Jennifer Lopezis Spirit-ed…
The 2020 Independent Spirit Awards nominations have been announced, with the 50-year-old Puerto Rican superstar earning a nod.
Lopez is nominated in the Best Supporting Female category for her acclaimed role in STX Films’ stripper crime drama Hustlers. It’s a role that’s been generating Oscar buzz for la Lopez.
It’s J.Lo’s second nod of her career in the category. She previously earned a Spirit Awards nod for Best Supporting Female in 1996 for My Family.
Peru’s Retablo, directed by Alvaro Delgado Aparicio, and Brazil’s Invisible Life, directed by Karim Aïnouz, have been nominated in the Best International Film category.
Nominees are selected by nominating committees that include film critics, film programmers, producers, directors, writers, cinematographers, editors, actors, past nominees and winners, and members of Film Independent’s Board of Directors.
Winners will be chosen by all of Film Independent’s eligible members, including industry insiders and any movie fans who sign up for membership starting at $95 per year.
These awards have come to be a significant preview of the Oscars as the motion picture academy embraces more independent films. Five of the last six Spirit champs for Best Featurewent on to win the Oscar for Best Picture. And every Spirit winner for the last decade has at least been nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars.
The Spirit Awards will be handed out on Saturday, February 8, 2020.
Here’s the full list of nominees:
BEST FEATURE
A HIDDEN LIFE
CLEMENCY
THE FAREWELL
MARRIAGE STORY
UNCUT GEMS
BEST FIRST FEATURE
BOOKSMART
THE CLIMB
DIANE
THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO
THE MUSTANG
SEE YOU YESTERDAY
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Karen Allen – COLEWELL
Hong Chau – DRIVEWAYS
Elisabeth Moss – HER SMELL
Mary Kay Place – DIANE
Alfre Woodard – CLEMENCY
Renée Zellweger – JUDY
BEST MALE LEAD
Chris Galust – GIVE ME LIBERTY
Kelvin Harrison – Jr., LUCE
Robert Pattinson – THE LIGHTHOUSE
Adam Sandler – UNCUT GEMS
Matthias Schoenaerts – THE MUSTANG
BEST DIRECTOR
Robert Eggers – THE LIGHTHOUSE
Alma Har’el – HONEY BOY
Julius Onah – LUCE
Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie – UNCUT GEMS
Lorene Scafaria – HUSTLERS
BEST DOCTUMENTARY
AMERICAN FACTORY
APOLLO 11
FOR SAMA
HONEYLAND
ISLAND OF THE HUNGRY GHOSTS
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Willem Dafoe – THE LIGHTHOUSE
Noah Jupe – HONEY BOY
Shia Labeouf – HONEY BOY
Jonathan Majors – THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO
Wendell Pierce – BURNING CANE
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Jennifer Lopez – HUSTLERS
Taylor Russell – WAVES
Zhao Shuzhen – THE FAREWELL
Lauren “Lolo” Spencer – GIVE ME LIBERTY
Octavia Spencer – LUCE
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD(The Robert Altman Award is given to the ensemble cast, director & casting director of one film)
MARRIAGE STORY – Noah Baumbach, Douglas Aibel, Francine Maisler, Alan Alda, Laura Dern, Adam Driver, Julie Hagerty, Scarlett Johansson, Ray Liotta, Azhy Robertson, Merritt Wever
BEST SCREENPLAY
Noah Baumbach – MARRIAGE STORY
Jason Begue, Shawn Snyder – TO DUST
Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie – UNCUT GEMS
Chinonye Chukwu – CLEMENCY
Tarell Alvin Mccraney – HIGH FLYING BIRD
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Fredrica Bailey, Stefon Bristol – SEE YOU YESTERDAY
Hannah Bos, Paul Thureen – DRIVEWAYS
Bridget Savage Cole, Danielle Krudy – BLOW THE MAN DOWN
Jocelyn Deboer, Dawn Luebbe – GREENER GRASS
James Montague, Craig W. Sanger – THE VAST OF NIGHT
BEST EDITING
Julie Béziau – THE THIRD WIFE
Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie – UNCUT GEMS
Tyler L. Cook – SWORD OF TRUST
Louise Ford – THE LIGHTHOUSE
Kirill Mikhanovsky – GIVE ME LIBERTY
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Todd Banhazl – HUSTLERS
Jarin Blaschke – THE LIGHTHOUSE
Natasha Braier – HONEY BOY
Chananun Chotrungroj – THE THIRD WIFE
Pawel Pogorzelski – MIDSOMMAR
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
INVISIBLE LIFE, Brazil
LES MISERABLES, France
PARASITE, South Korea
PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE, France
RETABLO, Peru
THE SOUVENIR, United Kingdom
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD(Presented to the best feature made for under $500,000 and is given to the writer, director, and producer).
BURNING CANE
COLEWELL
GIVE ME LIBERTY
PREMATURE WILD NIGHTS WITH EMILY
PRODUCERS AWARD(Honors emerging producers who demonstrate creativity, tenacity and vision, despite highly limited resources. The award includes an unrestricted grant.)
Mollye Asher
Krista Parris
Ryan Zacarias.
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD(Recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision and includes an unrestricted grant).
Rashaad Ernesto Green – PREMATURE
Ash Mayfair – THE THIRD WIFE
Joe Talbot – THE LAST BLACK MAN IN SAN FRANCISCO
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD (For emerging directors of non-fiction features and includes an unrestricted grant)
Khalik Allah – BLACK MOTHER
Davy Rothbart – 17 BLOCKS
Nadia Shihab – JADDOLAND
Erick Stoll & Chase Whiteside – AMÉRICA
THE BONNIE AWARD (Recognizes a mid-career female director with a $50,000 unrestricted grant):
MarielleHeller
Kelly Reichardt
Lulu Wang