2024 Spirit Awards nominations: Full list in all categories

Film Independent announced the 2024 Spirit Award nominees in all the film and TV categories on Tuesday, Dec 5. Only American productions with budgets of less than $30 million were eligible for consideration in the film races. Winners will be revealed on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, at a ceremony hosted by Aidy Bryant.

Last year, these kudos eliminated the four gendered acting awards and replaced them with just two prizes: lead and supporting performances (each has 10 nominees). It also added a new category, Best Breakthrough Performance, which has five contenders. 

See the full list of 2024 Spirit Awards nominations for film and TV below.

FILM

BEST PICTURE
“All of Us Strangers”
“American Fiction”
“May December”
“Passages”
“Past Lives”
“We Grown Now”

BEST DIRECTOR
Andrew Haigh, “All of Us Strangers”
Todd Haynes, “May December”
William Oldroyd, “Eileen”
Ira Sachs, “Passages”
Celine Song, “Past Lives”

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE
Jessica Chastain, “Memory”
Greta Lee, “Past Lives”
Trace Lysette, “Monica”
Natalie Portman, “May December”
Judy Reyes, “Birth/Rebirth”
Franz Rogowski, “Passages”
Andrew Scott, “All of Us Strangers”
Teyana Taylor, “A Thousand and One”
Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction”
Teo Yoo, “Past Lives”

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Erika Alexander, “American Fiction”
Sterling K. Brown, “American Fiction”
Noah Galvin, “Theater Camp”
Anne Hathaway, “Eileen”
Glenn Howerton, “BlackBerry”
Marin Ireland, “Eileen”
Charles Melton, “May December”
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
Catalina Saavedra, “Rotting in the Sun”
Ben Whishaw, “Passages”

BEST SCREENPLAY
“American Fiction”
“Birth/Rebirth”
“Bottoms”
“The Holdovers”
“Past Lives”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt”
“Chronicles of a Wandering Saint”
“The Holdovers”
“Monica”
“We Grown Now”

BEST EDITING
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline”
“Rotting in the Sun”
“Theater Camp”
“Upon Entry”
“We Grown Now”

BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Bye Bye Tiberias”
“Four Daughters”
“Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project”
“Kokomo City”
“The Mother of All Lies”

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
“Anatomy of a Fall,” France
“Godland,” Denmark/Iceland
“Mama Wata,” Nigeria
“Totem,” Mexico
“The Zone of Interest,” United Kingdom/Poland/United States

BEST FIRST FEATURE
“All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt”
“Chronicles of a Wandering Saint”
“Earth Mama”
“A Thousand and One”
“Upon Entry”

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
“Chronicles of a Wandering Saint”
“May December”
“The Starling Girl”
“Theater Camp”
“Upon Entry”

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Marshawn Lynch, “Bottoms”
Atibon Nazaire, “Mountains”
Tia Nomore, “Earth Mama”
Dominic Sessa, “The Holdovers”
Anaita Wali Zada, “Fremont”

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD  – Given to the best feature made for under $1,000,000 (Award given to the writer, director and producer)
“The Artifice Girl”
“Cadejo Blanco”
“Fremont”
“Rotting in the Sun”
“The Unknown Country”

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD  – Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast
“Showing Up”
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Casting Director: Gayle Keller
Ensemble Cast: André Benjamin, Hong Chau, Judd Hirsch, Heather Lawless, James Le Gros, John Magaro, Matt Malloy, Amanda Plummer, Maryann Plunkett, Denzel Rodriguez, Michelle Williams

PRODUCERS AWARD – Honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films.
Rachael Fung
Graham Swon
Monique Walton

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD  – Recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.
Joanna Arnow, director of “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed”
Laura Moss, director of “Birth/Rebirth”
Monica Sorelle, director of “Mountains”

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD  – Presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition.
Set Hernandez, director of “unseen”
Jesse Short Bull, Laura Tomaselli, director of “Lakota Nation vs. United States”
Sierra Urich, director of “Joonam”

TV

BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
“Beef”
“Dreaming Whilst Black”
“I’m a Virgo”
“Jury Duty”
“Slip”

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Emma Corrin, “A Murder at the End of the World”
Dominique Fishback, “Swarm”
Betty Gilpin, “Mrs. Davis”
Jharrel Jerome, “I’m a Virgo”
Zoe Lister-Jones, “Slip”
Bel Powley, “A Small Light”
Bella Ramsey, “The Last of Us”
Ramon Rodriguez, “Will Trent”
Ali Wong, “Beef”
Steven Yeun, “Beef”

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Murray Bartlett, “The Last of Us”
Billie Eilish, “Swarm”
Jack Farthing, “Rain Dogs”
Nick Offerman, “The Last of Us”
Adina Porter, “The Changeling”
Lewis Pullman, “Lessons in Chemistry”
Benny Safdie, “The Curse”
Luke Tennie, “Shrinking”
Olivia Washington, “I’m a Virgo”
Jessica Williams, “Shrinking”

BEST BREAKTRHOUGH PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Clark Backo, “The Changeling”
Aria Mia Loberti, “All the Light We Cannot See”
Adjani Salmon, “Dreaming Whilst Black”
Keivonn Montreal Woodard, “The Last of Us”
Kara Young, “I’m a Virgo”

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
“Jury Duty”
Ensemble Cast: Alan Barinholtz, Susan Berger, Cassandra Blair, David Brown, Kirk Fox, Ross Kimball, Pramode Kumar, Trisha LaFache, Mekki Leeper, James Marsden, Edy Modica, Kerry O’Neill, Rashida Olayiwola, Whitney Rice, Maria Russell, Ishmel Sahid, Ben Seaward, Ron Song, Evan Williams

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
“Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court”
“Dear Mama”
“Murder in Big Horn”
“Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence”
“Wrestlers”

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