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Last year’s Spirit Awards were dominated by “Uncut Gems,” which won the prizes for Best Actor (Adam Sandler), Best Director (Josh and Benny Safdie), and Best Editing. Lulu Wang’s “The Farewell” took home the honor for Best Feature. The lead actress prize was awarded to “Judy” star Renée Zellweger, who went on to win the Oscar for Best Actress.
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This year’s most nominated film is “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” which picked up a total of seven nominations. “Minari” also is at the head of the pack with six nominations, while “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” and “Nomadland” scored five nominations each. Netflix was the most nominated studio with 16 nominations, followed by Focus Features with 10 and A24 with nine.
If you need a refresher, check out the full list of nominees for the 2021 Spirit Awards below.
Best Feature “First Cow” “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” “Minari” “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” “Nomadland”
Best Director Lee Isaac Chung, “Minari” Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman” Eliza Hittman, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” Kelly Reichardt, “First Cow” Chloe Zhao, “Nomadland”
Best First Feature “I Carry You With Me” “The 40 Year Old Version” “The Sound of Metal” “Miss Juneteenth” “Nine Days”
Best Female Lead Nicole Beharie, “Miss Juneteenth” Viola Davis, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Sidney Flanigan, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” Julia Garner, “The Assistant” Frances McDormand, “Nomadland” Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman”
Best Male Lead Riz Ahmed, “The Sound of Metal” Chadwick Boseman, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Rob Morgan, “Bull” Steven Yeun, “Minari” Adarsh Gourav, “The White Tiger”
Best Supporting Female Alexis Chikaeze, “Miss Juneteenth” Yeri Han, “Minari” Valerie Mahaffey, French Exit” Talia Ryder, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” Yuh-jung Youn, “Minari”
Best Supporting Male Colman Domingo, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Orion Lee, “First Cow” Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal” Glynn Turmann, “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom” Benedict Wong, “Nine Days”
Best Screenplay “Bad Education” “Minari” “The Half of It” “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” “Promising Young Woman” Best First Screenplay Kitty Green, “The Assistant” Noah Hutton, “Lapsis” Channing Godfrey Peoples, “Miss Juneteenth” Andy Siara, “Palm Springs” James Sweeney, “Straight Up” Best Cinematography Jay Keitel, “She Dies Tomorrow” Shabier Kirchner, “Bull” Michael Latham, “The Assistant” Hélène Louvart, “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” Joshua James Richards, “Nomadland” Best Editing “I Carry You With Me” “The Invisible Man” “Residue” “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” “Nomadland” Robert Altman Award “One Night in Miami” Best Documentary “Collective” “Crip Camp” “Dick Johnson Is Dead” “Time” “The Mole Agent” Best International Film “Bacurau” “The Disciple” “Night of the Kings” “Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time” “Quo Vadis, Aida?” Piaget Producers Award Kara Durrett Lucas Joaquin Gerry Kim Someone to Watch Award David Midell, “The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain” Ekwa Msangi, “Farewell Amor” Annie Silverstein, “Bull” Truer Than Fiction Award Cecilia Aldarondo, “Landfall” Elegance Bratton, “Pier Kids” Elizabeth Lo, “Stray” John Cassavetes Awards “The Killing of Two Lovers” “La Leyenda Negra” “Lingua Franca” “Residue” “Saint Frances” Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series “Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children” “City So Real” “Immigration Nation” “Love Fraud” “We’re Here” Best Scripted Series “I May Destroy You” “Little America” “Small Axe” “A Teacher” “Unorthodox” Best Female Performance in a Scripted Series Elle Fanning, “The Great” Shira Haas, “Unorthodox” Abby McEnany, “Work in Progress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, “Never Have I Ever” Jordan Kristine Seamón, “We Are Who We Are” Best Male Performance in a Scripted Series Conphidance, “Little America” Adam Ali, “Little America” Nicco Annan, “P-Valley” Amit Rahav, “Unorthodox” Harold Torres, “Zero, Zero, Zero” Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series “I May Destroy You” Ensemble Cast: Michaela Coel, Paapa Essiedu, Weruche Opia Stephen Wight Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Sign up for our Email Newsletters here.