Lily Gladstone, 2024 Spirit Award Nominee, and Honorary Chair – The Hollywood Reporter

Lily Gladstone

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Lily GladstoneThe actress is currently generating Oscar buzz for her performance in Martin Scorsese‘s Moonflower Killerswill serve a dual role at the 2024 Spirit Awards, Hollywood Reporter to learn. Gladstone will attend the Film Independent event as a nominee for the John Cassavetes Award, which considers films made for less than $1 million (she is a writer The unknown country) – As Honorary Chair of the event, each title is awarded to “an individual who exemplifies outstanding artistic achievement and embodies the mission of Film Independent.”

“We are thrilled to have Lily Gladstone join us this year as our honorary president.” Josh Welchsays the head of Film Independent THR. “As an extremely talented artist across multiple mediums, not to mention multiple Spirit Award nominees, we couldn’t think of a better person to lead this upcoming celebration of independent artists.”

Gladstone’s pre-2023 credits include films such as Kelly Reichardt‘s Certain women (Which was nominated for Best Supporting Female Performance for the 2017 Spirit Awards) and The first cow And TV shows including Billions And Reservation dogs. She’s a long-time heroine of independent cinema.

Past honorary chairs of the Spirit Awards include Scorsese, Ava DuVernay, Chloe Zhao, Ang me, Sian Hedder, Jessica Chastain, David Oyelowo, Jodie Foster, Javier Bardem, Kerry Washington, Angela Bassett, Halle Berry, Robert Duvall, Samuel L. Jackson, Nicole Kidman And Julian Moore.

The 39th Annual Spirit Awards Gala will be hosted by SNL alum Aidy BryantIt will be held on Sunday, February 25, 2024 on Santa Monica Beach. The ceremony will be broadcast live on the IMDB and Film Independent YouTube channels.