2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards Predictions: Who Will Win and Who Should Win?
Later tonight, the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards will be broadcast exclusively on IFC and AMC+ at 10:00 pm ET and 7:00 pm PT.
Before the show, I thought I'd share my predictions for who will and who should win. Also, embedded in the article are links to reviews for the nominated films.
Best Feature
- First Cow (Should win)
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Minari
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Nomadland (Will win)
Best First Feature
- I Carry You With Me
- The Forty-Year-Old Version
- Miss Juneteenth
- Nine Days
- Sound of Metal (Will & should win)
John Cassavettes Award – Given to the best feature made for under $500,000
- The Killing of Two Lovers (Will win)
- La Leyenda Negra
- Lingua Franca
- Residue
- Saint Frances (Should win)
Best Director
- Lee Isaac Chung - Minari
- Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman (Should win)
- Eliza Hittman - Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Kelly Reichardt - First Cow
- Chloé Zhao - Nomadland (Will win)
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 (Will & should win)
Best Male Lead
- Riz Ahmed - Sound of Metal (Should win)
- Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Will win)
- Adarsh Gourav - The White Tiger
- Rob Morgan - Bull
- Steven Yeun - Minari
Best Supporting Female
- Alexis Chikaeze - Miss Juneteenth
- Yeri Han - Minari
- Valerie Mahaffey - French Exit
- Talia Ryder - Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Yuh-jung Youn - Minari (Will & should win)
Best Supporting Male
- Colman Domingo - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Orion Lee - First Cow
- Paul Raci - Sound of Metal (Will & Should win)
- Glynn Turman - Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Benedict Wong - Nine Days
Best Screenplay
- Lee Isaac Chung - Minari
- Emerald Fennell - Promising Young Woman (Will & should win)
- Eliza Hittman - Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Mike Makowsky - Bad Education
- Alice Wu - The Half of It
Best First Screenplay
Kitty Green - The Assistant
Noah Hutton - Lapsis
Channing Godfrey Peoples - Miss Juneteenth
Andy Siara - Palm Springs (Will & should win)
James Sweeney - Straight Up
Best Documentary
- Collective (Should win)
- Crip Camp
- Dick Johnson is Dead
- The Mole Agent
- Time (Will win)
Best International Film (Award given to the director)
- Bacurau
- The Disciple
- Night of the Kings (Should win)
- Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
- Quo Vadis, Aida? (Will win)
Best Cinematography
Jay Keitel - She Dies Tomorrow
Shabier Kirchner - Bull
Michael Latham - The Assistant
Hélène Louvart - Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Joshua James Richards - Nomadland (Will & should win)
Best Editing
Andy Canny - The Invisible Man
Scott Cummings - Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Merawi Gerima - Residue
Enat Sidi - I Carry You With Me
Chloé Zhao - Nomadland (Will & should win)
Enjoy the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards and check back later tonight for a list of the winners.
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