How to Stream the 31st Annual Spirit Awards
A day before the contentious, whitewashed Academy Awards ceremony is scheduled to air, Film Independent will be holding its 31st annual Spirit Awards. The show, hosted by Kumail Nanjiani (Broad City, Silicon Valley) and Saturday Night Live's Kate McKinnon, will kick off on Santa Monica Beach Saturday afternoon.
The Spirit Awards' refreshingly diverse categories are stacked with big-name indie favorites, including Todd Haynes' Carol and Beasts of No Nation, starring Idris Elba. Sean Baker's Sundance standout Tangerine, shot entirely on an iPhone and probing one day in Los Angeles's red light district, is nominated for the Best Feature and Best Director categories, with newcomers Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor garnering nods for Best Female Lead and Best Supporting Female, respectively.
IFC's got your back in case you miss the ceremony, and will livestream the ceremony from 2 p.m. PST onward.
And here are the nominees:
Best Feature
Anomalisa
Beasts of No Nation
Carol
Spotlight
Tangerine
Best Director
Sean Baker, Tangerine
Cary Joji Fukunaga, Beasts of No Nation
Todd Haynes, Carol
Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson, Anomalisa
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
David Roger Mitchell, It Follows
Best Screenplay
Anomalisa
Bone Tomahawk
Carol
The End of the Tour
Spotlight
Best Female Lead
Bel Powley, The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Brie Larson, Room
Rooney Mara, Carol
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Tangerine
Best Male Lead
Christopher Abbot, James White
Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation
Ben Mendelshon, Mississippi Grind
Jason Segel, End of the Tour
Koudous Seihon, Mediterranea
Best Supporting Female
Robin Bartlet, H.
Marin Ireland, Glass Chin
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Anomalisa
Mya Taylor, Tangerine
Cynthia Nixon, James White
Best Supporting Male
Kevin Corrigan, Results
Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Richard Jenkins, Bone Tomahawk
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Best Documentary
Best of Enemies
Heart of a Dog
The Look of Silence
Meru
Russian Woodpecker
(T)error
Best First Feature
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
James White
Manos Sucas
Mediterranea
Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Best First Screenplay
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Mediterranea
The Mend
Room
Best Editing
Beasts of No Nation
Heaven Knows What
It Follows
Room
Spotlight
Best Cinematography
Beasts of No Nation
Carol
It Follows
Meadowland
Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Best International Film
Embrace of the Serpent
Girlhood
Mustang
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Son of Saul
John Cassavettes Award
Advantageous
Christmas, Again
Heaven Knows What
Krisha
Out of My Hand
