by Nathaniel R
Richard E Grant getting his supporting actor trophy from Glenn Close at the Spirit AwardsBy the time the Spirit Awards roll around each year we've completely forgotten about their nominations. They're the group with the the longest annual stretch between nominations and trophy handouts each year! As a reminder We the Animals led in number of nominations this year despite not showing up in the top category. Unfortunately it was entirely shut out of actual wins. The nomination leaders within the Best Feature category were Eighth Grade, First Reformed, and You Were Never Really Here, which all at least won something.
After the jump the winners list and cute photos and such...
FEATURE FILM
- Eighth Grade (A24)
- First Reformed (A24)
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna) ★
- Leave No Trace (Bleecker Street)
- You Were Never Really Here (Amazon)
LEAD FEMALE
Get someone who looks at you as adoringly as Glenn Close’s dog when she accepts an award!!! pic.twitter.com/7LKbqmjMst
— Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) February 24, 2019
- Glenn Close, The Wife ★
- Toni Colette, Hereditary
- Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
- Regina Hall, Support the Girls
- Helena Howard, Madeline's Madeline
- Carey Mulligan, Wildlife
LEAD MALE
- John Cho, Searching
- Daveed Diggs, Blindspotting
- Ethan Hawke, First Reformed ★
- Christian Malheiros, Socrates
- Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here
SUPPORTING FEMALE
- Kayli Carter, Private Life
- Tyne Daly, A Bread Factory
- Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk ★
- Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie, Leave No Trace
- J. Smith-Cameron, Nancy
SUPPORTING MALE
- Raul Castillo, We the Animals
- Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
- Richard E Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me? ★
- Josh Hamilton, Eighth Grade
- John David Washington, Monsters and Men
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
Which honors the director, casting director, and ensemble cast. There are never nominees announced, only a winner.
- Suspiria
Three months later we remain utterly baffled by this choice. What loudmouth on the nominating committee pushed this idea? Nevertheless, sometimes we wish the Robert Altman Award were a category like any other, though, so we could see who the nominees might have been each year. Good ensembles elevate so many movies.
FIRST FEATURE
The Sorry to Bother You team.
- Hereditary (Ari Aster)
- Sorry to Bother You (Boots Riley) ★
- The Tale (Jennifer Fox)
- We the Animals (Jeremiah Zagar)
- Wildlife (Paul Dano)
DIRECTOR
- Debra Granik, Leave No Trace
- Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk ★
- Tamara Jenkins, Private Life
- Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here
- Paul Schrader, First Reformed
Barry Jenkins didn't want to win this! In his speech he explained the 4% challenge in support of female directors.
SCREENPLAY
- Colette
- Can you Ever Forgive Me?, Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty ★
- First Reformed
- Private Life
- Sorry to Bother You
FIRST SCREENPLAY
LaKeith Stanfield and Finn Wolfhard announcing Best First Screenplay
- Blame, Quinn Shephard and Laurie Shepahard
- Eighth Grade, Bo Burnham ★
- Nancy, Christina Chloe
- Tale, Jennifer Fox
- Thoroughbreds, Cory Finley
CINEMATOGRAPHY
- Madeline's Madeline (Ashley Connor)
- Mandy (Benjamin Loeb)
- Suspiria (Sayombhu Mukdeeprom) ★
- We the Animals (Zak Mulligan)
- Wildlife (Diego Garcia)
EDITING
- American Animals
- Mid 90s
- The Tale
- We the Animals
- You Were Never Really Here, Joe Bini ★
FOREIGN FILM
- Burning (South Korea)
- The Favourite (UK)
- Happy as Lazzaro (Italy)
- Roma (Mexico) ★
- Shoplifters (Japan)
DOCUMENTARY
- Minding the Gap
- On her Shoulders
- Won't You Be My Neighbor ★
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
This is a feature film prize for truly independent movies made for under $500,000.
- A Bread Factory
- En El Septimo Dia ★
- Never Goin' Back
- Socrates
- Thunder Road
BONNIE AWARD (mid career female director)
$50,000 grant. Not for a specific film though they directed Leave No Trace, Private Life, and Destroyer this year
- Debra Granik ★
- Tamara Jenkins
- Karyn Kusama
PRODUCERS AWARD
This prize is not for a specific film though they produced Sorry to Bother You, Little Woods, and a bunch of small films, respectively this year.
- Jonathan Duffy and Kelly Williams
- Gabrielle Nadig
- Shrihari Sathe ★
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
$25,000 grant for an emerging filmmaker
- Alex Moratto, Socrates ★
- Ioana Uricaru, Lemonade
- Jeremiah Zagar, We the Animals
TRUER THAN FICTION
$25,000 grant for a documentary filmmaker
- Alexandria Bombach, On Her Shoulders
- Bing Liu, Minding the Gap ★
- RaMell Ross, Hale County This Morning This Evening
And we'll close with this glorious image of Elsie Fisher, Regina King, and Glenn Close. So much talent in that Santa Monica tent every year!