Spirit Awards 2024 Nominations List: ‘Past Lives,’ ‘May December,’ ‘American Fiction’ Lead With 5 Noms Each
05.12.2023 - 15:35
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Jordan Moreau The 2024 Independent Spirit Awards nominations, which honor TV and indie films with smaller budgets, were announced Tuesday morning. Joel Kim Booster and Natalie Morales revealed the nominations. “Saturday Night Live” alum Aidy Bryant will host the awards show on Feb.
25, with the ceremony starting at 2:00 p.m. PT. It will stream live on Film Independent’s YouTube channel and IMDB.com from its signature Santa Monica beach tent location.
Each year, Film Independent gives out the John Cassavettes award which honors the best independent feature film made under $1 million. The budget ceiling for all films, after tax incentives, is $30 million. Only new TV shoes that have run for one season and were released between January 1, 2023, to December 31, 2023, are eligible for awards.
Emmy Award-winning producer Eddie Delbridge of Live Digital Entertainment returns for this year’s ceremony. At the same time, Shawn Davis takes the reins as executive producer for his 22nd time, with Danielle Federico and Andrew Schaff returning as producers. See the nominees below.
BEST FEATURE
All of Us Strangers
Producers: Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Sarah Harvey
American Fiction
Producers: Cord Jefferson, Jermaine Johnson, Nikos Karamigios, Ben LeClair
May December
Producers: Jessica Elbaum, Will Ferrell, Grant S. Johnson, Pamela Koffler, Tyler W. Konney, Sophie Mas, Natalie Portman, Christine Vachon
Passages
Producers: Michel Merkt, Saïd Ben Saïd
Past Lives
Producers: David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon
We Grown Now
Producers: Minhal Baig, Joe Pirro
BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to director and producer)
All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt
Director: Raven Jackson
Producers: Maria Altamirano, Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski
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