F3PR: Film Independent announces nominees for the 40th anniversary 2025 Spirit Awards

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FILM INDEPENDENT ANNOUNCES NOMINEES
FOR THE 4O^th ANNIVERSARY
2025 SPIRIT AWARDS

Historic Arts Nonprofit Celebrates 40 Years
of Supporting Independent Artists

Award Winners to be Revealed at the Ceremony
on February 22 at the Santa Monica Beach

LOS ANGELES (December 4, 2024) – Film Independent, the nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering independence and inclusivity in visual storytelling, announced this morning the award nominations for the 40^th annual edition of the Film Independent Spirit Awards. The historic anniversary milestone will celebrate this year’s nominees as well as the storied artists who have been honored across Spirit Awards’ long and influential history.

Revealed this morning in a video announcement, the film nominations were led by Anora and I Saw the TV Glow with six each. In the television categories, Shōgun garnered the most nominations with five, followed closely by Baby Reindeer and English Teacher with four apiece. Watch the announcement here:

“Since we held our first ceremony in 1985 at a restaurant on La Cienega to last year’s show when viewers around the world joined us at the Santa Monica Beach to celebrate the work of so many artists, Film Independent has continued to support independent filmmakers and enable them to achieve their vision at every stage of their career,” said Josh Welsh, President of Film Independent. “As with the legendary artists from that inaugural event, and the countless others we’ve had the privilege to work with since, we’re thrilled to be honoring this group of creatives as they continue this proud legacy.”

Since that initial ceremony, where Martin Scorsese and Joel Coen shared the Best Director Prize at what was then called the FINDIE (Friends of Independents) Awards, the Spirit Awards has grown as the centerpiece of Film Independent’s year-round initiatives, honoring thousands of artists across film and, beginning in 2021, television. In 2022 the Spirit Awards further adapted to being a more inclusive and accurate representation of the film and television industry by becoming one of the first awards shows to adopt gender neutral acting awards. Artists recognized early in their careers by the Spirit Awards who went on to incredible success include the aforementioned Joel Coen, Spike Lee, Ryan Coogler, Whit Stillman, Robert Rodriguez, and Kasi Lemmons, among many, many others.

The 40^th Film Independent Spirit Awards, which will be overseen by returning host and Saturday Night Live alum Aidy Bryant, will take place on Saturday, February 22, 2025. The in-person show, held at the beach in Santa Monica, will be streamed live on the IMDb and Film Independent YouTube channels, and across other social platforms. The Spirit Awards are the primary fundraiser for Film Independent’s year-round slate of programs, which cultivate the careers of emerging filmmakers and celebrate creative independence, diversity, innovation and uniqueness of vision in independent film and television.

“This year’s inspiring group of Spirit Award-nominated artists show the essential nature of independent art being produced today,” said Brenda Robinson, Chair of the Board of Directors for Film Independent. “Through their dedication, bravery and unique voices they have created indelible works that will be celebrated for years to come, and we’re honored to be supporting them on that journey.”

The 2025 Best Feature nominees include Anora, I Saw the TV Glow, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing, and The Substance. His Three Daughters, from director Azazel Jacobs, has been selected to receive the Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon a single film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. The Altman Award was created in 2008 in honor of legendary director Robert Altman, known for populating his films with extraordinary ensemble casts.

On the television side, the 2025 Best New Scripted Series nominees include Baby Reindeer, Diarra From Detroit, English Teacher, Fantasmas, and Shōgun. In the Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series category, the nominees are Erased: WW2’s Heroes of Color, Hollywood Black, Photographer, Ren Faire, and Social Studies.

Further emphasizing the impact of Film Independent’s year-round work, eight of this year’s Spirit Awards nominees have previously been involved with Artist Development, the essential year-round program at the forefront of artist support and education within the film industry. They include Sean Baker (Best Feature and Best Director for Anora), Rivkah Beth Medow (Best Documentary for Hummingbirds), Jomo Fray (Best Cinematography for Nickel Boys), Jillian Schlesinger (Best Documentary for Hummingbirds), Daniel Tantalean (Best First Feature for In the Summers), Monique Walton (Best Feature for Sing Sing), Sarah Winshall (Best Feature for I Saw the TV Glow, and Producers Award), and Zoë Worth (Producers Award).

This year the Spirit Awards Film Nominating Committees selected nominees from over 17 different countries with budget ranges between $112,000 to $28 million, applying the following guidelines in determining nominees: uniqueness of vision, original and provocative subject matter and economy of means. Of all the 2025 nominees, 46% are women and 30% are BIPOC. Within the nominated writers, directors, producers and technical artists, 43% are women and 24% are BIPOC. The nominated performers are 54% women and 48% BIPOC.

The Spirit Awards Nominating Committees are comprised of writers, directors, producers, cinematographers, editors, actors, critics, casting directors, film festival programmers and other working film professionals. This year, the Spirit Awards nominating committees are 47% female, 10% Nonbinary, 7% Transgender, and 66% BIPOC; 45% identify as LGBTQ+, and 13% identify as people with disabilities (PWD).

Film Independent Spirit Awards are supported by Principal Sponsor IMDbPro and Official Partners Bulleit Frontier Whiskey, FIJI Water, and Miraval Rose. Easterseals Disability Services is the Accessibility Partner. Hotel Casa del Mar and The Georgian are the Official Hotels. CULTURED Magazine is an Official Media Partner. Getty Images is the Official Photographer. Vision Media is the Exclusive Screening Partner.

