Shōgun, Baby Reindeer And English Teacher Lead Spirit Awards TV Nominations — Agatha, Diarra Also Score Multiple Nods

Nominees for the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards — the premiere awards event for the independent film and television community — were announced on Wednesday morning, and FX's Shōgun led the TV pack with five total contenders.

It was followed closely by Netflix's Baby Reindeer and FX's English Teacher, each of which netted four nods.

Other TV shows earning multiple nominations were Disney+'s Agatha All Along (with three), BET+'s Diarra From Detroit, HBO's Fantasmas and Hulu's Under the Bridge.

The Film Independent Spirit Awards will again be hosted by Aidy Bryant, on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025 (staring at 5 pm ET), and can be watched on the IMDb and Film Independent YouTube channels, and across other social platforms. 

BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Baby Reindeer
Diarra From Detroit
English Teacher
Fantasmas
Shogun

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE
Brian Jordan Alvarez, English Teacher
Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer
Lily Gladstone, Under the Bridge
Kathryn Hahn, Agatha All Along
Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
Julianne Moore, Mary & George
Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun
Anna Sawai, Shōgun
Andrew Scott, Ripley
Julio Torres, Fantasmas

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Tadanobu Asano, Shōgun
Enrico Colantoni, English Teacher
Betty Gilpin, Three Women
Chloe Guidry, Under The Bridge
Moeka Hoshi, Shōgun
Stephanie Koenig, English Teacher
Patti Lupone, Agatha All Along
Nava Mau, Baby Reindeer
Ruth Negga, Presumed Innocent
Brian Tee, Expats

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE (NEW, SCRIPTED)
Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer
Diarra Kilpatrick, Diarra From Detroit
Joe Locke, Agatha All Along
Megan Stott, Penelope
Hoa Xuande, The Sympathizer

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color
Hollywood Black
Photographer
Ren Faire
Social Studies

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
How to Die Alone (WINNER)
Melissa Duprey, Jaylee Hamidi, Keilyn Durrel Jones, Arkie Kandola, Elle Lorraine, Michelle McLeod, Chris "CP" Powell, Conrad Ricamora, Natasha Rothwell, Jocko Sims

BEST FEATURE
Anora
I Saw the TV Glow
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Substance

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE
Amy Adams, Nightbitch
Ryan Destiny, The Fire Inside
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Keith Kupferer, Ghostlight
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Hunter Schafer, Cuckoo
Justice Smith, I Saw the TV Glow
June Squibb, Thelma
Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Yura Borisov, Anora
Joan Chen, Dìdi
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
Carol Kane, Between the Temples
Karren Karagulian, Anora
Kani Kusruti, Girls Will Be Girls
Brigette Lundy-Paine, I Saw the TV Glow
Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, Sing Sing
Adam Pearson, A Different Man

BEST DIRECTOR
Ali Abbasi, The Apprentice
Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Alonso Ruizpalacios, La Cocina
Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow

BEST SCREENPLAY
Scott Beck & Bryan Woods, Heretic
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Megan Park, My Old Ass
Aaron Schimberg, A Different Man
Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Gaucho Gaucho
Hummingbirds
No Other Land
Patrice: The Movie
Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD 
Given to the best feature made for under $1,000,000
Big Boys
Ghostlight
Girls Will Be Girls
Jazzy
The People's Joker