Independent Spirit Award nominations: American Fiction, May December and Past Lives lead the list with five nominations each as Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway and Jeffrey Wright are singled out for their acting
The 39th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday morning.
American Fiction, May December, and Past Lives lead the pack this year with five nominations each.
One of the biggest categories is Best Feature. The nominations were All of Us, American Fiction, May December, Passages, Past Lives and We Grown Now.
And Natalie Portman, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Charles Melton and Jeffrey Wright, among others, are singled out for their acting.
The event will be hosted by Aidy Bryant of SNL fame and will take place on February 25. The event will no longer air on television and will instead stream on YouTube.
![The Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday. American Fiction, May December (pictured), and Past Lives lead the pack this year with five nominations each](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/05/15/78602963-12828277-image-a-17_1701791472676.jpg)
The Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday. American Fiction, May December (pictured), and Past Lives lead the pack this year with five nominations each
Best Lead Performance went to Jessica Chastain for Memory, Greta Lee for Past Lives, Trace Lysette for Monica, Natalie Portman for May December, Judy Reyes for Birth/Rebirth, Franz Rogowski for Passages, Andrew Scott for All of Us Strangers, Teyana Taylor for A Thousand and One, Jeffrey Wright for American Fiction and Teo Yoo for Past Lives.
Best Supporting Performance went to Erika Alexander for American Fiction, Sterling K. Brown got American Fiction, Noah Galvin for Theater Camp, Anne Hathaway for Eileen, Glenn Howerton for BlackBerry, Marin Ireland for Eileen, Charles Melton for May December, Da’Vine Joy Randolph for The Holdovers, Catalina Saavedra for Rotting in the Sun and Ben Whishaw for Passages.
The list was announced by by actor/director/writer Natalie Morales and actor/producer/writer Joel Kim Booster.
This is the premiere awards event for the independent film and television community.
This year the Spirit Awards Film Nominating Committees selected nominees from over 27 different countries with budget ranges between $10,000 and $28 million, applying the following guidelines in determining nominees: uniqueness of vision, original and provocative subject matter and economy of means.
Of all nominated writers, directors, producers and technical artists, 40% are women and 32% are BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color).
![Erika Alexander, left, and Jeffrey Wright in a scene from American Fiction](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/05/16/78603565-12828277-image-a-26_1701792315515.jpg)
Erika Alexander, left, and Jeffrey Wright in a scene from American Fiction
![Greta Lee, left, and Teo Yoo in a scene from Past Lives](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/05/16/78603657-12828277-image-a-27_1701792345648.jpg)
Greta Lee, left, and Teo Yoo in a scene from Past Lives
Among the nominated performers, 49% are women and 40% are BIPOC. And of all 2024 nominees, 42% are women and 34% are BIPOC.
The Spirit Awards Nominating Committees are comprised of writers, directors, producers, cinematographers, editors, actors, critics, casting directors, film festival programmers and other working film professionals.
This year, the Spirit Awards nominating committees are 56% female, 3% Nonbinary, 3% Transgender, and 49% BIPOC; 29% identify as LGBTQ+ and 3% identify as people with disabilities (PWD)