2025 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD FILM NOMINATIONS

BEST FEATURE

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

• Anora
  Producers: Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan
• I Saw the TV Glow
  Producers: Ali Herting, Luca Intili, Dave McCary, Emma Stone, Sarah Winshall
• Nickel Boys
  Producers: Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine
• Sing Sing
  Producers: Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Monique Walton
• The Substance
  Producers: Tim Bevan, Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner

BEST FIRST FEATURE

(Award given to the director and producer)

• Dìdi
  Director/Producer: Sean Wang
  Producers: Valerie Bush, Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters
• In the Summers
  Director: Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio
  Producers: Janek Ambros, Lynette Coll, Alexander Dinelaris, Cynthia Fernandez De La Cruz, Cristóbal Güell, Sergio Alberto Lira, Rob Quadrino, Jan Suter, Daniel Tantalean, Nando Vila, Slava Vladimirov, Stephanie Yankwitt
• Janet Planet
  Director/Producer: Annie Baker
  Producers: Andrew Goldman, Dan Janvey, Derrick Tseng
• The Piano Lesson
  Director: Malcolm Washington
  Producers: Todd Black, Denzel Washington
• Problemista
  Director/Producer: Julio Torres
  Producers: Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Emma Stone

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

Given to the best feature made for under $1,000,000. Award given to the writer, director and producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.

• Big Boys
  Writer/Director/Producer: Corey Sherman
  Producer: Allison Tate
• Ghostlight
  Writer/Director: Kelly O’Sullivan
  Director/Producer: Alex Thompson
  Producers: Pierce Cravens, Ian Keiser, Chelsea Krant, Eddie Linker, Alex Wilson
• Girls Will Be Girls
  Writer/Director/Producer: Shuchi Talati
  Producers: Richa Chadha, Claire Chassagne
• Jazzy
  Writer/Director/Producer: Morrisa Maltz
  Writer/Producer: Lainey Shangreaux
  Writers: Andrew Hajek, Vanara Taing
  Producers: Miranda Bailey, Tommy Heitkamp, John Way, Natalie Whalen, Elliott Whitton
• The People's JOker
  Writer/Director: Vera Drew
  Writer: Bri LeRose
  Producer: Joey Lyons

BEST DIRECTOR

• Ali Abbasi, The Apprentice
• Sean Baker, Anora
• Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
• Alonso Ruizpalacios, La Cocina
• Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Scott Beck & Brian Woods, Heretic
• Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
• Megan Park, My Old Ass
• Aaron Schimberg, A Different Man
• Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

• Joanna Arnow, The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed
• Annie Baker, Janet Planet
• India Donaldson, Good One
• Julio Torres, Problemista
• Sean Wang, Dìdi

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE

• Amy Adams, Nightbitch
• Ryan Destiny, The Fire Inside
• Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
• Keith Kupferer, Ghostlight
• Mikey Madison, Anora
• Demi Moore, The Substance
• Hunter Schafer, Cuckoo
• Justice Smith, I Saw the TV Glow
• June Squibb, Thelma
• Sebastian Stan, The Apprentice

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE

• Yura Borisov, Anora
• Joan Chen, Dìdi
• Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
• Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
• Jack Haven, I Saw the TV Glow
• Carol Kane, Between the Temples
• Karren Karagulian, Anora
• Kani Kusruti, Girls Will Be Girls
• Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin, Sing Sing
• Adam Pearson, A Different Man

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

• Isaac Krasner, Big Boys
• Katy O'Brian, Love Lies Bleeding
• Mason Alexander Park, National Anthem
• René Pérez Joglar, In the Summers
• Maisy Stella, My Old Ass

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Dinh Duy Hung, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
• Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys
• Maria von Hausswolff, Janet Planet
• Juan Pablo Ramírez, La Cocina
• Rina Yang, The Fire Inside

BEST EDITING

• Laura Colwell & Vanara Taing, Jazzy
• Olivier Bugge Coutté & Olivia Neergaard-Holm, The Apprentice
• Anne McCabe, Nightbitch
• Hansjörg Weissbrich, September 5
• Arielle Zakowski, Dìdi

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD

Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.

• His Three Daughters
  Director: Azazel Jacobs
  Casting Director: Nicole Arbusto
  Ensemble Cast: Jovan Adepo, Jasmine Bracey, Carrie Coon, Jose Febus, Rudy Galvan, Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, Randy Ramos Jr., Jay O. Sanders

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Award given to the director and producer.

• Gaucho Gaucho
  Directors/Producers: Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
  Producers: Christos Konstantakopoulos, Cameron O’Reilly, Matthew Perniciaro
• Hummingbirds
  Directors: Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía “Beba” Contreras
  Co-Directors/Producers: Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Diane Ng, Ana Rodriguez-Falco, Jillian Schlesinger
  Producers: Leslie Benavides, Rivkah Beth Medow
• No Other Land
  Directors/Producers: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
  Producers: Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
• Patrice: The Movie
  Director: Ted Passon
  Producers: Kyla Harris, Innbo Shim, Emily Spivack
• Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat
  Director: Johan Grimonprez
  Producers: Rémi Grellety, Daan Milius

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Award given to the director.

• All We Imagine as Light (France/India/Netherlands/Luxembourg)
  Director: Payal Kapadia
• Black Dog (China)
  Director: Guan Hu
• Flow (Latvia/France/Belgium)
  Director: Gints Zilbalodis
• Green Border (Poland/France/Czech Republic/Belgium)
  Director: Davy Chou
• Hard Truths (United Kingdom)
  Director: Mike Leigh

PRODUCERS AWARD presented by Bulleit Frontier Whiskey

The Producers Award, now in its 28^th year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films.

