'Manchester by the Sea' landed five noms, with 'Other People,' 'Jackie' and 'Free in Deed' racking up four mentions each.

American Honey and Moonlight scored a leading six nominations each as Film Independent on Tuesday announced the nominations for its 2017 Spirit Awards. Kenneth Lonergan's Manchester by the Sea came in second with five noms. Other People, Jackie and Free in Deed each earned four mentions.

The nominees, celebrating the best of independent film, were revealed at a press conference hosted by Edgar Ramirez and Jenny Slate.

American Honey, Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea and Jackie all will face off in the best feature category, along with Chronic.

Although Moonlight didn't score any acting nominations, it was selected to receive the Robert Altman Award given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. Its writer-director Barry Jenkins also is up for best director and best screenplay. The film's final two nominations come in the categories of best cinematography and editing.

American Honey, which follows a group of teenagers as they drift across the country selling magazine subscriptions, will face off against Moonlight, which looks at the life of a young black man growing up in a tough Miami neighborhood, in the categories of best director (Andrea Arnold), cinematography and editing. American Honey also earned nominations for best female lead (Sasha Lane), best supporting male (Shia LaBeouf) and best supporting female (Riley Keough).

Joining American Honey and Moonlight's helmers in the best director category are Jackie's Pablo Larrain, Loving's Jeff Nichols and Certain Women's Kelly Reichardt

In addition to best feature, Manchester is nominated for best editing, best male lead (Casey Affleck), best screenplay and best supporting male (Lucas Hedges).

Jackie also got a best editing nomination, as well as one for star Natalie Portman, who's up for best female lead for her portrayal of Jacqueline Kennedy.

Other People is nominated for best first feature and best first screenplay for writer Chris Kelly, and stars Jesse Plemons and Molly Shannon are up for best male lead and supporting female, respectively.

Free in Deed also is competing in the cinematography, male lead and supporting female categories and was nominated for the John Cassavetes Award given to the best feature made for under $500,000.

Hell or High Water scored three nominations, with the following films earning two noms each: 20th Century Women, Certain Women, The Childhood of a Leader, Chronic, The Fits, Little Men, Loving, Spa Night, Swiss Army Man and The Witch.

The documentary O.J.: Made in America had a big day, scoring a Spirit award nomination as well as one for a Producers Guild Award, as the PGA also announced its documentary nominees on Tuesday.

The nominations marked a major victory for four-year-old A24, which released both Moonlight and American Honey, as well as 20th Century Women, Morris From America, Swiss Army Man and The Witch, racking up a total of 19 nominations. Amazon Studios, Fox Searchlight, Magnolia and Vertical Entertainment each had five noms.

A number of movies were deemed ineligible for Spirit Award nominations, including Oscar frontrunner La La Land, as well as Focus Features' Nocturnal Animals and A Monster Calls.

After three years in which the nominees leaked early, this year the finalists remained under wraps until the scheduled unveiling at 10 a.m. PT.

The 32nd Film Independent Spirit Awards will air live on IFC on Saturday, Feb. 25, at 2 p.m. PT/5 p.m. ET. As usual, the show will be held in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, just north of the Santa Monica Pier.

A full list of this year's nominees follows.

• Best Feature

  (Award given to the producer. Executive producers are not awarded.)

  

  Moonlight (WINNER)
  Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski

  American Honey
  Producers: Thomas Benski, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Lucas Ochoa, Pouya Shahbazian, Alice Weinberg

  Chronic
  Producers: Michel Franco, Gina Kwon, Gabriel Ripstein, Moisés Zonana

  Jackie
  Producers: Darren Aronofsky, Scott Franklin, Ari Handel, Juan de Dios Larraín, Mickey Liddell

  Manchester by the Sea
  Producers: Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward, Kevin J. Walsh
  

• Best First Feature

  (Award given to the director and producer.)

  

  The Witch (WINNER)
  Director: Robert Eggers
  Producers: Daniel Bekerman, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Jodi Redmond, Rodrigo Teixeira

  The Childhood of a Leader
  Director: Brady Corbet
  Producers: Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Chris Coen, Ron Curtis, Helena Danielsson, Mona Fastvold, Istvan Major

  The Fits
  Director/producer: Anna Rose Holmer
  Producer: Lisa Kjerulff

  Other People
  Director: Chris Kelly
  Producers: Sam Bisbee, Adam Scott, Naomi Scott 

  Swiss Army Man
  Directors: Daniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert
  Producers: Miranda Bailey, Lawrence Inglee, Lauren Mann, Amanda Marshall, Eyal Rimmon, Jonathan Wang
  

• John Cassavetes Award

  (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000. Award given to the writer, director and producer. Executive producers are not awarded.)

