Nominacje do Indie Spirit Awards 2025

Ogłoszono nominacje do 41. Film Independent Spirit Awards. Na czele nominacji znajduje się film „Dzień Petera Hujara”, większość nominowanych w głównej kategorii swoje premiery miało na festiwalu Sundance.

„Dzień Petera Hujara” zdobył w sumie pięć nominacji, w tym za najlepszy film fabularny, reżyserię, rolę główną Bena Whishawa i drugoplanową Rebekki Hall. Po cztery nominacje otrzymały filmy „Train Dreams”, „Blue Sun Palace”, „Sorry, Baby”, „Lurker” i „One of Them Days”. Filmy „The Plague” i „Twinless” mają po trzy nominacje.

W kategoriach telewizyjnych po cztery nominacje zdobyły seriale „Adolescence” od Netfliksa i dramat BBC „Mr Loverman”.

Aby kwalifikować się do nagród, filmy muszą zostać wyprodukowane za mniej niż 30 milionów dolarów, z limitem 1 miliona dolarów dla filmów ubiegających się o Nagrodę Johna Cassavetesa. W kategoriach telewizyjnych kwalifikują się tylko nowe seriale, które miały jeden sezon i zostały wydane między 1 października 2024 a 30 września 2025 roku.

40. doroczna gala rozdania nagród Film Independent Spirit Awards odbędzie się 15 lutego 2026 roku w Hollywood Palladium. Lista nominacji poniżej.

 

BEST FEATURE

Peter Hujar’s Day - Producers: Jonah Disend, Jordan Drake

The Plague - Producers: Derek Dauchy, Joel Edgerton, Roy Lee, Lucy McKendrick, Steven Schneider, Lizzie Shapiro

Sorry, Baby - Producers: Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski

Train Dreams - Producers: Michael Heimler, Will Janowitz, Marissa McMahon, Ashley Schlaifer, Teddy Schwarzman

Twinless - Producers: David Permut, James Sweeney

 

BEST FIRST FEATURE

Blue Sun Palace

Director: Constance Tsang

Producers: Sally Sujin Oh, Eli Raskin, Tony Yang

 

Dust Bunny

Director/Producer: Bryan Fuller

Producers: Basil Iwanyk, Erica Lee

 

East of Wall

Director/Producer: Kate Beecroft

Producers: Shannon Moss, Melanie Ramsayer, Lila Yacoub

 

Lurker

Director: Alex Russell

Producers: Galen Core, Archie Madekwe, Marc Marrie, Charlie McDowell, Francesco Melzi D’Eril, Duncan Montgomery, Alex Orlovsky, Olmo Schnabel, Jack Selby

 

One of Them Days

Director: Lawrence Lamont

Producers: Deniese Davis, Poppy Hanks, James Lopez, Issa Rae, Sara Rastogi

 

 

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD – Given to the best feature made for under $1,000,000. (Award given to the writer, director and producer)

 

The Baltimorons

Director/Writer/Producer: Jay Duplass

Writer/Producer: Michael Strassner

Producers: David Bonnett Jr., Drew Langer

 

Boys Go to Jupiter

Director/Writer: Julian Glander

 

Eephus

Director/Writer/Producer: Carson Lund

Writer/Producer: Michael Basta

Writer: Nate Fisher

Producers: David Entin, Tyler Taormina

 

Esta Isla (This Island)

Directors/Writers/Producers: Cristian Carretero, Lorraine Jones Molina

Writer: Kisha Tikina Burgos

 

Familiar Touch

Director/Writer/Producer: Sarah Friedland

Producers: Alexandra Byer, Matthew Thurm

 

BEST DIRECTOR

Clint Bentley - Train Dreams

Mary Bronstein - If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Lloyd Lee Choi - Lucky Lu

Ira Sachs - Peter Hujar’s Day

Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby

 

BEST SCREENPLAY

Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin - Splitsville

Angus MacLachlan - A Little Prayer

James Sweeney - Twinless

Christian Swegal - Sovereign

Eva Victor - Sorry, Baby

 

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Andrew DeYoung - Friendship

Elena Oxman - Outerlands

Alex Russell - Lurker

Syreeta Singleton - One of Them Days

Constance Tsang - Blue Sun Palace

 

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE

Everett Blunck - The Plague

Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Kathleen Chalfant - Familiar Touch

Chang Chen - Lucky Lu

Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams

Dylan O’Brien - Twinless

Keke Palmer - One of Them Days

Théodore Pellerin - Lurker

Tessa Thompson - Hedda

Ben Whishaw - Peter Hujar’s Day

 

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE

Naomi Ackie  - Sorry, Baby

Zoey Deutch - Nouvelle Vague

Kirsten Dunst - Roofman

Rebecca Hall - Peter Hujar’s Day

Nina Hoss - Hedda

Jane Levy - A Little Prayer

Archie Madekwe - Lurker

Kali Reis - Rebuilding

Jacob Tremblay - Sovereign

Haipeng Xu - Blue Sun Palace

 

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Liz Larsen - The Baltimorons

Misha Osherovich - She’s the He

Kayo Martin - The Plague

SZA - One of Them Days

Tabatha Zimiga - East of Wall

 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Alex Ashe - Peter Hujar’s Day

