Song’s quietly romantic film, starring Greta Lee and Teo Yoo as childhood friends who reconnect later in life, earned nominations for her direction, script and for both actors.
“May December,” about an actress preparing to play a Mary Kay Letourneau-like role got nods for Natalie Portman, Charles Melton and screenwriter Samy Burch.
MGM’s “American Fiction,” featuring Jeffrey Wright as a frustrated novelist, got recognition for Wright, Erika Alexander and Sterling K. Brown.
Josh Welsh, the president of Film Independent, said the spirit awards look for films and shows that, “demonstrate the uniqueness of vision, original, provocative subject matter, economy of means and diversity, both on screen and off.”The Spirit Awards also recognize television series.
Billie Eilish was also nominated for “Swarm.”Saturday Night Live’s Aidy Bryant is hosting the show, which will take place on Feb. 25 in Santa Monica, California.
Persons:
Song’s, Greta Lee, Teo Yoo, “, Mary Kay Letourneau, Natalie Portman, Charles Melton, Samy Burch, MGM’s, Jeffrey Wright, Wright, Erika Alexander, Sterling K, Brown . Jefferson, ”, ” Kelly Reichardt’s, Robert Altman, Michelle Williams, André Benjamin, Hong Chau, Judd Hirsch, Amanda Plummer, Alexander Payne's “, Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Payne, Giamatti, Andrew Haigh, Ira Sachs, William Oldroyd, Eileen, Haynes, Song, “ Oppenheimer, Maestro ”, Lee, Yoo, Portman, Jessica Chastain, Monica, Judy Reyes, Andrew Scott, Franz Rogowski, Teyana Taylor, Noah Galvin, Anne Hathaway, Glenn Howerton, Marin Ireland, Catalina Saavedra, Ben Whishaw, Brown, Alexander, Marshawn Lynch, Sandra Hüller, Justine Triet’s “, Jonathan Glazer’s, Iceland’s, Wata, Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan, Josh Welsh, Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Bella Ramsey, Murray Bartlett, Nick Offerman, Billie Eilish, Live’s Aidy Bryant
Organizations:
NFL, ”, Film, “, YouTube
Locations:
Hong, Melton, Randolph, Poland, Denmark, Santa Monica , California