Shaka King
The Judas and the Black Messiah filmmaker, alongside past Spirit Award winners Mel Eslyn and Nanfu Wangalso, also revealed the winners of three cash grants on Tuesday morning.
Judas and the Black Messiah writer-director Shaka King has been named honorary chair at the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards.
The news comes a day after
Judas and the Black Messiah nabbed six Oscar nominations, including a best original screenplay nom for King. He also won Film Independent s Someone to Watch Award in 2014 for the film
Newlyweeds. Shaka King electrified audiences this year with his tour de force film
Judas and the Black Messiah. As a director who won the Someone to Watch Award only a few years ago, we can t think of a better person to serve as our Honorary Chair at this year s Spirit Awards, Film Independent president Josh Welsh said.
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SXSW Film Festival is excited to announce the esteemed jurors for this year’s Narrative and Documentary Feature competitions, Louis Black “Lone Star” Award, our new Brightcove Illumination Award, Shorts Programs, Music Videos, Poster Design, Title Design and Virtual Cinema competitions.
Jury winners will be announced at sxsw.com on Friday, March 19. The 2021 SXSW Film Festival Awards and presented by Brightcove.
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Never Rarely Sometimes Always and Nomadland Lead Nominations at 2021 Independent Spirit Awards
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The drama about teen pregnancy receives the most nods with a total of seven while Oscar favorite Nomadland follows behind with six along with Ma Rainey s Black Bottom . Jan 27, 2021
First Cow will also compete for the top honour at the celebration of independent movies.
Teen pregnancy drama Never Rarely Sometimes Always leads all nominees with seven, including Best Director for
Eliza Hittman and Best Female Lead for
Sidney Flanigan while Minari , about a Korean-American family settling into life on a farm in Arkansas, follows with six nods.
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image captionRiz Ahmed, Michaela Coel, and Carey Mulligan are all up for awards
British actors Riz Ahmed, Carey Mulligan and Michaela Coel were among the nominees for this year s Independent Spirit Awards.
The awards honour the best in independent film; and often indicate who could win an Oscar.
Ahmed was nominated in the male lead category for his portrayal of a heavy metal drummer struggling with losing his hearing in Sound Of Metal.
Mulligan was recognised for her role as Cassie in Promising Young Woman.
The film - the directorial debut by star of The Crown and best director/best screenplay nominee Emerald Fennell - sees Mulligan s character seeking to avenge her best friend s rape.
2021 Indie Spirit Awards Nominations: The Full List Author: ETonline Staff Updated: 9:00 AM CST January 26, 2021
The spirit of independent filmmaking is all about making it work, so it should come as no surprise that even though the pandemic forced Hollywood to temporarily shut down, there were still plenty of films to choose from for the 36th Film Independent Spirit Awards.
On Tuesday, Film Independent along with special presenters Laverne Cox, Barry Jenkins and Olivia Wilde unveiled this year s nominees. (Including, for the first time, television honorees!)
The Indie Spirit Awards ceremony itself was previously rescheduled due to COVID-19 and will take place on April 22 the Thursday before the Oscars, which is a break from tradition airing live on IFC.