Spirit Awards: Winners List (Updating Live) – Hollywood Reporter

Subscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterSubscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterSean Baker, Mikey Madison, Jesse Eisenberg, Keiran Culkan, Richard Gadd, Nava Mau, Jessica Gunning, ‘Flow,’ ‘Didi’ and ‘Shogun’ were among the winners.
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Kimberly Nordyke
Managing Editor, Digital
Anora took home the top award of best feature at the 40th annual Independent Spirit Awards, which were handed out Saturday afternoon.
In addition, the film nabbed two other awards: Sean Baker was named best director, while his star Mikey Madison won best lead performance.
Elsewhere, Jesse Eisenberg won best screenplay for A Real Pain, while Kieran Culkin won best supporting performance for his role in the film. Culkin — who is starring in Glengarry Glen Ross, which opens March 10 on Broadway — was not present at the show.
Maisy Stella won the Spirit for best breakthrough performance, for her role in My Old Ass. Jomo Fray won best cinematography for Nickel Boys, and Hansjörg Weissbrich won best editing for September 5.
Flow was named best international film. Didi won for best first feature, with the film’s writer-director Sean Wang taking home the award for best first screenplay. No Other Land was named best documentary. Girls Will Be Girls won the John Cassavetes Award, given to a feature made for less than $1 million.
On the TV side, Shogun was named best new scripted series, while Baby Reindeer nabbed a trio of acting trophies in the new scripted series categories: Richard Ladd won best lead performance, Nava Mau won for best supporting performance, and Jessica Gunning won best breakthrough performance. Hollywood Black won best new nonscripted or documentary series.
Aidy Bryant returned as host of the 40th annual Spirit Awards, presented by Film Independent. The in-person show on the beach in Santa Monica streamed on the IMDb and Film Independent YouTube channels and other social platforms. (See the red carpet arrivals.)
Azazel Jacobs’ His Three Daughters received the Robert Altman Award, given to a film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. How to Die Alone was named the recipient of this year’s award for best ensemble cast in a new scripted series.
The Producers, Someone to Watch and Truer Than Fiction Awards were presented at a brunch in January.
The show also paid tribute to Josh Welsh, former president of Film Independent who died on New Year’s Eve following a private five-year battle with colon cancer.
The Spirit Awards began recognizing TV in 2021 and switched to gender-neutral acting categories in 2022.
A full list of winners follows.
Anora (WINNER)Producers: Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan
I Saw the TV GlowProducers: Ali Herting, Luca Intili, Dave McCary, Emma Stone, Sarah Winshall
Nickel BoysProducers: Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine
Sing SingProducers: Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Monique Walton
The SubstanceProducers: Tim Bevan, Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner
Dìdi (WINNER)Director/Producer: Sean WangProducers: Valerie Bush, Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters
In the SummersDirector: Alessandra Lacorazza SamudioProducers: 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 PlanetDirector/Producer: Annie BakerProducers: Andrew Goldman, Dan Janvey, Derrick Tseng
The Piano LessonDirector: Malcolm WashingtonProducers: Todd Black, Denzel Washington
ProblemistaDirector/Producer: Julio TorresProducers: Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Emma Stone
Given to the best feature made for under $1,000,000
Big BoysWriter/Director/Producer: Corey ShermanProducer: Allison Tate
GhostlightWriter/Director: Kelly O’SullivanDirector/Producer: Alex ThompsonProducers: Pierce Cravens, Ian Keiser, Chelsea Krant, Eddie Linker, Alex Wilson
Girls Will Be Girls (WINNER)Writer/Director/Producer: Shuchi TalatiProducers: Richa Chadha, Claire Chassagne
JazzyWriter/Director/Producer: Morrisa MaltzWriter/Producer: Lainey ShangreauxWriters: Andrew Hajek, Vanara TaingProducers: Miranda Bailey, Tommy Heitkamp, John Way, Natalie Whalen, Elliott Whitton
The People’s JokerWriter/Director: Vera DrewWriter: Bri LeRoseProducer: Joey Lyons
Ali AbbasiThe Apprentice
Sean Baker (WINNER)Anora
Brady CorbetThe Brutalist
Alonso RuizpalaciosLa Cocina
Jane SchoenbrunI Saw the TV Glow
Scott Beck, Bryan WoodsHeretic
Jesse Eisenberg (WINNER)A Real Pain
Megan ParkMy Old Ass
Aaron SchimbergA Different Man
Jane SchoenbrunI Saw the TV Glow
