The annual Film Independent Spirit Awards were held this afternoon in Santa Monica, with Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally hosting. Check out the nominees, winners and fashion under the cuts!
FILM CATEGORIES
BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.)
WINNER The Lost Daughter Producers: Charles Dorfman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman Keren, Talia Kleinhendler
A Chiara Producers: Jonas Carpignano, Paolo Carpignano, Jon Coplon, Ryan Zacarias
C’mon C’mon Producers: Chelsea Barnard, Andrea Longacre-White, Lila Yacoub
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 director and producer)
Queen of Glory Director: Nana Mensah Producers: Baff Akoto, Anya Migdal, Kelley Robins Hicks, Jamund Washington
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.)
This is Not a War Story Writer/Director/Producer: Talia Lugacy Producers: Noah Lang, Julian West
BEST DIRECTOR
WINNER Maggie Gyllenhaal The Lost Daughter
Janicza Bravo Zola
Lauren Hadaway The Novice
Mike Mills C’mon C’mon
Ninja Thyberg Pleasure
BEST SCREENPLAY
WINNER Maggie Gyllenhaal The Lost Daughter
Nikole Beckwith Together Together
Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris Zola
Mike Mills C’mon C’mon
Todd Stephens Swan Song
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
WINNER Michael Sarnoski; Story by Vanessa Block, Michael Sarnoski Pig
Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr. Wild Indian
Matt Fifer; Story by Sheldon D. Brown Cicada
Shatara Michelle Ford Test Pattern
Fran Kranz Mass
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
WINNER Edu Grau Passing
Ante Cheng, Matthew Chuang Blue Bayou
Lol Crawley The Humans
Tim Curtin A Chiara
Ari Wegner Zola
BEST EDITING
WINNER Joi McMillon Zola
Affonso Gonçalves A Chiara
Ali Greer The Nowhere Inn
Lauren Hadaway, Nathan Nugent The Novice
Enrico Natale The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
BEST FEMALE LEAD
WINNER Taylour Paige Zola
Isabelle Fuhrman The Novice
Brittany S. Hall Test Pattern
Patti Harrison Together Together
Kali Reis Catch the Fair One
BEST MALE LEAD
WINNER Simon Rex Red Rocket
Clifton Collins Jr. Jockey
Frankie Faison The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Michael Greyeyes Wild Indian
Udo Kier Swan Song
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
WINNER Ruth Negga Passing
Jessie Buckley The Lost Daughter
Amy Forsyth The Novice
Revika Reustle Pleasure
Suzanna Son Red Rocket
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
WINNER Troy Kotsur CODA
Colman Domingo Zola
Meeko Gattuso Queen of Glory
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)
WINNER Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Director: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson Producers: David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent, Joseph Patel
Ascension Director/Producer: Jessica Kingdon Producers: Kira Simon-Kennedy, Nathan Truesdell
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
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director)
WINNER Drive My Car Japan Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Compartment No. 6 Finland/Russia Director: Juho Kuosmanen
Parallel Mothers 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 24th year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films.
WINNER Lizzie Shapiro
Brad Becker-Parton
Pin-Chun Liu
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 27th year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.
WINNER 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 26th year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition.
WINNER Jessica Beshir Director of Faya Dayi
Debbie Lum Director of Try Harder!
Angelo Madsen Minax Director of North By Current
TELEVISON CATEGORIES
BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES (Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)
WINNER 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
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
WINNER Thuso Mbedu The Underground Railroad
Anjana Vasan We Are Lady Parts
Jana Schmieding Rutherford Falls
Jasmine Cephas Jones Blindspotting
Deborah Ayorinde THEM: Covenant
BEST MALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
WINNER Lee Jung-jae Squid Game
Olly Alexander It’s a Sin
Michael Greyeyes Rutherford Falls
Murray Bartlett The White Lotus
Ashley Thomas THEM: Covenant
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
WINNER Reservation Dogs Ensemble Cast: Devery Jacobs, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Lane Factor, Paulina Alexis, Sarah Podemski, Zahn McClarnon, Lil Mike, FunnyBone
https://instagram.com/p/Cax-ZZWvLRO Taika Waititi, Emmy Raver-Lampman, Daveed Diggs, Andrew Garfield, David Choe, Sam Richardson, Bridget Everett, Kathryn Busby, Benjamin Earl Turner, Breeda Wool, Paulina Alexis and Alana Carithers