Anora and I Saw The TV Glow lead Independent Spirits nominations

I Saw The TV Glow Photo: Courtesy of Sundance Institute

Anora and I Saw The TV Glow have taken the lead in the nominations for the 40th Independent Spirit Awards, with winners to be announced on 22 February 2025. The two films have six nominations apiece. Both are in the running for Best Feature, and both Sean Baker and Jane Schoenbrun have received Best Director nominations.

Sean Wang's Dìdi has also made an impressive showing, especially for a début film, with four nominations. Otherwise the field is very varied. Distributor A24 has maintained the success it has enjoyed in recent years, with a total of 19 nominations, but its prize contender, The Brutalist, which has done well in other awards nominations, has to make do with just one here. Emilia Pérez, leading the awards race overall, would only have been eligible in the Best International Film category here, and has not been nominated. The Best Documentary category, meanwhile, consists mostly of titles yet to enjoy success elsewhere.

Those film nominations in full:

Best Feature

• Anora
• I Saw The TV Glow
• Nickel Boys
• Sing Sing
• The Substance

Best First Feature

• Dìdi
• In The Summers
• Janet Planet
• The Piano Lesson
• Problemista

Best Director

• Ali Abbasi - The Apprentice
• Sean Baker - Anora
• Brady Corbet - The Brutalist
• Alonso Ruizpalacios - La Cocina
• Jane Schoenbrun - I Saw The TV Glow

Best Lead Performance

• Amy Adams - Nightbitch
• Ryan Destiny - The Fire Inside
• Colman Domingo - Sing Sing
• Keith Kupferer - Ghostlight
• Mikey Madison - Anora
• Demi Moore - The Substance
• Hunter Schafer - Cuckoo
• Justice Smith - I Saw The TV Glow
• June Squibb - Thelma
• Sebastian Stan - The Apprentice

Best Supporting Performance

• Yura Borisov - Anora
• Joan Chen - Dìdi
• Kieran Culkin - A Real Pain
• Danielle Deadwyler - The Piano Lesson
• Carol Kane - Between The Temples
• Karren Karagulian - Anora
• Kani Kusruti - Girls Will Be Girls
• Brigette Lundy-Paine - I Saw The TV Glow
• Clarence Divine Eye Maclin - Sing Sing
• Adam Pearson - A Different Man

Best Breakthrough Performance

• Isaac Krasner - Big Boys
• Katy O'Brian - Love Lies Bleeding
• Mason Alexander Park - National Anthem
• René Pérez Joglar - In The Summers
• Maisy Stella - My Old Ass

Best Screenplay

• Aaron Schimberg - A Different Man
• Scott Beck and Bryan Woods - Heretic
• Jane Schoenbrun - I Saw The TV Glow
• Megan Park - My Old Ass
• Jesse Eisenberg - A Real Pain

Best First Screenplay

• Joanna Arnow - The Feeling That The Time For Doing Something Has Passed
• Annie Baker - Janet Planet
• India Donaldson - Good One
• Julio Torres - Problemista
• Sean Wang - Dìdi

Best International Film

• All We Imagine As Light
• Black Dog
• Flow
• Green Border
• Hard Truths

Best Documentary

• Gaucho Gaucho
• Hummingbirds
• No Other Land
• Patrice: The Movie
• Soundtrack To A Coup D'Etat

Best Cinematography

• La Cocina
• The Fire Inside
• Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell
• Janet Planet
• Nickel Boys

Best Editing

• The Apprentice
• Dìdi
• Jazzy
• Nightbitch
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