Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominees Return for Walker Arts Center Members

Get into the award season spirit with three weeks of free films just for Walker Arts Center members. The annual presentation of the Film Independent Spirit Awards nominees showcases creativity and innovation in visual storytelling with the best of indie cinema. Now is the perfect time to buy a mewmbership to get ahead of films sure to heat up the awards race in the next few months. The 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards, hosted by actor Audrey Plaza, will be broadcast live exclusively on IFC cable channel at 2:00 pm PT / 5:00 pm ET on Saturday, February 8, 2020.

2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards
January 14–29, Walker Cinema, Free
Walker, Film Independent, & FilmNorth Members Only

**Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart, 2019. Photo courtesy Annapurna Pictures.**

Copresented with Film Independent and FilmNorth.

2020 Film Independent Spirit Award Nominees:

**Lulu Wang’s The Farewell, 2019. L to R: “Jiang Yongbo, Aoi Mizuhara, Chen Han, Tzi Ma, Awkwafina, Li Xiang, Lu Hong, Zhao Shuzhen.” Courtesy of Big Beach. Photo courtesy A24.**

**Chinonye Chukwu’s Clemency, 2019. Photo courtesy NEON.**

**Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life, 2019. Photo courtesy Fox Searchlight.**

Best Feature

Uncut Gems, Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie
A Hidden Life, Terrence Malick
The Farewell, Lulu Wang
Marriage Story, Noah Baumbach
Clemency, Chinonye Chukwu

**Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie’s Uncut Gems, 2019. Photo courtesy A24.**

**Michael Angelo Covino’s The Climb, 2019. Photo courtesy Sony Picture Classics.**

**Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s The Mustang, 2019. Photo courtesy Focus Features.**

Best First Feature

Booksmart, Olivia Wilde
Diane, Kent Jones
The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Joe Talbot
See You Yesterday, Stefon Bristol
The Climb, Michael Angelo Covino
The Mustang, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre

**Stefon Bristol’s See You Yesterday, 2019. Photo courtesy Netflix.**

Best Documentary

**Gabrielle Brady’s Island of the Hungry Ghosts, 2019. Photo courtesy Autlook Films.**

Honeyland, Tamara Kotevska
Apollo 11, Todd Douglas Miller
American Factory, Julia Reichert
For Sama, Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts
Island of Hungry Ghosts, Gabrielle Brady