• Alex Coco
• Sarah Winshall
• Zoë Worth

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD

The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 31^st year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.

• Nicholas Colia, director of Griffin in Summer
• Sarah Friedland, director of Familiar Touch
• Pham Thien An, director of Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD

The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 30^th year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition.

• Julian Brave NoiseCat & Emily Kassie, directors of Sugarcane
• Carla Gutiérrez, director of Frida
• Rachel Elizabeth Seed, director of A Photographic Memory

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES>

(Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)

• Erased: WW2’s Heroes of Color
  Executive Producers: Idris Elba, Johanna Woolford Gibbon, Jamilla Dumbuya, Jos Cushing, Khaled Gad, Matt Robins, Chris Muckle, Sean David Johnson, Simon Raikes
  Co-Executive Producer: Annabel Hobley
• Hollywood Black
  Executive Producers: Shayla Harris, Dave Sirulnick, Stacey Reiss, Jon Kamen, Justin Simien, Kyle Laursen, Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jeffrey Schwarz, Amy Goodman Kass, Michael Wright, Jill Burkhart
  Co-Executive Producers: David C. Brown, Laurens Grant
• Photographer
  Executive Producers: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Pagan Harleman, Betsy Forhan
  Co-Executive Producers: Anna Barnes, Brent Kunkle
• Ren Faire
  Executive Producers: Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Eli Bush, Dani Bernfeld, Lance Oppenheim, David Gauvey Herbert, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez
  Co-Executive Producers: Abigail Rowe, Christian Vasquez, Max Allman
• Social Studies
  Creator/Executive Producer: Lauren Greenfield
  Executive Producers: Wallis Annenberg, Regina K. Scully, Andrea van Beuren, Frank Evers, Caryn Capotosto

BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

(Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)

• Baby Reindeer
  Creator/Executive Producer: Richard Gadd
  Executive Producers: Wim De Greef, Petra Fried, Matt Jarvis, Ed Macdonald
• Diarra From Detroit
  Creator/Executive Producer: Diarra Kilpatrick
  Executive Producers: Kenya Barris, Miles Orion Feldsott, Darren Goldberg
  Co-Executive Producers: Ester Lou, Mark Ganek
• English Teacher
  Creator/Executive Producer: Brian Jordan Alvarez
  Executive Producers: Paul Simms, Jonathan Krisel, Dave King
  Co-Executive Producers: Kathryn Dean, Jake Bender, Zach Dunn
• Fantasmas
  Creator/Executive Producer: Julio Torres
  Executive Producers: Emma Stone, Dave McCary, Olivia Gerke, Alex Bach, Daniel Powell
  Co-Executive Producer: Ali Herting
• Shōgun
  Creators/Executive Producers: Rachel Kondo, Justin Marks
  Executive Producers: Edward L. McDonnell, Michael De Luca, Michaela Clavell
  Co-Executive Producers: Shannon Goss, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Jamie Vega Wheeler

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

• Brian Jordan Alvarez, English Teacher
• Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer
• Lily Gladstone, Under the Bridge
• Kathryn Hahn, Agatha All Along
• Cristin Milioti, The Penguin
• Julianne Moore, Mary & George
• Hiroyuki Sanada, Shōgun
• Anna Sawai, Shōgun
• Andrew Scott, Ripley
• Julio Torres, Fantasmas

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

• Tadanobu Asano, Shōgun
• Enrico Colantoni, English Teacher
• Betty Gilpin, Three Women
• Chloe Guidry, Under the Bridge
• Moeka Hoshi, Shōgun
• Stephanie Koenig, English Teacher
• Patti LuPone, Agatha All Along
• Nava Mau, Baby Reindeer
• Ruth Negga, Presumed Innocent
• Brian Tee, Expats

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

• Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer
• Diarra Kilpatrick, Diarra From Detroit
• Joe Locke, Agatha All Along
• Megan Stott, Penelope
• Hoa Xuande, The Sympathizer

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

• How to Die Alone
  Ensemble Cast: Melissa DuPrey, Jaylee Hamidi, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Arkie Kandola, Elle Lorraine, Michelle McLeod, Chris “CP” Powell, Conrad Ricamora, Natasha Rothwell, Jocko Sims

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F3PR: 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards Film Nominations Announced

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2023 FILM INDEPENDENT
SPIRIT AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

All Award Winners,
Including in New Performance Categories, to be Announced
at the 38^th Film Independent
Spirit Awards on March 4 in Santa Monica

Chloé Zhao and Siân Heder
Announced as Honorary Co-Chairs

LOS ANGELES (November 22, 2022) – Film Independent, the nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering independence and inclusivity in visual storytelling, announced this morning the nominations for the film categories at the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Film Independent President Josh Welsh introduced the prerecorded video announcements, which featured guest presenters Raúl Castillo (2019 Spirit Awards nominee for We Are Animals), and Taylour Paige (2022 Spirit Award winner for @zola). Watch here:

“We couldn’t be more honored to celebrate this year’s exciting film nominees,” said Josh Welsh, President of Film Independent. “As the Film Independent Spirit Awards evolve with our changing industry, including embracing non-gendered categories, we look to these artists to lead us into the future. And as we celebrate the 30^th anniversary of our Artist Development programs, we are incredibly proud to have Film Independent Fellows Siân Heder and Chloé Zhao return as our honorary co-chairs.”

