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The Venn diagram between the Oscars and the Film Independent Spirit Awards is essentially a circle this year, as films like
Ma Rainey s Black Bottom,
Minari and
Ahead of Sunday s Academy Awards, the 36th Independent Spirit Awards honored the best in indie filmmaking and, for the first time, television during Thursday s live primetime ceremony on IFC. (A break from tradition, as the Spirit Awards are usually a daytime fête the day before the Oscars.)
See the full list of winners, in
bold, below.
Nomadland wins big at the 2021 Independent Spirit Awards
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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.
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.