The 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards have announced their nominees. “Anora” and “I Saw the TV Glow” lead the way with six nominations each.
The other big winners seem to be “Dídi,” “Janet Planet,” “Sing Sing,” “Ghostlight,” “The People’s Joker,” “In the Summers,” “The Substance,” and “Nickel Boys” racking up multiple nominations across the board.
You might be asking, what about Brady Corbet’s “The Brutalist”? It was somehow snubbed in the Best Film category. The film only garnered one nomination and that’s for Corbet in the Directing category. Not even, presumptive Oscar frontrunner, Adrien Brody got in.
Another noteworthy snub is NYFCC winner RaMell Ross missing Best Director. By all accounts, it looks like Ali Abassi (“The Apprentice”) stole Ross’ nomination away from him.
The Independent Spirit Awards will be taking place on Saturday, February 22, 2025. Aidy Bryant will return as the host. The ceremony will be available to stream live on IMDb and Film Independent YouTube channels, and across other social platforms. You can find the full list of nominations, via Deadline.
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 DIRECTOR
Ali Abbasi, “The Apprentice”
Sean Baker, “Anora”
Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
Alonso Ruizpalacios, “La Cocina”
Jane Schoenbrun, “I Saw the TV Glow”BEST SCREENPLAY
Scott Beck, Bryan Woods, “Heretic”
Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain”
Megan Park, “My Old Ass”
Aaron Schimberg, “A Different Man”
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 CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dinh Duy Hung, “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell”
Jomo Fray, “Nickel Boys”
Maria von Hausswolff, “Janet Planet”
Juan Pablo Ramírez, “La Cocina”
Rina Yang, “The Fire Inside”BEST EDITING
Laura Colwell, Vanara Taing, “Jazzy”
Olivier Bugge Coutté, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, “The Apprentice”
Anne McCabe, “Nightbitch”
Hansjörg Weissbrich, “September 5”
Arielle Zakowski, “Dìdi”BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Gaucho Gaucho”
“Hummingbirds”
“No Other Land”
“Patrice: The Movie”
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM“All We Imagine as Light”
“Black Dog”
“Flow”
“Green Border”
“Hard Truths”
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