Los Angeles, CA - February 4, 2021 - Independent films – those made outside the six major Hollywood studios – are strong Golden Globes® contenders this year with 22 films earning 44 nominations across 13 feature-length motion picture categories, the Independent Film & Television Alliance® is pleased to announce.  

IFTA member companies were involved in the production, financing, sales and/or distribution of 11 of this year’s independent film nominees, including FilmNation, Great Point Media, HanWay Films, Magnolia Pictures, Protagonist Pictures, Rocket Science, Sierra/Affinity, TrustNordisk, and Wild Bunch. Independents are dominating the Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Actress - Drama, Best Actress - Musical/Comedy, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Original Song categories, taking four of the five nominations for each.   

Below is the full list of the independent films that were nominated for the 78^th Golden Globe Awards:
(Please note: * indicates films that involved IFTA member companies)

Best Motion Picture - Drama
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman*
The Trial of the Chicago 7*

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
Andra Day (The United States vs. Billie Holiday*)
Vanessa Kirby (Pieces of a Woman*)
Frances McDormand (Nomadland)
Carey Mulligan (Promising Young Woman*)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama
Riz Ahmed (Sound of Metal*)
Anthony Hopkins (The Father)
Tahar Rahim (The Mauritanian*)

Best Picture - Musical or Comedy
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Music*
Palm Springs

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy
Maria Bakalova (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Kate Hudson (Music*)
Michelle Pfeiffer (French Exit*)
Rosamund Pike (I Care A Lot)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical/Comedy
Sacha Baron Cohen (Borat Subsequent Moviefilm)
Dev Patel (The Personal History of David Copperfield*)
Andy Samberg (Palm Springs) 

Best Motion Picture - Animated
Wolfwalkers

Best Motion Picture - Foreign Language
Another Round*
La Llorona
The Life Ahead
Minari
Two of Us*

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Olivia Colman (The Father)
Jodie Foster (The Mauritanian*)

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in Any Motion Picture
Sacha Baron Cohen (The Trial of the Chicago 7*)
Bill Murray (On the Rocks)
Leslie Odom Jr. (One Night in Miami…)

Best Director - Motion Picture 
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman*)
Regina King (One Night in Miami…)
Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7*)
Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)

Best Screenplay - Motion Picture 
Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman*)
Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7*)
Florian Zeller and Christopher Hampton (The Father)
Chloé Zhao (Nomadland)

Best Original Song - Motion Picture
"Hear My Voice" (The Trial of the Chicago 7*)
"Io Sì (Seen)" (The Life Ahead)
"Speak Now" (One Night in Miami…)
"Tigress & Tweed" (The United States vs. Billie Holiday*)

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About the Independent Film & Television Alliance:
IFTA is the global trade association for independent film and television production, finance, distribution, and sales companies. The organization represents the independent sector before governments and international bodies and provides significant entertainment industry services to more than 135 member companies from 23 countries consisting of independent production and distribution companies, sales agents, and financial institutions engaged in production finance. 

Each November, it produces the annual American Film Market®, the world’s largest motion picture event, drawing more than 7,000 industry leaders from 70 countries and leading to more than $1 Billion in distribution and film financing deals.

IFTA also develops and publishes the IFTA® Model Agreements which articulate the standards and key definitions for licensing international rights in motion pictures and television programming and manages the IFTA® Arbitration Tribunal which is a key forum for resolution of disputes arising from international licensing transactions.  For more information on IFTA, visit www.IFTA-online.org.