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A24 dominated the nominations for the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards, which were announced Thursday.
The company scored 18 mentions, with two of its films, Uncut Gems and The Lighthouse, landing a leading five noms each.
The Safdie brothers' Adam Sandler starrer Uncut Gems is nominated for the top prize of best feature, along with best director, best editing, best male lead (Sandler) and best screenplay. Robert Eggers' The Lighthouse, starring Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe, is nominated for best cinematography, best director, best editing, best male lead (Pattinson) and best supporting male (Dafoe).
For best feature, Uncut Gems will face off against Terrence Malick's A Hidden Life; Chinonye Chukwu's Clemency, starring Alfre Woodard; Lulu Wang's Awkwafina starrer The Farewell and Noah Baumbach's Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson starrer Marriage Story.
Honey Boy and Give Me Liberty landed four noms each, followed by Clemency, Hustlers, The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Luce and The Third Wife with three apiece. Burning Cane, Colewell, Driveways, Diane, The Farewell, Marriage Story, The Mustang, Premature and See You Yesterday each scored two noms. Marriage Story will also be recognized with the Robert Altman Award, given to a film's director, casting director and ensemble cast.
Josh and Benny Safdie and Eggers will vie for best director honors with Honey Boy's Alma Har'el, Hustlers' Lorene Scafaria and Luce's Julius Onah.
Honey Boy joins The Lighthouse, Hustlers, The Third Wife and Midsommar in the best cinematography category, and it landed two noms for best supporting male for Noah Jupe and Shia LaBeouf.
Give Me Liberty is up for best editing, best male lead, best supporting female and the John Cassavetes Award, given to the best feature made for under $500,000.
Clemency is also up for best female lead (Woodard) and best screenplay, competing in the latter category with Marriage Story, Uncut Gems, High Flying Bird and To Dust.
Hustlers' Jennifer Lopez scored a best supporting female nod, alongside Waves' Taylor Russell, Give Me Liberty's Lolo Spencer, Luce's Octavia Spencer and The Farewell's Zhao Shuzhen.
The Last Black Man in San Francisco is up for best first feature along with Olivia Wilde's Booksmart, Michael Angelo Covino's The Climb, Kent Jones' Diane, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre's The Mustang and Stefon Bristol's Spike Lee-produced See You Yesterday.
Woodard will face off in the best female lead category against Judy star Renee Zellweger, Colewell's Karen Allen, Driveways' Hong Chau, Her Smell's Elisabeth Moss and Diane's Mary Kay Place.
In the best male lead category, Sandler and Pattinson join Give Me Liberty's Chris Galust, Luce's Kelvin Harrison Jr. and The Mustang's Matthias Schoenaerts.
Zazie Beetz and Natasha Lyonne announced the nominees during a press conference at Los Angeles' Line Hotel.
The 35th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards are set to be held Feb. 8 and will air on IFC.
Read on for a full list of this year's nominees.
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Best Feature
A Hidden Life
Producers: Elisabeth Bentley, Dario Bergesio, Grant Hill, Josh JeterClemency
Producers: Timur Bekbosunov, Julian Cautherley, Bronwyn Cornelius, Peter WongThe Farewell
Producers: Anita Gou, Daniele Melia, Andrew Miano, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Lulu Wang, Chris Weitz, Jane ZhengMarriage Story
Producers: Noah Baumbach, David HeymanUncut Gems
Producers: Eli Bush, Sebastian Bear-McClard, Scott Rudin -
Best First Feature
Booksmart
Director: Olivia Wilde
Producers: Chelsea Barnard, David Distenfeld, Jessica Elbaum, Megan Ellison, Katie SilbermanThe Climb
Director/Producer: Michael Angelo Covino
Producers: Noah Lang, Kyle MarvinDiane
Director: Kent Jones
Producers: Luca Borghese, Ben Howe, Caroline Kaplan, Oren MovermanThe Last Black Man in San Francisco
Director/Producer: Joe Talbot
Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Khaliah Neal, Christina OhThe Mustang
Director: Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre
Producer: Ilan GoldmanSee You Yesterday
Director: Stefon Bristol