The 2023 Best Feature nominees included Bones and All, Everything Everywhere All at Once, Tár, Women Talking, and Our Father, the Devil. Everything Everywhere All at Once led all films with eight total nominations, including Best Director for Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, and acting nominations for stars Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis, Ke Huy Quan, and Stephanie Hsu. Tár received seven nominations including Best Director for Todd Field and acting nominations for Cate Blanchett and Nina Hoss.

New to the nominations this year is the Best Breakthrough Performance category, honoring actors making themselves known to wider audiences through noteworthy character portrayals. The nominees include, in addition to Stephanie Hsu, Frankie Corio of Aftersun, Gracija Filipović of Murina, Lily McInerny of Palm Trees and Power Lines, and Daniel Zolghadri of Funny Pages.

Also new this year is a switch to gender neutral acting awards, with the separate lead and supporting actor and actress categories being replaced by the ten-nominee Best Lead and Best Supporting Performance awards.

Women Talking, from director Sarah Polley, was selected to receive the Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon a single film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. The Altman Award was created in 2008 in honor of legendary director Robert Altman, known for populating his films with extraordinary ensemble casts.

In addition to the film nominees, Academy Award-winning filmmakers and previous Film Independent Fellows Chloé Zhao (Nomadland, Eternals) and Siân Heder (CODA, Tallulah) were announced as the honorary co-chairs of the 38^th Spirit Awards. Both co-chairs were also recognized at the 2021 Spirit Awards, where Chloé Zhao won Best Director, Best Editing and Best Feature for Nomadland, and Siân Heder was nominated for Best New Scripted Series for Little America. Previous honorary chairs include Kristen Stewart, Shaka King, and Ava DuVernay.

Celebrating creative independence, diversity, innovation and uniqueness of vision, the 38^th Film Independent Spirit Awards will take place on Saturday, March 4, 2023. The in-person show, held on the beach in Santa Monica, will be streamed internationally across multiple online and digital platforms. The Spirit Awards are the primary fundraiser for Film Independent’s year-round slate of programs, which cultivate the careers of emerging filmmakers and promote diversity and inclusion in the industry.

This year the Spirit Awards Film Nominating Committees selected nominees from over 25 different countries, applying the following guidelines in determining nominees: uniqueness of vision, original and provocative subject matter, economy of means. The Spirit Awards Nominating Committees are comprised of writers, directors, producers, cinematographers, editors, actors, critics, casting directors, film festival programmers and other working film professionals. Of all nominated writers and directors, 61% are women and 34% are BIPOC. Of all nominated actors, 70% are women and 27% are BIPOC. And of all 2023 nominees, 51% are women and 33% are BIPOC. This year, the Spirit Awards nominating committees are 50% female, 6% Nonbinary, 3% Transgender, and 61% BIPOC; 32% identify as LGBTQ+ and 8% identify as people with disabilities (PWD).

Spirit Awards nominations in television-specific categories will be announced separately on Tuesday, December 13.

The Film Independent Spirit Awards are supported by the Official Spirit, Bulleit Frontier Whiskey, and the Official Water, FIJI Water. Getty Images is the Official Photographer.

2023 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD FILM NOMINATIONS

BEST FEATURE

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

• Bones and All
  Producers: Timothée Chalamet, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Luca Guadagnino, David Kajganich, Lorenzo Mieli, Marco Morabito, Gabriele Moratti, Theresa Park, Peter Spears
• Everything Everywhere All at Once
  Producers: Daniel Kwan, Mike Larocca, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang
• Our Father, the Devil
  Producers: Ellie Foumbi, Joseph Mastantuono
• Tár
  Producers: Todd Field, Scott Lambert, Alexandra Milchan
• Women Talking
  Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Frances McDormand

BEST FIRST FEATURE

(Award given to the director and producer)

• Aftersun
  Director: Charlotte Wells
  Producers: Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski
• Emily the Criminal
  Director: John Patton Ford
  Producers: Tyler Davidson, Aubrey Plaza, Drew Sykes
• The Inspection
  Director: Elegance Bratton
  Producers: Effie T. Brown, Chester Algernal Gordon
• Murina
  Director: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
  Producers: Danijel Pek, Rodrigo Teixeira
• Palm Trees and Power Lines
  Director/Producer: Jamie Dack
  Producers: Leah Chen Baker

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

Given to the best feature made for under $1,000,000. Award given to the writer, director and producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.

• The African Desperate
  Writer/Director/Producer: Martine Syms
  Writer/Producer: Rocket Caleshu
  Producer: Vic Brooks
• The Cathedral
  Writer/Director: Ricky D’Ambrose
  Producer: Graham Swon
• Holy Emy
  Writer/Director: Araceli Lemos
  Writer/Producer: Giulia Caruso
  Producers: Mathieu Bompoint, Ki Jin Kim, Konstantinos Vassilaros
• A Love Song
  Writer/Director/Producer: Max Walker-Silverman
  Producers: Jesse Hope, Dan Janvey
• Something in the Dirt
  Writer/Director/Producer: Justin Benson
  Director/Producer: Aaron Moorhead
  Producer: David Lawson Jr.

