Independent Spirit Awards 2022 film nominations: Zola, The Novice and Lost Daughter top list as Maggie Gyllenhaal recognized for first directorial effort
The 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday morning.
Beanie Feldstein, Regina Hall, and Naomi Watts shared the list of nominations in a livestream broadcast shared on YouTube.
Zola, about strippers who travel to Florida, landed the most nods - a total of seven - for the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards which will see its ceremony in March.
The Zola nods were for Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing and Best Female Lead for Taylour Paige as well as Best Supporting Male for Colman Domingo.
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Tops: The 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations were announced on Tuesday morning. Zola, about strippers who travel to Florida, landed the most nods - a total of seven
Stellar cast: The movie stars Elvis' granddaughter Riley Keough as well as Taylour Paige, Nicholas Braun and Colman Domingo
The movie stars Elvis' granddaughter Riley Keough, a Hollywood veteran already. Her mother is Lisa Marie Presley.
Also in the cast is Nicholas Braun.
The dark comedy is up against The Novice, which took in five nominations, and The Lost Daughter, which scored four nominations.
Good start: The Novice has five nominations. The film is about a college freshman who joins her university's rowing team
Rounding out the feature film race are A Chiara and C’mon C’mon.
The Novice is about a college freshman who joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat.
The Lost Daughter is from first-time director Maggie Gyllenhaal and it stars Dakota Johnson and Olivia Colman.
Tough stuff: The Lost Daughter is from first-time director Maggie Gyllenhaal and it stars Dakota Johnson, left, and Olivia Colman, right
Left out: Colman did not get a nomination for her work in the dark drama
She has done well: Maggie Gyllenhaal was nominated for Best Director for her first directing gig; seen last week in LA
It is about a college professor confronts her unsettling past after meeting a woman and her young daughter while on vacation in Italy. Her obsession with the woman and her daughter prompts memories of her early motherhood.
A Chiara follows the story of 15-year-old whose close-knit family falls apart after her father abandons them in Calabria.
And C'mon C'mon covers an emotionally stunted and softspoken radio journalist who travels the country interviewing a variety of kids about their thoughts concerning their world and their future.
She was a part of it: Beanie Feldstein shared the list of nominations in a livestream broadcast shared on YouTube
Hello mate: Naomi Watts was also seen from her home as a Christmas tree stood in the background
She was there as well: Regina Hall was all made up with a sparkly top on
The 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards will be handed out on Sunday, March 6 during IFC's telecast.
Usually, the Film Independent Spirit Awards air the day before the Oscars.
But the Oscars will take place on Sunday, March 27, 2022 and the Film Independent Spirit Awards will be held weeks earlier on March 6.
The awards, which are returning in-person in 2022 after going virtual due to COVID in 2021, highlight and celebrate movies that are, for the most part, produced and conceived outside of the Hollywood mainstream.
In order to qualify, eligible films have to have budgets of less than $22.5 million.
