Awards &
Festivals:Independent Spirit Awards:33rd
(2018)
33rd Independent Spirit Awards Coverage (2018)
The nominations for the 33rd Independent Spirit Awards, which took place on March 3rd, 2018, were announced by Lily Collins and Tessa Thompson on November 21st, 2017.
Here is a look at the nominees (and winners):
BEST FEATURE
- CALL ME BY YOUR NAME
PRODUCERS: Peter Spears, Luca Guadagnino, Emilie Georges, Rodgrigo Teixeira, Marco Morabito, James Ivory, Howard Rosenman - THE FLORIDA PROJECT
PRODUCERS: Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch, Kevin Chinoy, Andrew Duncan, Alex Saks, Francesca Silvestri, Shih-Ching Tsou - GET OUT
PRODUCERS: Jason Blum, Edward H. Hamm Jr., Sean McKittrick, Jordan Peele - LADY BIRD
PRODUCERS: Eli Bush, Evelyn O’Neill, Scott Rudin - THE RIDER
PRODUCERS: Mollye Asher, Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Harroche, Chloé Zhao
BEST FIRST FEATURE
- COLUMBUS
DIRECTOR: Kogonada
PRODUCERS: Danielle Renfrew Behrens, Aaron Boyd, Giulia Caruso, Ki Jin Kim, Andrew Miano, Chris Weitz - INGRID GOES WEST
DIRECTOR: Matt Spicer
PRODUCERS: Jared Goldman, Adam Mirels, Robert Mirels, Aubrey Plaza, Tim White, Trevor White - MENASHE
DIRECTOR: Joshua Z. Weinstein
PRODUCERS: Yoni Brook, Traci Carlson, Daniel Finkelman, Alex Lipschultz - OH LUCY!
DIRECTOR: Atsuko Hirayanagi
PRODUCERS: Jessica Elbaum, Yukie Kito, Han West - PATTI CAKE$
DIRECTOR: Geremy Jasper
PRODUCERS: Chris Columbus, Michael Gottwald, Dan Janvey, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Noah Stahl, Rodrigo Teixeira
BEST DIRECTOR
- Sean Baker, The Florida Project
- Jonas Carpignano, A Ciambra
- Luca Guadagnino, Call Me by Your Name
- Jordan Peele, Get Out
- Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Good Time
- Chloé Zhao, The Rider
BEST SCREENPLAY
- Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
- Azazel Jacobs, The Lovers
- Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Jordan Peele, Get Out
- Mike White, Beatriz at Dinner
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
- Kris Avedisian, Kyle Espeleta (story by), Jesse Wakeman (story by), Donald Cried
- Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani, The Big Sick
- Ingrid Jungermann, Women Who Kill
- Kogonada, Columbus
- David Smith, Matt Spicer, Ingrid Goes West
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
- DAYVEON
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Amman Abbasi
WRITER: Steven Reneau
PRODUCERS: Lachion Buckingham, Alexander Uhlmann - A GHOST STORY
WRITER/DIRECTOR: David Lowery
PRODUCERS: Adam Donaghey, Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston - LIFE AND NOTHING MORE
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Antonio Méndez Esparza
PRODUCERS: Amadeo Hernández Bueno, Alvaro Portanet Hernández, Pedro Hernández Santos - MOST BEAUTIFUL ISLAND
WRITER/DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Ana Asensio
PRODUCERS: Larry Fessenden, Noah Greenberg, Chadd Harbold, Jenn Wexler - THE TRANSFIGURATION
WRITER/DIRECTOR: Michael O’Shea
PRODUCER: Susan Leber
BEST MALE LEAD
- Harris Dickinson, Beach Rats
- Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
- Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
- Robert Pattinson, Good Time
- James Franco, The Disaster Artist
BEST FEMALE LEAD
- Salma Hayek, Beatriz at Dinner
- Frances McDormand, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
- Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
- Regina Williams, Life and Nothing More
- Shinobu Terajima, Oh Lucy!
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
- Nnamdi Asomugha, Crown Heights
- Armie Hammer, Call Me by Your Name
- Barry Keoghan, The Killing of a Sacred Deer
- Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Benny Safdie, Good Time
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
- Holly Hunter, The Big Sick
- Allison Janney, I, Tonya
- Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
- Lois Smith, Marjorie Prime
- Taliah Lennice Webster, Good Time
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Thimios Bakatakis, The Killing of a Sacred Deer
- Elisha Christian, Columbus
- Hélène Louvart, Beach Rats
- Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Call Me by Your Name
- Joshua James Richards, The Rider
BEST EDITING
- Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie, Good Time
- Walter Fasano, Call Me by Your Name
- Alex O’Flinn, The Rider
- Gregory Plotkin, Get Out
- Tatiana S. Riegel, I, Tonya
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
- BPM (BEATS PER MINUTE) (France)
DIRECTOR: Robin Campillo - A FANTASTIC WOMAN (Chile)
DIRECTOR: Sebastián Lelio - I AM NOT A WITCH (UK)
DIRECTOR: Rungano Nyoni - LADY MACBETH (UK)
DIRECTOR: William Oldroyd - LOVELESS (Russia)
DIRECTOR: Andrey Zvyagintsev
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- THE DEPARTURE
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Lana Wilson - FACES PLACES
DIRECTORS: Agnés Varda, JR
PRODUCER: Rosalie Varda - LAST MEN IN ALEPPO
DIRECTOR: Feras Fayyad
PRODUCERS: Kareem Abeed, Steen Jespersen, Stefan Kloos - MOTHERLAND
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Ramona S. Diaz
PRODUCER: Rey Cuerdo - QUEST
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Olshefski
PRODUCER: Sabrina Schmidt Gordon
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
- MUDBOUND
DIRECTOR: Dee Rees
CASTING DIRECTORS: Billy Hopkins, Ashley Ingram
ENSEMBLE CAST: Jonathan Banks, Mary J. Blige, Jason Clarke, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Rob Morgan, Carey Mulligan
JEEP TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
- THE CAGE FIGHTER
DIRECTOR: Jeff Unay - DISTANT CONSTELLATION
DIRECTOR: Shevaun Mizrahi - QUEST
DIRECTOR: Jonathan Olshefski
KIEHL’s SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
- DAYVEON
DIRECTOR: Amman Abbasi - GOOK
DIRECTOR: Justin Chon - SUPER DARK TIMES
DIRECTOR: Kevin Phillips
PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD
- Giulia Caruso & Ki Jin Kim
- Ben LeClair
- Summer Shelton
AMERICAN AIRLINES BONNIE AWARD
- So Yong Kim
- Lynn Shelton
- Chloé Zhao
SEATTLE STORY AWARD
- Matty Brown