‘Nomadland’ Sweeps 2021 Independent Spirit Awards, First TV Awards Handed To ‘I May Destroy You,’ ‘Unorthodox’
By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 23, 2021 9:00 am EST
See you down the road at the Oscars, Nomadland. Chloé Zhao’s Western road drama became the unexpected front-runner during this year’s awards season, sweeping not only the independent circuit but every single major award. And in its last stop before Academy Awards this season, Nomadland was awarded by the independent film community it hails from, taking the top honors at the 2021 Spirit Awards.
The 36th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, which recognizes the best work in the independent space, awarded Nomadland with the top honor of Best Feature — along with three other trophies — at its virtual awards show on April 22 hosted by Saturday Night Live’s Melissa Villaseñor. It seems like a fitting final stop for Nomadland, which is possibly the most indie Oscar front-runner you could imagine. For the first time in the Spirit Awards history, television was also celebrated. Taking home the first TV Spirit Awards were critical darlings like HBO’s sorely overlooked I May Destroy You and Netflix’s incredible limited series Unorthodox. See the full list of winners below. Best Feature Nomadland
First Cow Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Minari Never Rarely Sometimes Always Best Female LeadCarey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) Nicole Beharie (Miss Juneteenth) Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) Sidney Flanigan (Never Rarely Sometimes Always) Julia Garner (The Assistant) Frances McDormand (Nomadland) Someone to Watch AwardEkwa Msangi (Farewell Amor) David Midell (The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain) Annie Silverstein (Bull) Best Male LeadRiz Ahmed (The Sound of Metal) Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) Rob Morgan (Bull) Steven Yeun (Minari) Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger) Piaget Producers AwardGerry Kim Kara Durrett Lucas Joaquin Best DirectorChloé Zhao (Nomadland) Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) Eliza Hittman (Never Rarely Sometimes Always) Kelly Reichardt (First Cow) Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series Immigration Nation Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children City So Real Love Fraud We’re Here John Cassavetes Award Residue The Killing of Two Lovers La Leyenda Negra Lingua Franca Saint Frances Best CinematographyJoshua James Richards (Nomadland) Jay Keitel (She Dies Tomorrow) Shabier Kirchner (Bull) Michael Latham (The Assistant) Hélène Louvart (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
Best International Film Quo Vadis, Aida? Bacurau The Disciple Night of the Kings Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time Best Editing Nomadland I Carry You With Me The Invisible Man Residue Never Rarely Sometimes Always Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series I May Destroy YouBest Male Performance in a New Scripted SeriesAmit Rahav (Unorthodox) Conphidance (Little America) Adam Ali (Little America) Nicco Annan (P-Valley) Harold Torre (Zero, Zero, Zero) Best Female Performance in a New Scripted SeriesShira Haas (Unorthodox) Elle Fanning (The Great) Abby McEnany (Work in Progress) Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Never Have I Ever) Jordan Kristine Seamón (We Are Who We Are) Best New Scripted Series I May Destroy You Little America Small Axe A Teacher Unorthodox Robert Altman Award One Night in MiamiBest Screenplay Promising Young Woman Bad Education Minari The Half of It Never Rarely Sometimes Always Best Documentary Crip Camp Collective Dick Johnson Is Dead Time The Mole Agent Best Supporting MalePaul Raci (Sound of Metal) Colman Domingo (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) Orion Lee (First Cow) Glynn Turman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) Benedict Wong (Nine Days) Truer Than Fiction AwardElegance Bratton (Pier Kids)
Cecilia Aldarondo (Landfall) Best First Feature The Sound of Metal I Carry You With Me The 40-Year-Old Version Miss Juneteenth Nine Days Best First ScreenplayAndy Siara (Palm Springs) Kitty Green (The Assistant) Noah Hutton (Lapsis) Channing Godfrey Peoples (Miss Juneteenth) James Sweeney (Straight Up) Best Supporting FemaleYuh-jung Youn (Minari) Alexis Chikaeze (Miss Juneteenth) Yeri Han (Minari) Valerie Mahaffey (French Exit) Talia Ryder (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
‘Nomadland’ Sweeps 2021 Independent Spirit Awards, First TV Awards Handed To ‘I May Destroy You,’ ‘Unorthodox’
By Hoai-Tran Bui/April 23, 2021 9:00 am EST
See you down the road at the Oscars, Nomadland. Chloé Zhao’s Western road drama became the unexpected front-runner during this year’s awards season, sweeping not only the independent circuit but every single major award. And in its last stop before Academy Awards this season, Nomadland was awarded by the independent film community it hails from, taking the top honors at the 2021 Spirit Awards.