BEST DIRECTOR

• Todd Field, Tár
• Kogonada, After Yang
• Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Sarah Polley, Women Talking
• Halina Reijn, Bodies Bodies Bodies

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Lena Dunham, Catherine Called Birdy
• Todd Field, Tár
• Kogonada, After Yang
• Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Sarah Polley, Women Talking

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

• Joel Kim Booster, Fire Island
• Jamie Dack & Audrey Findlay, story by Jamie Dack, Palm Trees and Power Lines
• K.D. Dávila, Emergency
• Sarah DeLappe, story by Kristen Roupenian, Bodies Bodies Bodies
• John Patton Ford, Emily the Criminal

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE

• Cate Blanchett, Tár
• Dale Dickey, A Love Song
• Mia Goth, Pearl
• Regina Hall, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
• Paul Mescal, Aftersun
• Aubrey Plaza, Emily the Criminal
• Jeremy Pope, The Inspection
• Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie
• Taylor Russell, Bones and All
• Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE

• Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
• Nina Hoss, Tár
• Brian d’Arcy James, The Cathedral
• Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Trevante Rhodes, Bruiser
• Theo Rossi, Emily the Criminal
• Mark Rylance, Bones and All
• Jonathan Tucker, Palm Trees and Power Lines
• Gabrielle Union, The Inspection

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

• Frankie Coiro, Aftersun
• Gracija Filipović, Murina
• Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Lily McInerny, Palm Trees and Power Lines
• Daniel Zolghadri, Funny Pages

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Florian Hoffmeister, Tár
• Hélène Louvart, Murina
• Gregory Oke, Aftersun
• Eliot Rockett, Pearl
• Anisia Uzeyman, Neptune Frost

BEST EDITING

• Ricky D’Ambrose, The Cathedral
• Dean Fleischer Camp & Nick Paley, Marcel the Shell with Shoes On
• Blair McClendon, Aftersun
• Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once
• Monika Willi, Tár

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD

Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.

• Women Talking
  Director: Sarah Polley
  Casting Directors: John Buchan, Jason Knight
  Ensemble Cast: Shayla Brown, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Kira Guloien, Kate Hallett, Judith Ivey, Rooney Mara, Sheila McCarthy, Frances McDormand, Michelle McLeod, Liv McNeil, Ben Whishaw, August Winter

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Award given to the director and producer.

• All That Breathes
  Director/Producer: Shaunak Sen
  Producers: Teddy Leifer, Aman Mann
• All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
  Director/Producer: Laura Poitras
  Producers: Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John Lyons
• A House Made of Splinters
  Director: Simon Lereng Wilmont
  Producers: Monica Hellström
• Midwives
  Director/Producer: Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing
  Producers: Mila Aung-Thwin, Ulla Lehmann, Bob Moore
• Riotsville, U.S.A.
  Director: Sierra Pettengill
  Producers: Sara Archambault, Jamila Wignot

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Award given to the director.

• Corsage (Austria/Luxembourg/France/Belgium/Italy/England)
  Director: Marie Kreutzer
• Joyland (Pakistan/USA)
  Director: Saim Sadiq
• Leonor Will Never Die (Philippines)
  Director: Martika Ramirez Escobar
• Return to Seoul (Cambodia)
  Director: Davy Chou
• Saint Omer (France)
  Director: Alice Diop

PRODUCERS AWARD presented by Bulleit Frontier Whiskey

The Producers Award, now in its 26^th year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films.

• Liz Cardenas
• Tory Lenosky
• David Grove Churchill Viste

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD

The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 29^th year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.

• Adamma Ebo, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
• Nikyatu Jusu, Nanny
• Araceli Lemos, Holy Emy

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD

The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 28^th year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition.

• Isabel Castro, Mija
• Reid Davenport, I Didn’t See You There
• Rebeca Huntt, Beba

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37th Film Independent Spirit Awards winners speak backstage

Watch the interview sessions of all the 37^th Film Independent Spirit Award winners who visited the backstage media tent below.

Troy Kotsur, Best Supporting Male winner
for CODA
(video by Michael Dequina)

Shiva Baby director/writer
Emma Seligman, John Cassavetes Award winner
(video by Michael Dequina)

Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
director Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson,
Best Documentary winner
(video by Michael Dequina)

Michael Sarnoski & Vanessa Block, Best First Screenplay winners
for Pig
(video by Michael Dequina)

7 Days director/co-writer Roshan Sethi,
star/co-writer Karan Soni, producer Liz Cardenas,
Best First Feature winners
(video by Michael Dequina)

Joi McMillon, Best Editing winner
for @zola
(video by Michael Dequina)

Mass director/writer/producer Fran Kranz;
stars Jason Isaacs, Reed Birney;
co-stars Michelle N. Carter, Breeda Wool, Kagen Albright;
casting directors Henry Russell Bergstein, Allison Estrin,
Robert Altman Award winners
(video by Michael Dequina)

Reservation Dogs co-creator/writer/executive producer/director
Sterlin Harjo, Best New Scripted Series winner
(video by Michael Dequina)

Black and Missing executive producers
Soledad O'Brien and Geeta Gandbhir,
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series winners
(video by Michael Dequina)

Thuso Mbedu,
Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series winner,
for The Underground Railroad
(video by Michael Dequina)

Reservation Dogs stars
Devery Jacobs, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Paulina Alexis,
Sarah Podemski, Zahn McClarnon,
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series winners
(video by Michael Dequina)

Edu Grau, Best Cinematography winner
for Passing
(video by Michael Dequina)

Teruhisa Yamamoto, producer of
Best International Film winner Drive My Car
(video by Michael Dequina)

Simon Rex, Best Male Lead winner
for Red Rocket
(video by Michael Dequina)

Taylour Paige, Best Female Lead winner
for @zola
(video by Michael Dequina)

(photo by Michael Dequina)

(Special thanks to Ginsberg/Libby and Film Independent for their generous help every year)

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37th Film Independent Spirit Awards winners & scene

