As awards season heats up, the nominations for the Film Independent Spirit Awards have been announced.
Beasts Of No Nation and Carol lead overall with six nominations each, including Best Feature. Idris Elba was recognized in the Best Supporting Male category for Beasts, while Carol scored Best Female Lead nods for both Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.
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Brie Larson also earned a Best Female Lead nomination for Room, which scored three nods in total. The Irish/Canadian co-production previously won the People’s Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival earlier this year.
Meanwhile, the cast of Spotlight, which includes Rachel McAdams and Mark Ruffalo, was absent from the acting categories; instead, the film will receive the Robert Altman Award, honouring the cast as an ensemble.
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Other Hollywood heavyweights who earned nominations include Jason Segel (Best Male Lead, The End Of The Tour), Cynthia Nixon (Best Supporting Female, James White), and Jennifer Jason Leigh (Best Supporting Female, Anomalisa).
The 31st Film Independent Spirit Awards take place February 27th, 2016. In the meantime, check out the full list of nominees:
Best Feature
Beasts of No Nation
Carol
Spotlight
Tangerine
Best Director
Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson, Anomalisa
Cary Joji Fukunaga, Beasts of No Nation
Todd Haynes, Carol
David Robert Mitchell, It Follows
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Sean Baker, Tangerine
Best Female Lead
Cate Blanchett, Carol
Rooney Mara, Carol
Bel Powley, The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Brie Larson, Room
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Tangerine
Best Male Lead
Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation
Jason Segel, The End of the Tour
Christopher Abbot, James White
Koudous Seihon, Mediterranea
Ben Mendelsohn, Mississippi Grind
Best Screenplay
Anomalisa
Bone Tomahawk
Carol
The End of the Tour
Spotlight
Best Supporting Female
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Anomalisa
Marin Ireland, Glass Chin
Robin Bartlett, H.
Cynthia Nixon, James White
Mya Taylor, Tangerine
Best Supporting Male
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation
Richard Jenkins, Bone Tomahawk
Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
Kevin Corrigan, Results
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
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 Documentary
Best of Enemies
Heart of a Dog
The Look of Silence
Meru
The Russian Woodpecker
(T)error
Best International Film
Embrace of the Serpent
Girlhood
Mustang
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Son of Saul
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
Advantageous
Christmas, Again
Heaven Knows What
Krisha
Out of My Hand
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
Spotlight