The Independent Film Spirit Awards will supply a counterpoint to the Oscars at its annual ceremony on Saturday.
The annual Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California, tends to be an indie antidote to Hollywood’s biggest night, but this year, the contrast will be starker than usual.
Nominees include Idris Elba and his young co-star Abraham Attah from Cary Fukunaga’s Beasts Of No Nation, broadcast on Netflix.
Whereas the Oscars are dealing with a second straight year of all-white acting nominees, the Spirit Awards — which celebrate films made for $20 million or less — have five non-white acting nominees out of 20.
Though Spirit and Oscar winners have in recent years largely aligned in acting and best picture categories, this year, only one best picture Oscar nominee is up for the Spirit Awards’ top honour.
Tom McCarthy’s newspaper drama Spotlight is expected to be the big winner, where it will compete without the competition of larger budget Oscar favourites such as Leonardo DiCaprio’s The Revenant.
Spotlight, featuring Mark Ruffalo, has already been chosen by the Spirits for this year’s Robert Altman Award, which honours a film’s ensemble cast.
The only Oscar acting favourite likely to win at the Spirits is Brie Larson for The Room.
Other nominees include Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara for Todd Haynes’ Carol and Sean Baker’s four-time nominated Tangerine, including stars Kitana Kiki Rodriguez and Mya Taylor.
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