IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Photos and text from wire services a best actress nomination for its 15-year-old star, Elsie Fisher, and a supporting actor nom for her fictional father, Josh Hamilton. Joaquin Phoenix, the unhinged hitman of “You Were Never Really Here,” was nominated for best actor, along with John Chu (“Searching”), Daveed Diggs (“Blindspotting”), Christian Malheiros (“Socrates”) and Ethan Hawke of “First Reformed.”

Alongside Mulligan and Fisher, the nominees for best actress were: Glenn Close (“The Wife”), Toni Collette (“Hereditary”), Regina Hall (“Support the Girls”) and Helena Howard (“Madeline’s Madeline”).

The Spirits’ Robert Altman Award, an ensemble prize given to a film’s director, cast and casting director, will go to Luca Guadagnino’s horror remake “Suspiria.” The Spirits will also, for a second time, give the Bonnie Award (and a $50,000 grant) to a mid-career female director. This year’s nominees are Granik, Jenkins and Karyn Kusama (“Destroyer”).

Gemma Chan and Molly Shannon announced the nominations, which were streamed online, in a press conference from the W Hotel in Hollywood on Friday.

After four straight years of matching best picture winners with the Oscars (“Moonlight,” “Spotlight,” “Birdman,” “12 Years a Slave”), the Spirit Awards last year deviated by choosing Jordan Peele’s “Get Out” for its top award.

A24 VIA AP This image released by A24 shows Ethan Hawke in a scene from “First Reformed.”