Nominasi untuk Independent Spirit Awards 2017 telah diumumkan oleh aktor Jenny Slate dan Edgar Ramirez pada Selasa, 22 November yang lalu.

Biopic yang digaungkan akan berbicara di pentas Oscar mendatang, Jackie, dan hit Sundance tahun ini, Manchester by the Sea, merupakan salah satu dari para nominee, dengan masing-masing mendapatkan 4 dan 5 nominasi. 

Selain berkompetisi bersama Manchester by the Sea, Jackie juga akan berhadapan dengan film-film lain untuk kategori Best Feature, seperti American Honey dan Moonlight, yang masing-masing mendapatkan 6 nominasi, serta Chronic.

Sutradara Jackie, Pablo Larrain, siap untuk menjadi Best Director, meski harus mendapat saingan dari Andrea Arnold (American Honey) dan Barry Jenkins (Moonlight), yang juga mendapat nominasi di kategori Best Screenplay.

Untuk sesi Best Male Lead, Casey Affleck akan berhadapan dengan David Harewood, Viggo Mortensen, Jesse Plemons danTim Roth. Sementara itu, Natalie Portman mendapat sebuah tempat di kategori Best Female Lead untuk aktingnya sebagai mantan First Lady Amerika dalam Jackie, dan akan berhadapan dengan  Annette Bening, Ruth Negga, Isabelle Huppert dan Sasha Lane. 

Nominee untuk Best Supporting Male adalah Shia LaBeouf, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Foster, Lucas Hedges dan Craig Robinson. Sedang Best Supporting Female adalah Riley Keough, Edwina Findley, Paulina Garcia, Lily Gladstone dan Molly Shannon. 

Film Independet Spirit Awards ke-32 akan disiarkan langsung oleh IFC pada Sabtu, 25 Februari 2017, sehari sebelum Academy Awards berlangsung.

Berikut nominasinya:

Best Feature

• "American Honey"
• "Chronic"
• "Jackie"
• "Manchester by the Sea"
• "Moonlight"

Best Director

• Andrea Arnold, "American Honey"
• Barry Jenkins, "Moonlight"
• Pablo Larrain, "Jackie"
• Jeff Nichols, "Loving"
• Kelly Reichardt, "Certain Women"

Best Screenplay

• Barry Jenkins (story by Tarell Alvin McCraney), "Moonlight"
• Kenneth Lonergan, "Manchester by the Sea"
• Mike Mills, "20th Century Women"
• Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias, "Little Men"
• Taylor Sheridan, "Hell or High Water"

Best First Feature

• "The Childhood of a Leader"
• "The Fits"
• "Other People"
• "Swiss Army Man"
• "The Witch"

Best First Screenplay

• Robert Eggers, "The Witch"
• Chris Kelly, "Other People"
• Adam Mansbach, "Barry"
• Stella Meghie, "Jean of the Joneses"
• Craig Shilowich, "Christine"

Best Male Lead

• Casey Affleck, "Manchester by the Sea"
• David Harewood, "Free in Deed"
• Viggo Mortensen, "Captain Fantastic"
• Jesse Plemons, "Other People"
• Tim Roth, "Chronic"

Best Female Lead

• Annette Bening, "20th Century Women"
• Isabelle Huppert, "Elle"
• Sasha Lane, "American Honey"
• Ruth Negga, "Loving"
• Natalie Portman, "Jackie"

Best Supporting Male

• Ralph Fiennes, "A Bigger Splash"
• Ben Foster, "Hell or High Water"
• Lucas Hedges, "Manchester by the Sea"
• Shia LaBeouf, "American Honey"
• Craig Robinson, "Morris from America"

Best Supporting Female

• Edwina Findley, "Free in Deed"
• Paulina Garcia, "Little Men"
• Lily Gladstone, "Certain Women"
• Riley Keough, "American Honey"
• Molly Shannon, "Other People"

Best Documentary

• "13th"
• "Cameraperson"
• "I Am Not Your Negro"
• "OJ: Made in America"
• "Sonita"
• "Under the Sun"

Best International Film

• "Aquarius"
• "Chevalier"
• "My Golden Days"
• "Toni Erdmann"
• "Under the Shadow"

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"

Best Editing

• Matthew Hannam, "Swiss Army Man"
• Jennifer Lame, "Manchester by the Sea"
• Joi McMillon, Nat Sanders, "Moonlight"
• Jake Roberts, "Hell or High Water"
• Sebastian Sepulveda, "Jackie"

John Cassavetes Award (Best Feature Under $500.000)

• "Free in Deed"
• "Hunter Gatherer"
• "Lovesong"
• "Nakom"
• "Spa Night"

Robert Altman Award (Best Ensemble)

• "Moonlight"