After 2021's pandemic-necessitated detour into the virtual streaming space, Film Independent's 37^th annual celebration of American independent film, the Spirit Awards, returned to its traditional in-person post in a tent on Santa Monica beach adjacent to the famous Santa Monica Pier. But despite the usual locale and the standard laid back vibe to the entire proceedings, in a number of ways this year's edition was decidedly non-traditional. Instead of being a Saturday-before-Oscars celebration of film most likely to not win and/or not in the running at the big Sunday, the ceremony was held on the Sunday exactly three weeks before the Academy Awards. And then there is the fact that we are very much in the midst of the COVID era. While recently relaxed restrictions (as well as rigid vaccination and testing requirements) meant that masks were not necessary at the event, a number of attendees still had them on hand, and the backstage media area not only combined what had always been separate spaces for print/video and still photographers, the number of available spots were drastically reduced, not even factoring added room for social distancing.

To go with the changes, this year's event fittingly was a throwback to Spirit Awards of a decade or two past, with many of the award winners in the film categories not even in contention for the Academy Awards. The two notable exceptions were Best Supporting Male recipient Troy Kotsur, whose performance in CODA continued to be celebrated en route to an increasingly likely Oscar win; ditto Ryusuke Hamaguchi's Drive My Car, again honored Best International Film. The big winner of the afternoon was Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Lost Daughter, taking home Best Feature, Best Screenplay (it is also in the Oscars running in the Adapted category), and Best Director. Janicza Bravo's Twitter thread adaptation @zola received two trophies, for Best Female Lead (Taylour Page) and Best Editing (Joi McMillon), and the other winner of multiple awards was on the (only two-years-old, for these awards) television side, with FX's Reservation Dogs winning Best New Scripted Series and the previously announced Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series. Simon Rex won Best Male Lead for his work in Sean Baker's Red Rocket. The full list of winners is as follows:

FILM CATEGORIES

BEST FEATURE

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

• The Lost Daughter
  Producers: Charles Dorfman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman Keren, Talia Kleinhendler

BEST FIRST FEATURE

(Award given to the director and producer)

• 7 Days
  Director: Roshan Sethi
  Producers: Liz Cardenas, Mel Eslyn

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.

• Shiva Baby
  Writer/Director/Producer: Emma Seligman
  Producers: Kieran Altmann, Katie Schiller, Lizzie Shapiro

BEST DIRECTOR

• Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

• Michael Sarnoski, story by Vanessa Block & Michael Sarnoski, Pig

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Edu Grau, Passing

BEST EDITING

• Joi McMillon, @zola

BEST FEMALE LEAD

• Taylour Paige, @zola

BEST MALE LEAD

• Simon Rex, Red Rocket

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

• Ruth Negga, Passing

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

• Troy Kotsur, CODA

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD

Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.

• Mass
  Director: Fran Kranz
  Casting Directors: Henry Russell Bergstein, Allison Estrin
  Ensemble Cast: Kagen Albright, Reed Birney, Michelle N. Carter, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Breeda Wool

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Award given to the director and producer.

• Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  Director: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
  Producers: David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent, Joseph Patel

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Award given to the director.

• Drive My Car (Japan)
  Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES

(Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)

• Black and Missing
  Series By/Executive Producers: Soledad O’Brien, Geeta Gandbhir
  Executive Producers: Jo Honig, Patrick Conway, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez

BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

(Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)

• Reservation Dogs
  Creators/Executive Producers: Sterlin Harjo, Taika Waititi
  Executive Producer: Garrett Basch

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

• Thuso Mbedu, The Underground Railroad

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

• Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

• Reservation Dogs
  Ensemble Cast: Devery Jacobs, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Lane Factor, Paulina Alexis, Sarah Podemski, Zahn McClarnon, Lil Mike, FunnyBone

(Special thanks to Ginsberg/Libby and Film Independent for their generous help every year)

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F3PR: 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations Announced

PRESS RELEASE

2022 FILM INDEPENDENT
SPIRIT AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

Broadcast Exclusively on IFC
Sunday, March 6, 2022

LOS ANGELES (December 14, 2021) – This morning, Film Independent announced nominations for the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Film Independent President Josh Welsh introduced the prerecorded video announcements, which featured guest presenters Beanie Feldstein (The Humans, Impeachment: American Crime Story), Regina Hall (Nine Perfect Strangers, Girls Trip) and Naomi Watts (Penguin Bloom, upcoming The Watcher). Watch here:

Best Feature nominees include A Chiara, C’mon C’mon, The Lost Daughter, The Novice, and @zola. Also announced, for the second year, were the nominees of five TV awards. Nominees in the Best New Scripted Series category include Blindspotting, It’s a Sin, Reservation Dogs, The Underground Railroad, and We Are Lady Parts.

Mass was selected to receive the Robert Altman Award, which is bestowed upon one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. The Altman Award was created in 2008 in honor of legendary director Robert Altman, who was known for creating extraordinary ensemble casts.

Celebrating creative independence, original, provocative subject matter, diversity, innovation and uniqueness of vision, the 37^th Film Independent Spirit Awards will be held on Sunday, March 6, 2022, positioning it squarely in the corridor leading into Oscar voting. Returning to its home on the Santa Monica beach, the in-person show will be broadcast exclusively on IFC. The Spirit Awards are the primary fundraiser for the nonprofit Film Independent’s year-round slate of programs, which cultivate the careers of emerging filmmakers and promote diversity and inclusion in the industry.

