The nominations for the 2017 Independent Spirit The Award were announced this morning and The Childhood of a Leader has been nominated in two categories – Best First Feature & Best Cinematography. Â From Film Independent:
BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to the producer and director)
The Childhood of a Leader
DIRECTOR: Brady Corbet
PRODUCERS: Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Chris Coen, Ron Curtis, Helena Danielsson, Mona Fastvold, István Major
The Fits
DIRECTOR/PRODUCER: Anna Rose Holmer
PRODUCER: Lisa Kjerulff
Other People
DIRECTOR: Chris Kelly
PRODUCERS: Sam Bisbee, Adam Scott, Naomi Scott
Swiss Army Man
DIRECTORS: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
PRODUCERS: Miranda Bailey, Lawrence Inglee, Lauren Mann, Amanda Marshall, Eyal Rimmon, Jonathan Wang
The Witch
DIRECTOR: Robert Eggers
PRODUCERS: Daniel Bekerman, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Jodi Redmond, Rodrigo Teixeira
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ava Berkofsky, Free In Deed
Lol Crawley, The Childhood of a Leader
Zach Kuperstein, The Eyes of My Mother
James Laxton, Moonlight
Robbie Ryan, American Honey
The 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards happen February 25 on the beach in Santa Monica and will be broadcast live on IFC at 2p/5e. Â Not sure if we will get to see them in Australia. Â It’s possible one of the Arts channels on FOXTEL may screen. Â I will update this post once I know.
Thanks Posh for the HQ pic.
Wow. That is very exciting.