In recent years, the Film Independent Spirit Awards nominating juries have looked away from the Oscars, and this year is no exception.
But in a sign of the times, the Spirits added new television categories this time around.
Thus Netflix dominated the 2021 nominations from the Spirit nominating committees, scoring 11 nominations over seven features and documentaries, plus another five for scripted series, for a total of 16 nominations.Of the conventional theatrical distributors, Focus Features scored 10 nominations over two films, Eliza Hittman’s Sundance, Berlin, and New York Film Critics Circle-winner “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” with seven, and Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” with three.
A24, which led the pack last year with 18 nominations over seven films, followed with nine, six for Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari” and three for Kelly Reichardt’s critics favorite “First Cow” (which won Best Film at the NYFCC).
All three were nominated for Best Feature,
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