- Title: Independent Spirit Awards give first indication of Oscar winners
- Date: 22nd November 2016
- Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (NOVEMBER 22, 2016) (REUTERS) ****WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** (SOUNDBITE) (English) STAFF WRITER AT HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, CHRIS GARDNER, SAYING: "Well another major omission is not seeing Joel Edgerton's name in the lead actor category for his positively restrained and beautiful performance in a film called 'Loving'. His co-star Ruth Negga did get a nomination while he did not. The film did get nominated so to not see his name again a big surprise. But again, this is still really early and I think he will see his name in other major awards." FILM INDEPENDENT PRESIDENT JOSH WELSH BEING INTERVIEWED (SOUNDBITE) (English) FILM INDEPENDENT PRESIDENT, JOSH WELSH, SAYING: "There's a lot of diversity in the Independent Spirit Award nominations today. I think half of all the directors nominated this year are women and I think there's a good amount of ethnic diversity and LGBT as well. I don't think that's specifically about this award show, I think that's about independent film in general tends to be a more diverse, inclusive sector of the film industry and I think the awards reflect that." SLATE AND RAMIREZ BEING PHOTOGRAPHED (SOUNDBITE) (English) STAFF WRITER AT HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, CHRIS GARDNER, SAYING: "Perhaps 'Moonlight', 'Loving', and 'Manchester by the Sea', these are all films that will factor in the Academy Awards race but some of the smaller films like 'Chronic' and 'American Honey', while the recognition here today is deserved according to the voters, this may be the end of the road for them in terms of high profile awards recognition." SLATE CONGRATULATES NOMINEES / PULL OUT TO REVEAL ROOM
- Embargoed: 7th December 2016 21:43
- Keywords: Independent Spirt Award nominations American Honey Chronic Jackie Manchester by the Sea Moonlight
- Location: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES; UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
- City: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES; UNIDENTIFIED FILMING LOCATIONS
- Country: USA
- Topics: Arts/Culture/Entertainment,Film
- Reuters ID: LVA00F59J3H3H
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