My votes for the Spirit Awards

As a (digital) card-carrying member of the Independent Feature Project, I can vote for the Spirit Awards. True to the guidelines, I'll vote only in those categories in which I've seen all the nominees and am clearly not going to get to all of them in time. 

My choices will be first IN CAPS, followed by the other nominees, and if I've gotten around to writing about a movie, it will be linked. Voting ends February 22 and the ceremony will be March 6. I have a list of selected nominees and winners, sorted by title, on this link.

BEST FEATURE
THE LOST DAUGHTER

A Chiara
C’mon C’mon
The Novice
Zola

BEST FIRST FEATURE (I didn't see any)
7 Days
Holler
Queen Glory
Test Pattern
Wild Indian

BEST FEMALE LEAD
Kali Reis, Catch the Fair One
Isabelle Fuhrman, The Novice
Brittany S. Hall, Test Pattern
Patti Harrison, Together Together
Taylour Paige, Zola

BEST MALE LEAD
Clifton Collins Jr., Jockey
Frankie Faison, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Simon Rex, Red Rocket
Udo Kier, Swan Song
Michael Greyeyes, Wild Indian

BEST DIRECTOR
THE LOST DAUGHTER, MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL

C’mon C’mon, Mike Mills

The Novice, Lauren Hadaway

Pleasure, Ninja Thyberg

Zola, Janicza Bravo

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Ascension
Flee
In the Same Breath
Procession
Summer of Soul

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
JESSIE BUCKLEY, THE LOST DAUGHTER

Amy Forsyth, The Novice
Ruth Negga, Passing
Revika Anne Reustle, Pleasure
Suzanna Son, Red Rocket

BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Troy Kotsur, CODA
Meeko Gattuso, Queen of Glory
Will Patton, Sweet Thing
Chaske Spencer, Wild Indian

Colman Domingo, Zola

BEST SCREENPLAY
THE LOST DAUGHTER, MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL

C’mon C’mon, Mike Mills
Swan Song, Todd Stephens
Together Together, Nikole Beckwith
Zola, Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Cicada, Matt Fifer; Story by Sheldon D. Brown

Mass, Fran Kranz
Pig, Michael Sarnoski; Story by Vanessa Block, Michael Sarnoski
Shatara Michelle Ford, Test Pattern
Wild Indian, Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr.

BEST EDITING
A Chiara, Affonso Gonçalves
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain, Enrico Natale
The Novice, Lauren Hadaway, Nathan Nugent

The Nowhere Inn, Ali Greer
Zola, Joi McMillon

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
PASSING, EDU GRAU

A Chiara, Tim Curtin

Blue Bayou, Ante Cheng, Matthew Chuang
The Humans, Lol Crawley,
Zola, Ari Wegner

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Compartment No. 6, Finland/Russia
Drive My Car, Japan
Parallel Mothers, Spain
Pebbles, India
Petite Maman, France
Prayers for the Stolen, Mexico

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)
Mass

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD Given to the best feature made for under $500,000 (Award given to the writer, director and producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.)
Cryptozoo
Jockey
Shiva Baby
Sweet Thing
This is Not a War Story

PRODUCERS AWARD (The Producers Award, now in its 24th year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films.)
Brad Becker-Parton , Pin-Chun Liu, Lizzie Shapiro

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD (The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 27th year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.)
Alex Camilleri, Luzzu
Michael Sarnoski, Pig