Producer: Spike Lee -
John Cassavetes Award
Burning Cane
Writer/Director/Producer: Phillip Youmans
Producers: Ojo Akinlana, Jakob Johnson, Karen Kaia Livers, Mose Mayer, Wendell Pierce, Isaac Webb, Cassandra YoumansColewell
Writer/Director: Tom Quinn
Producers: Joshua Blum, Alexandra Byer, Craig Shilowich, Matthew ThurmGive Me Liberty
Writer/Director/Producer: Kirill Mikhanovsky
Writer/Producer: Alice Austen
Producers: Val Abel, Wally Hall, Michael Manasseri, George Rush, Sergey ShternPremature
Writer/Director/Producer: Rashaad Ernesto Green
Writer: Zora Howard
Producer: Darren Dean, Joy GanesWild Nights With Emily
Writer/Director/Producer: Madeleine Olnek
Producers: Anna Margarita Albelo, Casper Andreas, Max Rifkind-Barron -
Best Director
Alma Har'el, Honey Boy
Lorene Scafaria, Hustlers
Julius Onah, Luce
Robert Eggers, The Lighthouse
Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie, Uncut Gems -
Best Screenplay
Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
Jason Begue & Shawn Snyder, To Dust
Ronald Bronstein & Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie, Uncut Gems
Chinonye Chukwu, Clemency
Tarell Alvin McCraney, High Flying Bird -
Best First Screenplay
Fredrica Bailey & Stefon Bristol, See You Yesterday
Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen, Driveways
Bridget Savage Cole & Danielle Krudy, Blow the Man Down
Jocelyn DeBoer & Dawn Luebbe, Greener Grass
James Montague & Craig W. Sanger, The Vast of Night -
Best Cinematography
Todd Banhazl, Hustlers
Jarin Blaschke, The Lighthouse
Natasha Braier, Honey Boy
Chananun Chotrungroj, The Third Wife
Pawel Pogorzelski, Midsommar -
Best Editing
Julie Béziau, The Third Wife
Ronald Bronstein & Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems
Tyler L. Cook, Sword of Trust
Louise Ford, The Lighthouse
Kirill Mikhanovsky, Give Me Liberty -
Best Female Lead
Karen Allen, Colewell
Hong Chau, Driveways
Elisabeth Moss, Her Smell
Mary Kay Place, Diane
Alfre Woodard, Clemency
Renée Zellweger, Judy -
Best Male Lead
Chris Galust, Give Me Liberty
Kelvin Harrison Jr., Luce
Robert Pattinson, The Lighthouse
Matthias Schoenaerts, The Mustang
Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems -
Best Supporting Female
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Taylor Russell, Waves
Lauren "LoLo" Spencer, Give Me Liberty
Octavia Spencer, Luce
Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell -
Best Supporting Male
Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
Noah Jupe, Honey Boy
Shia LaBeouf, Honey Boy
Jonathan Majors, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
Wendell Pierce, Burning Cane -
Robert Altman Award
Marriage Story
Director: Noah Baumbach
Casting Directors: Douglas Aibel, Francine Maisler
Ensemble Cast: Alan Alda, Laura Dern, Adam Driver, Julie Hagerty, Scarlett Johansson, Ray Liotta, Azhy Robertson, Merritt Wever -
Best Documentary
American Factory
Director/Producer: Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert
Producers: Julie Parker Benello, Jeff ReichertApollo 11
Director/Producer: Todd Douglas Miller
Producers: Evan Krauss, Thomas Baxley PetersenFor Sama
Director: Edward Watts
Director/Producer: Waad al-KateabHoneyland
Director: Tamara Kotevska
Director/Producer: Ljubo Stefanov
Producer: Atanas GeorgievIsland of the Hungry Ghosts
Director/Producer: Gabrielle Brady
Producers: Gizem Acarla, Samm Haillay, Alex Kelly, Alexander Wadouh -
Best International Film
Invisible Life (Brazil), Director: Karim Aïnouz
Les Misérables (France), Director: Ladj Ly
Parasite (South Korea), Director: Bong Joon-Ho
Portrait of a Lady on Fire (France), Director: Céline Sciamma
Retablo (Peru), Director: Álvaro Delgado-Aparicio L.
The Souvenir (United Kingdom), Director: Joanna Hogg -
Bonnie Award
Marielle Heller
Kelly Reichardt
Lulu Wang -
Producers Award
Mollye Asher
Krista Parris
Ryan Zacarias -
Someone to Watch Award
Rashaad Ernesto Green, Director of Premature
Ash Mayfair, Director of The Third Wife
Joe Talbot, Director of The Last Black Man in San Francisco -
Truer Than Fiction Award
Khalik Allah, Director of Black Mother
Davy Rothbart, Director of 17 Blocks
Nadia Shihab, Director of Jaddoland
Erick Stoll & Chase Whiteside, Director of América
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