Norm Li - Blue Sun Palace

David J. Thompson - Warfare

Adolpho Veloso - Train Dreams

Nicole Hirsch Whitaker - Dust Bunny

 

BEST EDITING

Ben Leonberg - Good Boy

Carson Lund - Eephus

Fin Oates - Warfare

Sara Shaw - Splitsville

Sofía Subercaseaux - The Testament of Ann Lee

 

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD  (Award given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)

 

The Long Walk

Director: Francis Lawrence

Casting Director: Rich Delia

Ensemble Cast: Judy Greer, Mark Hamill, Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Tut Nyuot, Joshua Odjick, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Garrett Wareing

 

BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer)

 

Come See Me in the Good Light

Director/Producer: Ryan White

Producers: Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, Stef Willen

 

Endless Cookie

Director: Peter Scriver

Director/Producer: Seth Scriver

Producers: Dan Bekerman, Alex Ordanis, Jason Ryle, Chris Yurkovich

 

My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow

Director/Producer: Julia Loktev

 

The Perfect Neighbor

Director/Producer: Geeta Gandbhir

Producers: Sam Bisbee, Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne

 

The Tale of Silyan

Director/Producer: Tamara Kotevska

Producers: Jean Dakar, Anna Hashmi, Jordanco Petkovski

 

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director)

 

All That’s Left of You - Palestine, Jordan, Germany, Cyprus

Director: Cherien Dabis

 

On Becoming a Guinea Fowl - Zambia, UK, Ireland

Director: Rungano Nyoni

 

A Poet - Colombia

Director: Simón Mesa Soto

 

The Secret Agent - Brazil

Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho

 

Sirāt - Spain

Director: Oliver Laxe

 

PRODUCERS AWARD  – The Producers Award, now in its 29th year, honors an emerging producer who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrates the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films. This award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

Emma Hannaway

Luca Intili

Tony Yang

 

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD  – The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 32nd year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. This award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

Tatti Ribeiro

Director of Valentina

 

Neo Sora

Director of Happyend

 

Annapurna Sriram

Director of Fucktoys

 

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD – The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 31st year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. This award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

 

Tony Benna

Director of André is an Idiot

 

Rajee Samarasinghe

Director of Your Touch Makes Others Invisible

 

Brittany Shyne

Director of Seeds

 

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES (Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer and Co-Executive Producer)

 

Citizen Nation

Creator: Bret Sigler

Executive Producers: Christopher Buck, Kyra Darnton

 

Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time

Executive Producers: Jonathan Chinn, Simon Chinn, Ryan Coogler, Myles Estey, Ted Skillman, Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Peter Nicks, Kalia King, Carolyn Payne, Sean David Johnson

Co-Executive Producer: Kelli Buchanan

 

Pee-wee as Himself

Executive Producers: Matt Wolf, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Paul Reubens, Candace Tomarken, Kyle Martin, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez

 

Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television

Executive Producers: Issa Rae, Montrel McKay, John Maggio, Rachel Dretzin, John Ealer, Jonathan Berry, Dave Becky, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez

Co-Executive Producers: Esther Dere, Zachary Herrmann

 

Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae

Executive Producers: Ezra Edelman, Caroline Waterlow, Amy Kaufman, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riva Marker

Co-Executive Producer: Mark Becker

 

BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES (Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer and Co-Executive Producer)

 

Adolescence

Creators/Executive Producers: Jack Thorne, Stephen Graham

 

Common Side Effects

Creators/Executive Producers: Joe Bennett, Steve Hely

 

Forever

Creator/Executive Producer: Mara Brock Akil

 

Mr Loverman

Executive Producers: Lennie James, Hong Khaou, Jo McClellan, Faye Ward, Hannah Farrell, Hannah Price

 

North of North

Creators/Executive Producers: Stacey Aglok MacDonald, Alethea Arnaquq-Baril

 

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Sydney Chandler - Alien: Earth

Stephen Graham - Adolescence

Ethan Hawke - The Lowdown

Lennie James - Mr Loverman

Anna Lambe - North of North

Lola Petticrew - Say Nothing

Seth Rogen - The Studio

Lovie Simone - Forever

Michelle Williams - Dying for Sex

Noah Wyle - The Pitt

 

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Ariyon Bakare - Mr Loverman

Babou Ceesay - Alien: Earth

Sharon D. Clarke - Mr Loverman

Taylor Dearden - The Pitt

Erin Doherty - Adolescence

Stephen McKinley Henderson - A Man on the Inside

Poorna Jagannathan - Deli Boys

Xosha Roquemore - Forever

Jenny Slate - Dying for Sex

Ben Whishaw - Black Doves

 

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Asif Ali - Deli Boys

Wally Baram - Overcompensating

Owen Cooper - Adolescence

Michael Cooper Jr. - Forever

Ernest Kingsley Junior - Washington Black

 

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

Chief of War

Ensemble Cast: Charlie Brumbly, Luciane Buchanan, Cliff Curtis, Brandon Finn, Moses Goods, Te Ao o Hinepehinga, Benjamin Hoetjes, Siua Ikale’o, Keala Kahuanui-Paleka, Mainei Kinimaka, Kaina Makua, Jason Momoa, Temuera Morrison, Te Kohe Tuhaka, James Udom