  

  Spa Night  (WINNER)
  Writer/director: Andrew Ahn
  Producers: David Ariniello, Giulia Caruso, Ki Jin Kim, Kelly Thomas

  Free in Deed
  Writer/director: Jake Mahaffy
  Producers: Mike Bowes, Mike S. Ryan, Brent Stiefel
   
  Hunter Gatherer
  Writer/director: Josh Locy
  Producers: Michael Covino, April Lamb, Sara Murphy, Isaiah Smallman
   
  Lovesong
  Writer/director: So Yong Kim
  Writer/producer: Bradley Rust Gray
  Producers: David Hansen, Alex Lipschultz, Johnny Mac
   
  Nakom
  Writer/director/producer: TW Pittman
  Director/producer: Kelly Daniela Norris
  Writer/producer: Isaac Adakudugu  
  Producer: Giovanni Ximénez
   
  
• Best Director

  

  Barry Jenkins (WINNER)
  Moonlight

  Andrea Arnold
  American Honey

  Pablo Larrain
  Jackie

  Jeff Nichols
  Loving 

  Kelly Reichardt
  Certain Women

• Best Screenplay

  

  Barry Jenkins, story by Tarell Alvin McCraney (WINNER)
  Moonlight

  Kenneth Lonergan
  Manchester by the Sea

  Mike Mills
  20th Century Women

  Ira Sachs & Mauricio Zacharias
  Little Men

  Taylor Sheridan
  Hell or High Water

• Best First Screenplay

  

  Robert Eggers (WINNER)
  The Witch

  Chris Kelly
  Other People

  Adam Mansbach
  Barry

  Stella Meghie
  Jean of the Joneses

  Craig Shilowich
  Christine
• Best Cinematography

  

  James Laxton (WINNER)
  Moonlight

  Ava Berkofsky
  Free In Deed

  Lol Crawley
  The Childhood of a Leader

  Zach Kuperstein
  The Eyes of My Mother

  Robbie Ryan
  American Honey

• Best Editing

  

  Joi McMillon, Nat Sanders (WINNER)
  Moonlight

  Matthew Hannam
  Swiss Army Man

  Jennifer Lame
  Manchester by the Sea

  Jake Roberts
  Hell or High Water

  Sebastian Sepulveda
  Jackie

• Best Female Lead

  

  Isabelle Huppert (WINNER)
  Elle

  Annette Bening
  20th Century Women

  Sasha Lane
  American Honey

  Ruth Negga
  Loving

  Natalie Portman
  Jackie
• Best Male Lead

  

  Casey Affleck (WINNER)
  Manchester by the Sea

  David Harewood
  Free in Deed

  Viggo Mortensen
  Captain Fantastic

  Jesse Plemons
  Other People

  Tim Roth
  Chronic

• Best Supporting Female

  

  Molly Shannon (WINNER)
  Other People

  Edwina Findley
  Free in Deed

  Paulina Garcia
  Little Men

  Lily Gladstone
  Certain Women

  Riley Keough
  American Honey

• Best Supporting Male

  

  Ben Foster (WINNER)
  Hell or High Water

  Ralph Fiennes
  A Bigger Splash

  Lucas Hedges
  Manchester by the Sea

  Shia LaBeouf
  American Honey

  Craig Robinson
  Morris from America
• Robert Altman Award

  (Given to one film's director, casting director and ensemble cast.)

  

  Moonlight  (WINNER)
  Director: Barry Jenkins
  Casting director: Yesi Ramirez
  Ensemble cast: Mahershala Ali, Patrick Decile, Naomie Harris, Alex Hibbert, André Holland, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monáe, Jaden Piner, Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders

• Best Documentary

  (Award given to the director and producer.)

  

  O.J.: Made in America (WINNER)
  Director/producer: Ezra Edelman
  Producers: Nina Krstic, Tamara Rosenberg, Caroline Waterlow

  13th
  Director/producer: Ava DuVernay
  Producers: Spencer Averick, Howard Barish

  Cameraperson
  Director/producer: Kirsten Johnson
  Producer: Marilyn Ness

  I Am Not Your Negro
  Director/producer: Raoul Peck
  Producers: Remi Grellety, Herbert Peck

  Sonita
  Director: Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami
  Producer: Gerd Haag

  Under the Sun
  Director: Vitaly Mansky
  Producer: Natalya Manskaya

• Best International Film

  (Award given to the director.)

  

  Toni Erdmann (WINNER)
  (Germany and Romania)
  Director: Maren Ade

  Aquarius
  (Brazil)
  Director: Kleber Mendonça Filho

  Chevalier
  (Greece)
  Director: Athina Tsangari

  My Golden Days
  (France)
  Director: Arnaud Desplechin

  Under the Shadow  
  (U.K., Jordan and Qatar)
  Director: Babak Anvari
• 20th Annual Piaget Producers Award

  (The 20th annual Producers Award, sponsored by Piaget, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget.)

  

  Jordana Mollick (WINNER)

  Lisa Kjerulff

  Melody C. Roscher & Craig Shilowich

• 23rd Annual Kiehl's Someone to Watch Award

  (The 23rd annual Someone to Watch Award, sponsored by Kiehl's Since 1851, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Kiehl's Since 1851.)

  

  Anna Rose Holmer (WINNER)
  Director of The Fits

  Andrew Ahn
  Director of Spa Night

  Claire Carre
  Director of Embers   

  Ingrid Jungermann
  Director of Women Who Kill

• 22nd Truer Than Fiction Award

  (The 22nd annual Truer Than Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of nonfiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.)

  

  Nanfu Wang (WINNER)
  Director of Hooligan Sparrow

  Kristi Jacobson
  Director of Solitary

  Sara Jordeno
  Director of Kiki