“Congratulations to this year’s nominees – visual storytellers who have made the most original, daring and provocative film and television shows of the year,” said Film Independent President Josh Welsh. “The Spirit Awards once again plants its flag on the beach at Santa Monica, and on IFC. We’re thrilled to be back and celebrating art that continues to inspire, enlighten and entertain us.”

Blake Callaway, GM of IFC, said, “The Spirit Awards is a standout event in any year. After being away for more than a year, IFC is ready to bring audiences back to the beach celebrating the best of film and television.”

This year the Spirit Awards Nominating Committees selected nominees from over 15 different countries, applying the following guidelines in determining nominees: uniqueness of vision, original and provocative subject matter, economy of means. The Spirit Awards Nominating Committees are comprised of writers, directors, producers, cinematographers, editors, actors, critics, casting directors, film festival programmers and other working film professionals. Of all nominated writers and directors, 44% are women and 38% are BIPOC. Of all nominated actors, 60% are BIPOC. And of all 2022 nominees, 46% are women and 32% are BIPOC. This year, the Spirit Awards nominating committees are 63% women, 5% Nonbinary and 56% BIPOC.

The Film Independent Spirit Awards are supported by Premier Sponsor IFC; Bulleit Frontier Whiskey and Seedlip, the Official Spirits; and FIJI Water, the Official Water.

2022 FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS

FILM CATEGORIES

BEST FEATURE

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

• A Chiara
  Producers: Jonas Carpignano, Paolo Carpignano, Jon Coplon, Ryan Zacarias
• C'mon C'mon
  Producers: Chelsea Barnard, Andrea Longacre-White, Lila Yacoub
• The Lost Daughter
  Producers: Charles Dorfman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman Keren, Talia Kleinhendler
• The Novice
  Producers: Ryan Hawkins, Kari Hollend, Steven Sims, Zack Zucker
• @zola
  Producers: Kara Baker, Dave Franco, Elizabeth Haggard, David Hinojosa, Vince Jolivette, Christine Vachon, Gia Walsh

BEST FIRST FEATURE

(Award given to the director and producer)

• Holler
  Director: Nicole Riegel
  Producers: Adam Cobb, Rachel Gould, Katie Mcneill, Jamie Patricof, Christy Spitzer Thornton
• Queen of Glory
  Director: Nana Mensah
  Producers: Baff Akoto, Anya Migdal, Kelley Robins Hicks, Jamund Washington
• 7 Days
  Director: Roshan Sethi
  Producers: Liz Cardenas, Mel Eslyn
• Test Pattern
  Director/Producer: Shatara Michelle Ford
  Producers: Pin-Chun Liu, Yu-Hao Su
• Wild Indian
  Director/Producer: Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr.
  Producers: Thomas Mahoney, Eric Tavitian

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.

• Cryptozoo
  Writer/Director: Dash Shaw
  Producers: Tyler Davidson, Kyle Martin, Jane Samborski, Bill Way
• Jockey
  Writer/Director/Producer: Clint Bentley
  Writer/Producer: Greg Kwedar
  Producer: Nancy Schafer
• Shiva Baby
  Writer/Director/Producer: Emma Seligman
  Producers: Kieran Altmann, Katie Schiller, Lizzie Shapiro
• Sweet Thing
  Writer/Director: Alexandre Rockwell
  Producers: Louis Anania, Haley Anderson, Kenan Baysal
• This Is Not a War Story
  Writer/Director/Producer: Talia Lugacy
  Producers: Noah Lang, Julian West

BEST DIRECTOR

• Janicza Bravo, @zola
• Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
• Lauren Hadaway, The Novice
• Mike Mills, C'mon C'mon
• Ninja Thyberg, Pleasure

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Nikole Beckwith, Together Together
• Janicza Bravo & Jeremy O. Harris, @zola
• Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter
• Mike Mills, C'mon C'mon
• Todd Stephens, Swan Song

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

• Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr., Wild Indian
• Matt Fifer, story by Sheldon D. Brown, Cicada
• Shatara Michelle Ford, Test Pattern
• Fran Kranz, Mass
• Michael Sarnoski, story by Vanessa Block & Michael Sarnoski, Pig

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Ante Cheng & Matthew Chuang, Blue Bayou
• Lol Crawley, The Humans
• Tim Curtin, A Chiara
• Edu Grau, Passing
• Ari Wegner, @zola

BEST EDITING

• Affonso Gonçalves, A Chiara
• Ali Greer, The Nowhere Inn
• Lauren Hadaway, Nathan Nugent, The Novice
• Joi McMillon, @zola
• Enrico Natale, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

BEST FEMALE LEAD

• Isabelle Fuhrman, The Novice
• Brittany S. Hall, Test Pattern
• Patti Harrison, Together Together
• Taylour Paige, @zola
• Kali Reis, Catch the Fair One

BEST MALE LEAD

• Clifton Collins Jr., Jockey
• Frankie Faison, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
• Michael Greyeyes, Wild Indian
• Udo Kier, Swan Song
• Simon Rex, Red Rocket

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

• Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
• Amy Forsyth, The Novice
• Ruth Negga, Passing
• Revika Reustle, Pleasure
• Suzanna Son, Red Rocket

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

• Colman Domingo, @zola
• Meeko Gattuso, Queen of Glory
• Troy Kotsur, CODA
• Will Patton, Sweet Thing
• Chaske Spencer, Wild Indian

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD

Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.

• Mass
  Director: Fran Kranz
  Casting Directors: Henry Russell Bergstein, Allison Estrin
  Ensemble Cast: Kagen Albright, Reed Birney, Michelle N. Carter, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Breeda Wool

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Award given to the director and producer.

