The 40th Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations were held today. To be eligible for the Spirit Awards, a film must have a total budget of less than $30 million and must have been exhibited commercially or shown in one of seven film festivals.
Here is the full list of film winners.
BEST FEATURE (Award given to the producer)
Anora – WINNER
I Saw the TV Glow
Nickel Boys
Sing Sing
The Substance
BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to director and producer)
Dìdi – WINNER
In The Summers
Janet Planet
The Piano Lesson
Problemista
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD – Given to the best feature made for under $1,000,000 (Award given to the writer, director and producer)
Big Boys
Ghostlight
Girls Will Be Girls – WINNER
Jazzy
The People’s Joker
BEST DIRECTOR
Ali Abbasi, The Apprentice
Sean Baker, Anora – WINNER
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Alonso Ruizpalacios, La Cocina
Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow
BEST SCREENPLAY
Scott Beck & Bryan Woods, Heretic
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain – WINNER
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 – WINNER
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE
Amy Adams, Nightbitch
Ryan Destiny, The Fire Inside
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Keith Kupferer, Ghostlight
Mikey Madison, Anora – WINNER
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 – WINNER
Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
Carol Kane, Between the Temples
Karren Karagulian, Anora
Kani Kusruti, Girls Will Be Girls
Brigette Lundy-Paine, I Saw the TV Glow
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 – WINNER
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
La Cocina
The Fire Inside
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
Janet Planet
Nickel Boys – WINNER
BEST EDITING
The Apprentice
Dìdi
Jazzy
Nightbitch
September 5 – WINNER
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast
His Three Daughters
BEST DOCUMENTARY (Award given to the director and producer)
Gaucho Gaucho
Hummingbirds
No Other Land – WINNER
Patrice: The Movie
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director)
All We Imagine as Light
Black Dog
Flow – WINNER
Green Border
Hard Truths
PRODUCERS AWARD
Alex Coco
Sarah Winshall – WINNER
Zoe Worth
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
The Someone to Watch Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.
Nicholas Colia
Sarah Friedland – WINNER
Pham Tien An
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 30th year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition.
Julian Brave Noisecat
Carla Gutierrez
Rachel Elizabeth Seed






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