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.  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.  Not sure if we will get to see them in Australia.  It’s possible one of the Arts channels on FOXTEL may screen.  I will update this post once I know.

Thanks Posh for the HQ pic.