• Ascension
  Director/Producer: Jessica Kingdon
  Producers: Kira Simon-Kennedy, Nathan Truesdell
• Flee
  Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen
  Producers: Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen
• In the Same Breath
  Director/Producer: Nanfu Wang
  Producers: Christopher Clements, Julie Goldman, Carolyn Hepburn, Jialing Zhang
• Procession
  Director: Robert Greene
  Producers: Susan Bedusa, Bennett Elliott, Douglas Tirola
• Summer of Soul (...or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
  Director: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
  Producers: David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent, Joseph Patel

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Award given to the director.

• Compartment No. 6 (Finland/Russia)
  Director: Juho Kuosmanen
• Drive My Car (Japan)
  Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
• Parallel Mothers (Madres Paralelas) (Spain)
  Director: Pedro Almodóvar
• Pebbles (India)
  Director: P S Vinothraj
• Petite Maman (France)
  Director: Céline Sciamma
• Prayers for the Stolen (Mexico)
  Director: Tatiana Huezo

PRODUCERS AWARD

The Producers Award, now in its 25^th year, 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.

• Brad Becker-Parton
• Pin-Chun Liu
• Lizzie Shapiro

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD

The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 28^th year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

• Alex Camilleri, director of Luzzu
• Gillian Wallace Horvat, director of I Blame Society
• Michael Sarnoski, director of Pig

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD

The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 27^th year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

• Jessica Beshir, director of Faya Dayi
• Debbie Lum, director of Try Harder!
• Angelo Madsen Minax, director of North by Current

TELEVISION CATEGORIES

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES

(Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)

• Black and Missing
  Series By/Executive Producers: Soledad O’Brien, Geeta Gandbhir
  Executive Producers: Jo Honig, Patrick Conway, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez
• The Choe Show
  Creator/Exec Producer: David Choe
  Executive Producers: Matt Revelli, Christopher C. Chen, Hiro Murai, Nate Matteson
• The Lady and the Dale
  Executive Producers: Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Mel Eslyn, Allen Bain, Andre Gaines, Nick Cammilleri, Alana Carithers, Zackary Drucker, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller
• Nuclear Family
  Series By: Ry Russo-Young
  Executive Producers: Liz Garbus, Julie Gaither, Jon Bardin, Leah Holzer, Peter Saraf, Alex Turtletaub, Jenny Raskin, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Lauren Haber, Maria Zuckerman, Christine Connor, Ryan Heller, Barbara Dobkin, Eric Dobkin, Andrea Van Beuren, Joe Landauer
• Philly D.A.
  Creators: Ted Passon, Yoni Brook, Nicole Salazar
  Produced By: Josh Penn, Michael Gottwald
  Executive Producers: Dawn Porter, Sally Jo Fifer, Lois Vossen, Ryan Chanatry, Gena Konstantinakos, Jeff Seelbach, Patty Quillin Co-Executive Producers: Nion McEvoy, Leslie Berriman

BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

(Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)

• Blindspotting
  Creators/Executive Producers: Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs
  Executive Producers: Jess Wu Calder, Keith Calder, Ken Lee, Tim Palen, Emily Gerson Saines, Seith Mann
• It’s a Sin
  Executive Producers: Russell T Davies, Peter Hoar, Nicola Shindler
• Reservation Dogs
  Creators/Executive Producers: Sterlin Harjo, Taika Waititi
  Executive Producer: Garrett Basch
• The Underground Railroad
  Creator/Executive Producer: Barry Jenkins
  Executive Producers: Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Colson Whitehead, Richard Heus, Jacqueline Hoyt
• We Are Lady Parts
  Creator: Nida Manzoor
  Executive Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Surian Fletcher-Jones, Mark Freeland

BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

• Deborah Ayorinde, THEM: Covenant
• Jasmine Cephas Jones, Blindspotting
• Thuso Mbedu, The Underground Railroad
• Jana Schmieding, Rutherford Falls
• Anjana Vasan, We Are Lady Parts

BEST MALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

• Olly Alexander, It’s a Sin
• Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus
• Michael Greyeyes, Rutherford Falls
• Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game
• Ashley Thomas, THEM: Covenant

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

• Reservation Dogs
  Ensemble Cast: Devery Jacobs, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Lane Factor, Paulina Alexis, Sarah Podemski, Zahn McClarnon, Lil Mike, FunnyBone

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35th Film Independent Spirit Awards winners speak backstage

Watch the interview sessions of all the 35^th Film Independent Spirit Award winners who visited the backstage media tent below.

Willem Dafoe, Best Supporting Male winner
for The Lighthouse
(video by Michael Dequina)

Stefon Bristol & Fredrica Bailey, Best First Screenplay winners
for See You Yesterday
(video by Michael Dequina)

Parasite director Bong Joon-ho,
Best International Film winner,
with translator Sharon Choi
(video by Michael Dequina)

Booksmart director Olivia Wilde,
Best First Feature winner
(video by Michael Dequina)

American Factory directors
Steven Bognar & Julia Reichert,
Best Documentary winners
(video by Michael Dequina)

Give Me Liberty director/co-writer/producer
Kirill Mikhanovsky and
producer/co-writer Alice Austen,
John Cassavetes Award winners
(video by Michael Dequina)

Jarin Blaschke, Best Cinematography winner
for The Lighthouse
(video by Michael Dequina)

(photo by Michael Dequina)

(Special thanks to Ginsberg/Libby and Film Independent for their generous help every year)

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