The 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced Tuesday morning with actresses Beanie Feldstein, Regina Hall, and Naomi Watts reveling the Indie Spirit nominations in a livestream broadcast, ahead of the planned ceremony at the top of 2022.
Best Feature
“A Chiara”
“C’mon C’mon”
“The Lost Daughter”
“The Novice”
“Zola”
Best Director
Janicza Bravo, “Zola”
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
Lauren Hadaway, The Novice
Mike Mills, “C’Mon, C’mon”
Ninja Thyberg, “Pleasure”
Best First Feature
7 Days
Holler
Queen of Glory
Test Pattern
Wild Indian
Best Female Lead
Isabelle Fuhrman, “The Novice”
Brittany S. Hall, “Test Pattern”
Patti Harrison, “Together, together”
Taylour Paige, “Zola”
Taylor Reece, “Catch the Fair One”
Best Male Lead
Clifton Collins, Jr., “Jockey”
Frankie Faison, “The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain”
Michael Greyeyes, Wild Indian
Udo Kier, Swan Song
Simon Rex, Red Rocket
Best Supporting Female
Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter”
Amy Forsyth, “The Novice”
Ruth Negga, “Passing”
Revika Anne Reustle, “Pleasure”
Suzanna Son, “Red Rocket”
Best Supporting Male
Colman Domingo, Zola
Meeko Gattuso, Queen of Glory
Troy Kotsur, “Coda”
Will Patton, “Sweet Thing”
Chancey Spencer, “Wild Indian”
Best Screenplay
“C’mon, C’mon”
“The Lost Daughter”
“Swan Song”
“Together, Together”
“Zola”
Best First Screenplay
Cicada
Mass
Pig
Test Pattern
Wild Indian
Best Cinematography
“A Chiara”
“Blue Bayou”
“The Humans”
“Passing”
“Zola”
Best Editing
A Chiara
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
The Novice
The Nowhere Inn
Zola
Robert Altman Award
The Cast of “Mass”
Best Documentary
Ascension
Flee
In the Same Breath
Procession
Summer of Soul
Best International Film
Compartment No. 6
Drive My Car
Parallel Mothers
Pebbles
Petite Maman
Prayers for the Stolen
Someone to Watch Award
“Luzzu”
“I Blame Society”
“Pig”
Truer Than Fiction Award
“North by Current”
“Faya Dayi”
“Try Harder!”
John Cassavetes Awards
Cryptozoo
Jockey
Shiva Baby
Sweet Thing
This Is Not a War Story
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
“Black and Missing”
“The Choe Show”
“The Lady and the Dale”
“Nuclear Family”
“Philly D.A.”
Best New Scripted Series
“Blindspotting”
“It’s a Sin”
“Reservation Dogs”
“The Underground Railroad”
“We Are Lady Parts”
Best Female Performance in a Scripted Series
Thuso Mbedu, “The Underground Railroad”
Anjana Vasan, “We Are Lady Parts”
Jana Schmieding, “Rutherford Falls”
Jasmine Cephus Jones, “Blindspotting”
Deborah Ayorinde, “THEM: Covenant”
Best Male Performance in a Scripted Series
Ollie Alexander, “It’s a Sin”
Murray Bartlett, “The White Lotus”
Michael Greyeyes, “Rutherford Falls”
Ashley Thomas, “Them: Covenant”
Lee Jung-jae, “Squid Game”
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
“Reservation Dogs”
