34th Independent Spirit Awards Coverage (2019)

The 34th Independent Spirit Awards were hosted by Aubrey Plaza on February 23, 2019. The nominations for the Spirit Awards were announced on November 16, 2018 by actresses Molly Shannon and Gemma Chan.

Here is a look at the nominees (and winners):

BEST FEATURE

• Eighth Grade
  Producers: Eli Bush, Scott Rudin, Christopher Storer, Lila Yacoub
• First Reformed
  Producers: Jack Binder, Greg Clark, Gary Hamilton, Victoria Hill, David Hinojosa, Frank Murray, Deepak Sikka, Christine Vachon
• If Beale Street Could Talk
  Producers: Dede Gardner, Barry Jenkins, Jeremy Kleiner, Sara Murphy, Adele Romanski
• Leave No Trace
  Producers: Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman, Anne Rosellini
• You Were Never Really Here
  Producers: Rosa Attab, Pascal Caucheteux, Rebecca O’Brien, Lynne Ramsay, James Wilson

BEST FIRST FEATURE

• Hereditary
  Director: Ari Aster
  Producers: Kevin Frakes, Lars Knudsen, Buddy Patrick
• Sorry to Bother You
  Director: Boots Riley
  Producers: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jonathan Duffy, Charles D. King, George Rush, Forest Whitaker, Kelly Williams
• The Tale
  Director/Producer: Jennifer Fox
  Producers: Oren Moverman, Laura Rister, Mynette Louie, Simone Pero, Lawrence Inglee, Sol Bondy, Regina K. Scully, Lynda Weinman, Reka Posta
• We the Animals
  Director: Jeremiah Zagar
  Producers: Andrew Goldman, Christina D. King, Paul Mezey, Jeremy Yaches
• Wildlife
  Director/Producer: Paul Dano
  Producers: Andrew Duncan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riva Marker, Oren Moverman, Ann Ruark, Alex Saks

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

• A Bread Factory
  Writer/Director/Producer: Patrick Wang
  Producers: Daryl Freimark, Matt Miller
• En el Séptimo Día
  Writer/Director/Producer: Jim McKay
  Producers: Alex Bach, Lindsey Cordero, Caroline Kaplan, Michael Stipe
• Never Goin’ Back
  Writer/Director: Augustine Frizzell
  Producers: Liz Cardenas, Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston
• Sócrates
  Writer/Director/Producer: Alex Moratto
  Writer: Thayná Mantesso
  Producers: Ramin Bahrani, Jefferson Paulino, Tammy Weiss
• Thunder Road
  Writer/Director: Jim Cummings
  Producers: Natalie Metzger, Zack Parker, Benjamin Weissner

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 and 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), 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, Gary Levy
  The Tale
• Nick Houy
  Mid90s

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 MALE LEAD

• John Cho
  Searching
• Daveed Diggs
  Blindspotting
• Ethan Hawke
  First Reformed
• Christian Malheiros
  Sócrates
• Joaquin Phoenix
  You Were Never Really Here

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

• Kayli Carter
  Private Life
• Tyne Daly
  A Bread Factory
• Regina King
  If Beale Street Could Talk
• Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie
  Leave No Trace
• J. Smith-Cameron
  Nancy

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

• Raúl 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

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD

• Suspiria
  Director: Luca Guadagnino
  Casting Directors: Avy Kaufman, Stella Savino
  Ensemble Cast: Malgosia Bela, Ingrid Caven, Lutz Ebersdorf, Elena Fouina, Mia Goth, Jessica Harper, Dakota Johnson, Gala Moody, Chloë Grace Moretz, Fabrizia Sacchi, Renée Soutendijk, Tilda Swinton, Sylvie Testud, Angela Winkler

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Hale County This Morning, This Evening
  Director/Producer: RaMell Ross
  Producers: Joslyn Barnes, Su Kim
• Minding the Gap
  Director/Producer: Bing Liu
  Producer: Diane Quon
• Of Fathers and Sons
  Director: Talal Derki
  Producers: Hans Robert Eisenhauer, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. Siebert
• On Her Shoulders
  Director: Alexandria Bombach
  Producers: Hayley Pappas, Brock Williams
• Shirkers
  Director/Producer: Sandi Tan
  Producers: Jessica Levin, Maya E. Rudolph
• Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
  Director/Producer: Morgan Neville
  Producers: Caryn Capotosto, Nicholas Ma

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

• Burning
  South Korea
  Director: Lee Chang-Dong
• The Favourite
  United Kingdom
  Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
• Happy as Lazzaro
  Italy
  Director: Alice Rohrwacher
• Roma
  Mexico
  Director: Alfonso Cuarón
• Shoplifters
  Japan
  Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu

BONNIE AWARD

• Debra Granik
• Tamara Jenkins
• Karyn Kusama

PRODUCERS AWARD

• Jonathan Duffy and Kelly Williams
• Gabrielle Nadig
• Shrihari Sathe

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD

• Alex Moratto
  Director of Sócrates
• Ioana Uricaru
  Director of Lemonade
• Jeremiah Zagar
  Director of We the Animals

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD

• Alexandria Bombach
  Director of On Her Shoulders
• Bing Liu
  Director of Minding the Gap
• RaMell Ross
  Director of Hale County This Morning, This Evening