Film Independent Best First Screenplay Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon tell their love story - and its twists - in 'The Big Sick'. 2018 Film Independent Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani Winner "The Big Sick" Video Ingrid Jungermann "Women Who Kill" Kogonada "Columbus" Kris Avedisian; Story By: Kyle Espeleta, Jesse Wakeman "Donald Cried" David Branson Smith and Matt Spicer "Ingrid Goes West"