The 36th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, which recognizes the best work in the independent space, awarded Nomadland with the top honor of Best Feature — along with three other trophies — at its virtual awards show on April 22 hosted by Saturday Night Live’s Melissa Villaseñor. It seems like a fitting final stop for Nomadland, which is possibly the most indie Oscar front-runner you could imagine. For the first time in the Spirit Awards history, television was also celebrated. Taking home the first TV Spirit Awards were critical darlings like HBO’s sorely overlooked I May Destroy You and Netflix’s incredible limited series Unorthodox. See the full list of winners below. Best Feature Nomadland
First Cow Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom Minari Never Rarely Sometimes Always Best Female LeadCarey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman) Nicole Beharie (Miss Juneteenth) Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) Sidney Flanigan (Never Rarely Sometimes Always) Julia Garner (The Assistant) Frances McDormand (Nomadland) Someone to Watch AwardEkwa Msangi (Farewell Amor) David Midell (The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain) Annie Silverstein (Bull) Best Male LeadRiz Ahmed (The Sound of Metal) Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) Rob Morgan (Bull) Steven Yeun (Minari) Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger) Piaget Producers AwardGerry Kim Kara Durrett Lucas Joaquin Best DirectorChloé Zhao (Nomadland) Lee Isaac Chung (Minari) Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) Eliza Hittman (Never Rarely Sometimes Always) Kelly Reichardt (First Cow) Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series Immigration Nation Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children City So Real Love Fraud We’re Here John Cassavetes Award Residue The Killing of Two Lovers La Leyenda Negra Lingua Franca Saint Frances Best CinematographyJoshua James Richards (Nomadland) Jay Keitel (She Dies Tomorrow) Shabier Kirchner (Bull) Michael Latham (The Assistant) Hélène Louvart (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
Best International Film Quo Vadis, Aida? Bacurau The Disciple Night of the Kings Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time Best Editing Nomadland I Carry You With Me The Invisible Man Residue Never Rarely Sometimes Always Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series I May Destroy YouBest Male Performance in a New Scripted SeriesAmit Rahav (Unorthodox) Conphidance (Little America) Adam Ali (Little America) Nicco Annan (P-Valley) Harold Torre (Zero, Zero, Zero) Best Female Performance in a New Scripted SeriesShira Haas (Unorthodox) Elle Fanning (The Great) Abby McEnany (Work in Progress) Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Never Have I Ever) Jordan Kristine Seamón (We Are Who We Are) Best New Scripted Series I May Destroy You Little America Small Axe A Teacher Unorthodox Robert Altman Award One Night in MiamiBest Screenplay Promising Young Woman Bad Education Minari The Half of It Never Rarely Sometimes Always Best Documentary Crip Camp Collective Dick Johnson Is Dead Time The Mole Agent Best Supporting MalePaul Raci (Sound of Metal) Colman Domingo (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) Orion Lee (First Cow) Glynn Turman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom) Benedict Wong (Nine Days) Truer Than Fiction AwardElegance Bratton (Pier Kids)
Cecilia Aldarondo (Landfall) Best First Feature The Sound of Metal I Carry You With Me The 40-Year-Old Version Miss Juneteenth Nine Days Best First ScreenplayAndy Siara (Palm Springs) Kitty Green (The Assistant) Noah Hutton (Lapsis) Channing Godfrey Peoples (Miss Juneteenth) James Sweeney (Straight Up) Best Supporting FemaleYuh-jung Youn (Minari) Alexis Chikaeze (Miss Juneteenth) Yeri Han (Minari) Valerie Mahaffey (French Exit) Talia Ryder (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
The 36th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, which recognizes the best work in the independent space, awarded Nomadland with the top honor of Best Feature — along with three other trophies — at its virtual awards show on April 22 hosted by Saturday Night Live’s Melissa Villaseñor. It seems like a fitting final stop for Nomadland, which is possibly the most indie Oscar front-runner you could imagine.
