Cate Blanchett romance Carol leads the way at next year's Independent Spirit Awards with six nominations.
Blanchett, who plays a housewife in 1950s New York who falls for a younger woman, is up for best actress, as is her co-star, Rooney Mara.
The film is also nominated for best feature, screenplay, cinematography and best director for Todd Haynes.
African civil war drama Beasts of No Nation and real life journalism drama Spotlight received five nods each.