Since 1984, nonprofit arts org Film Independent has been honoring American independent TV and filmmakers for their accomplishments at its Independent Spirit Awards. The 2024 ceremony—the organization’s 39th—will be held on Sunday, February 25 at 5 p.m. ET (the time will be 2 p.m. at the Awards’ Santa Monica Pier home).
This year’s host will be Aidy Bryant, whom Film Independent President Josh Welsh described as “incandescently talented” when her role was announced. “We can’t wait to see what she has in store for us,” he said. Nominees (which were announced in December) include now-familiar awards show fixtures such as American Fiction, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, and Ali Wong. But you’ll also find some less expected contenders: for example, Marshawn “Beast Mode” Lynch (nominated for his role in Bottoms), best feature nominee We Grown Now, and documentary series nominee Wrestlers.
The awards can be a breath of fresh air, and not just because of its focus on non-blockbuster titles. Since 2022, the ceremony has also joined the move to make its awards gender neutral. That means the best lead performance and best supporting performance categories will each have 10 nominees, inclusive of people who identify as male, female, and non-binary.
You can watch the Independent Spirit Awards as they happen a few ways: IMDb will stream it live via X (formerly Twitter) and its YouTube channel. Film Independent will have its own livestreams at X and YouTube, as well. In the meantime, here’s the full list of nominees, so you can follow along at home:
BEST FEATURE
All of Us Strangers
American Fiction
May December
Passages
Past Lives
We Grown Now
BEST FIRST FEATURE
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Chronicles of a Wandering Saint
Earth Mama
A Thousand and One
Upon Entry
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
The Artifice Girl
Cadejo Blanco
Fremont
Rotting in the Sun
The Unknown Country
BEST DIRECTOR
Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers
Todd Haynes, May December
William Oldroyd, Eileen
Celine Song, Past Lives
Ira Sachs, Passages
BEST SCREENPLAY
American Fiction
Birth/Rebirth
Bottoms
Past Lives
The Holdovers
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Chronicles of a Wandering Saint
May December
The Starling Girl
Theater Camp
Upon Entry
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Chronicles of a Wandering Saint
The Holdovers
Monica
We Grown Now
BEST EDITING
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
Rotting in the Sun
Theater Camp
Upon Entry
We Grown Now
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE
Jessica Chastain, Memory
Greta Lee, Past Lives
Trace Lysette, Monica
Natalie Portman, May December
Judy Reyes, Birth/Rebirth
Franz Rogowski, Passages
Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers
Teyana Taylor, A Thousand and One
Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction
Teo Yoo, Past Lives
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Erika Alexander, American Fiction
Sterling K. Brown, American Fiction
Noah Galvin, Theater Camp
Anne Hathaway, Eileen
Glenn Howerton, BlackBerry
Marin Ireland, Eileen
Charles Melton, May December
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers
Catalina Saavedra, Rotting in the Sun
Ben Whishaw, Passages
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Marshawn Lynch, Bottoms
Atibon Nazaire, Mountains
Tia Nomore, Earth Mama
Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers
Anaita Wali Zada, Fremont
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
Showing Up
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Bye Bye Tiberias
Four Daughters
Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project
Kokomo City
The Mother of All Lies
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Anatomy of a Fall
Godland
Mami Wata
Tótem
The Zone of Interest
BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court
Dear Mama
Murder in Big Horn
Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence
Wrestlers
BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Beef
Dreaming Whilst Black
I’m a Virgo
Jury Duty
Slip
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Emma Corrin, A Murder at the End of the World
Dominique Fishback, Swarm
Betty Gilpin, Mrs. Davis
Jharrel Jerome, I’m a Virgo
Zoe Lister-Jones, Slip
Bel Powley, A Small Light
Bella Ramsey, The Last of Us
Ramón Rodriguez, Will Trent
Ali Wong, Beef
Steven Yeun, Beef
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Murray Bartlett, The Last of Us
Billie Eilish, Swarm
Jack Farthing, Rain Dogs
Nick Offerman, The Last of Us
Adina Porter, The Changeling
Lewis Pullman, Lessons in Chemistry
Benny Safdie, The Curse
Luke Tennie, Shrinking
Olivia Washington, I’m a Virgo
Jessica Williams, Shrinking
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Jury Duty
