A24 Awards

Story

With two children in foster care, Gia, a pregnant single mother pitted against the system, fights to reclaim her family. In her close-knit Bay Area community, she works to make a life for herself and her kids.

Consider

Best Picture

Best Director

Savanah Leaf

Best Original Screenplay

Savanah Lea

Best Actress

Tia Nomore

Best Supporting Actor

Bokeem Woodbine

Dominic Fike

Best Supporting Actress

Doechii

Erika Alexander

Best Film Editing

George Cragg

Best Cinematography

Jody Lee Lipes, ASC

Best Production Design

Production Designer

Juliana Barreto Barreto

Art Director

Alanna Barrett

Best Costume Design

Natasha Hester

Best Original Score

Kelsey Lu

Best Sound

Supervising Sound Editor

Joakim Sundstrom

Production Sound Mixer

Brian Copenhagen

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Hair Department Head

Keke Vasquez-Tamali’i

Makeup Department Head

Josie Rodriguez

Awards and Nominations

BAFTA FILM AWARDS

WINNER - Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director Or Producer
BLACK REEL AWARDS

NOMINEE - Outstanding Independent Film

NOMINEE - Outstanding Breakthrough Performance - Tia Nomore

NOMINEE - Outstanding First Screenplay - Savanah Leaf

NOMINEE - Outstanding Cinematography - Jody Lee Lipes
BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS

WINNER - The Douglas Hickox Award (Best Debut Director) sponsored by BBC Film - Savanah Leaf

NOMINEE - Best Lead Performance - Tia Nomore

NOMINEE - Best Casting - Salome Oggenfuss, Geraldine Barón, Abby Harri
FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

NOMINEE - Best First Feature

NOMINEE - Best Breakthrough Performance - Tia Nomore
JERUSALEM FILM FESTIVAL

NOMINEE - Award for International Cinema - Best International Debut - Savanah Leaf
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

NOMINEE - Sutherland Award - First Feature Competition - Savanah Leaf
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

NOMINEE - Bright Horizons Award - Savanah Leaf
MUNICH FILM FESTIVAL

NOMINEE - CineVision Award - Best Film by an Emerging Director - Savanah Leaf
NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW

WINNER - Top Ten Independent Films
PROVINCETOWN FILM FESTIVAL

WINNER - John Schlesinger Award - Best Director of a Narrative Film - Savanah Leaf
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS

WINNER - Special Citation for Independent Cinema
SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

WINNER - Audience Award - Best Narrative Feature - Savanah Leaf

NOMINEE - Golden Gate Award - New Director - Savanah Leaf