For the first time in the Spirit Awards history, television was also celebrated. Taking home the first TV Spirit Awards were critical darlings like HBO’s sorely overlooked I May Destroy You and Netflix’s incredible limited series Unorthodox.
See the full list of winners below.
Best Feature Nomadland
First Cow
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Minari
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Best Female LeadCarey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman)
Nicole Beharie (Miss Juneteenth)
Viola Davis (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
Sidney Flanigan (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
Julia Garner (The Assistant)
Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
Someone to Watch AwardEkwa Msangi (Farewell Amor)
David Midell (The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain)
Annie Silverstein (Bull)
Best Male LeadRiz Ahmed (The Sound of Metal)
Chadwick Boseman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
Rob Morgan (Bull)
Steven Yeun (Minari)
Adarsh Gourav (The White Tiger)
Piaget Producers AwardGerry Kim
Kara Durrett
Lucas Joaquin
Best DirectorChloé Zhao (Nomadland)
Lee Isaac Chung (Minari)
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman)
Eliza Hittman (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
Kelly Reichardt (First Cow)
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series Immigration Nation
Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
City So Real
Love Fraud
We’re Here
John Cassavetes Award Residue
The Killing of Two Lovers
La Leyenda Negra
Lingua Franca
Saint Frances
Best CinematographyJoshua James Richards (Nomadland)
Jay Keitel (She Dies Tomorrow)
Shabier Kirchner (Bull)
Michael Latham (The Assistant)
Hélène Louvart (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
Best International Film Quo Vadis, Aida?
Bacurau
The Disciple
Night of the Kings
Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
Best Editing Nomadland
I Carry You With Me
The Invisible Man
Residue
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series I May Destroy YouBest Male Performance in a New Scripted SeriesAmit Rahav (Unorthodox)
Conphidance (Little America)
Adam Ali (Little America)
Nicco Annan (P-Valley)
Harold Torre (Zero, Zero, Zero)
Best Female Performance in a New Scripted SeriesShira Haas (Unorthodox)
Elle Fanning (The Great)
Abby McEnany (Work in Progress)
Maitreyi Ramakrishnan (Never Have I Ever)
Jordan Kristine Seamón (We Are Who We Are)
Best New Scripted Series I May Destroy You
Little America
Small Axe
A Teacher
Unorthodox
Robert Altman Award One Night in MiamiBest Screenplay Promising Young Woman
Bad Education
The Half of It
Best Documentary Crip Camp
Collective
Dick Johnson Is Dead
Time
The Mole Agent
Best Supporting MalePaul Raci (Sound of Metal)
Colman Domingo (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
Orion Lee (First Cow)
Glynn Turman (Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom)
Benedict Wong (Nine Days)
Truer Than Fiction AwardElegance Bratton (Pier Kids)
Cecilia Aldarondo (Landfall)
Best First Feature The Sound of Metal
The 40-Year-Old Version
Miss Juneteenth
Nine Days
Best First ScreenplayAndy Siara (Palm Springs)
Kitty Green (The Assistant)
Noah Hutton (Lapsis)
Channing Godfrey Peoples (Miss Juneteenth)
James Sweeney (Straight Up)
Best Supporting FemaleYuh-jung Youn (Minari)
Alexis Chikaeze (Miss Juneteenth)
Yeri Han (Minari)
Valerie Mahaffey (French Exit)
Talia Ryder (Never Rarely Sometimes Always)
