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ira sax”Peter Hughes’ Day,” which recreates an interview with the 1970s photographer, led the Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations with five awards, including best feature, director as well as lead and supporting performances. ben whishaw And rebecca hallThe organization on Wednesday announced the nominees for the 41st edition of the show,
Several films came away with four nominations, including Best Feature and Best Director, such as Clint Bentley’s lyrical Dennis Johnson adaptation “Train Dreams” and Eva Victor’s “Sorry, Baby,” about life after an attack. The first features to receive four nods were “Blue Sun Palace,” “One of Them Days” and “Lurker.”
James Sweeney’s dark comedies “Twinless” and “The Plague”, including “Train Dreams” joel edgertonwas also nominated for Best Feature.
Edgerton was one of the 10 Best Acting nominees for “Train Dreams”. Rose Burn (“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”), Dylan O’Brien (“Twinless”), Keke Palmer (“One of Them Days”), Tessa Thompson (“Hedda”) and Whishaw, who was also nominated for the Netflix series “Black Doves.” The organization switched to gender neutral acting categories in 2022.
Supporting performance nominees include: Naomi Ackie (“Sorry, Baby”), Zoey Deutch (“Nouvelle Vague”), Kirsten Dunst (“Roofman”), Nina Hoss (“Hedda”), Jane Levy (“A Little Prayer”), Archie Madekwe (“Lurker”), Kali Reese (“Rebuilding”), Jacob Tremblay (“Sovereign”) and Haipeng Xu (“Blue Sun Palace”).
The Robert Altman Award for Direction, Ensemble and Casting of a Film went to the Stephen King adaptation “The Long Walk” with Mark Hamill, Cooper Hoffman and David Johnson.
International film nominees included “Seerat,” “The Secret Agent” and “On Becoming a Guinea Fowl.” Recognized documentaries include “Come See Me in the Good Light,” “My Unwanted Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow,” “The Perfect Neighbor,” “The Tale of Cillian” and “Endless Cookie.”
The Spirit Awards also honor television shows, where “Adolescence,” “Forever” and “Mr. Loverman” led with four nominations each. The organization said its nominees came from 18 different countries, with 41% of them identifying as women.
Sometimes the Spirit Awards overlap significantly with the major Oscar contenders and winners, as was the case with “Anora” and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” year, and sometimes not. The awards limit eligibility to productions with budgets under $30 million, meaning more expensive productions such as “One Battle After Another” were not in the running.
The 41st edition of the Spirit Awards will depart from its longtime home near the Santa Monica Pier for the Hollywood Palladium. The show, which raises funds for Film Independent’s year-round programs, will be held on February 15, about a month before the Oscars.