morning, This Evening

    Minding the Gap

    Of Fathers and Sons

    On Her Shoulders

    Shirkers

    Won't You Be My Neighbor?

    Best First Feature:

    Hereditary

    Sorry to Bother You

    The Tale

    We the Animals

    Wildlife

    Bonnie Award:

    Debra Granik

    Tamara Jenkins

    Karyn Kusama

    Producers Award:

    Jonathan Duffy and Kelly Williams

    Gabrielle Nadig

    Shrihari Sathe

    Someone To Watch Award:

    Alex Morrato, Socrates

    Ioana Uricaru, Lemonade

    Jeremiah Zagar, We the Animals

    Truer Than Fiction Award:

    Alexandria Bombach, On Her Shoulders

    Bing Liu, Minding the Gap

    RaMell Ross, Hale County This Morning, This Evening

    © 2024 Bang Showbiz, NZCity

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