Joanna ArnowThe Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed
Annie BakerJanet Planet
India DonaldsonGood One
Julio TorresProblemista
Sean Wang (WINNER)Dìdi
Amy AdamsNightbitch
Ryan DestinyThe Fire Inside
Colman DomingoSing Sing
Keith KupfererGhostlight
Mikey Madison (WINNER)Anora
Demi MooreThe Substance
Hunter SchaferCuckoo
Justice SmithI Saw the TV Glow
June SquibbThelma
Sebastian StanThe Apprentice
Yura BorisovAnora
Joan ChenDìdi
Kieran Culkin (WINNER)A Real Pain
Danielle DeadwylerThe Piano Lesson
Carol KaneBetween the Temples
Karren KaragulianAnora
Kani KusrutiGirls Will Be Girls
Brigette Lundy-PaineI Saw the TV Glow
Clarence “Divine Eye” MaclinSing Sing
Adam PearsonA Different Man
Isaac KrasnerBig Boys
Katy O’BrianLove Lies Bleeding
Mason Alexander ParkNational Anthem
René Pérez JoglarIn the Summers
Maisy Stella (WINNER)My Old Ass
Dinh Duy HungInside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
Jomo Fray (WINNER)Nickel Boys
Maria von HausswolffJanet Planet
Juan Pablo RamírezLa Cocina
Rina YangThe Fire Inside
Laura Colwell, Vanara TaingJazzy
Olivier Bugge Coutté, Olivia Neergaard-HolmThe Apprentice
Anne McCabeNightbitch
Hansjörg Weissbrich (WINNER)September 5
Arielle ZakowskiDìdi
His Three Daughters (WINNER)Director: Azazel JacobsCasting Director: Nicole ArbustoEnsemble Cast: Jovan Adepo, Jasmine Bracey, Carrie Coon, Jose Febus, Rudy Galvan, Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, Randy Ramos Jr., Jay O. Sanders
Gaucho GauchoDirectors/Producers: Michael Dweck, Gregory KershawProducers: Christos Konstantakopoulos, Cameron O’Reilly, Matthew Perniciaro
HummingbirdsDirectors: Silvia Del Carmen Castaños, Estefanía “Beba” ContrerasCo-Directors/Producers: Miguel Drake-McLaughlin, Diane Ng, Ana Rodriguez-Falco, Jillian SchlesingerProducers: Leslie Benavides, Rivkah Beth Medow
No Other Land (WINNER)Directors/Producers: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel SzorProducers: Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
Patrice: The MovieDirector: Ted PassonProducers: Kyla Harris, Innbo Shim, Emily Spivack
Soundtrack to a Coup d’EtatDirector: Johan GrimonprezProducers: Rémi Grellety, Daan Milius
All We Imagine as LightFrance, India, Netherlands, LuxembourgDirector: Payal Kapadia
Black DogChinaDirector: Guan Hu
Flow (WINNER)Latvia, France, BelgiumDirector: Gints Zilbalodis
Green BorderPoland, France, Czech Republic, BelgiumDirector: Agnieszka Holland
Hard TruthsUnited KingdomDirector: Mike Leigh
The Producers Award, presented by Bulleit Frontier Whiskey, now in its 28th year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity, and vision required to produce quality independent films.
Alex CocoSarah Winshall (WINNER)Zoë Worth
The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 31st year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.
Nicholas ColiaDirector of Griffin in Summer
Sarah Friedland (WINNER)Director of Familiar Touch
Pham Thien AnDirector of Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
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, Emily KassieDirectors of Sugarcane
Carla GutiérrezDirector of Frida
Rachel Elizabeth Seed (WINNER)Director of A Photographic Memory
Erased: WW2’s Heroes of ColorExecutive Producers: Idris Elba, Johanna Woolford Gibbon, Jamilla Dumbuya, Jos Cushing, Khaled Gad, Matt Robins, Chris Muckle, Sean David Johnson, Simon RaikesCo-Executive Producer: Annabel Hobley
Hollywood Black (WINNER)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 BurkhartCo-Executive Producers: David C. Brown, Laurens Grant
PhotographerExecutive Producers: Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Jimmy Chin, Pagan Harleman, Betsy ForhanCo-Executive Producers: Anna Barnes, Brent Kunkle
Ren FaireExecutive Producers: Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Eli Bush, Dani Bernfeld, Lance Oppenheim, David Gauvey Herbert, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara RodriguezCo-Executive Producers: Abigail Rowe, Christian Vasquez, Max Allman
Social StudiesCreator/Executive Producer: Lauren GreenfieldExecutive Producers: Wallis Annenberg, Regina K. Scully, Andrea van Beuren, Frank Evers, Caryn Capotosto
Baby ReindeerCreator/Executive Producer: Richard GaddExecutive Producers: Wim De Greef, Petra Fried, Matt Jarvis, Ed Macdonald
Diarra From DetroitCreator/Executive Producer: Diarra KilpatrickExecutive Producers: Kenya Barris, Miles Orion Feldsott, Darren GoldbergCo-Executive Producers: Ester Lou, Mark Ganek
English TeacherCreator/Executive Producer: Brian Jordan AlvarezExecutive Producers: Paul Simms, Jonathan Krisel, Dave KingCo-Executive Producers: Kathryn Dean, Jake Bender, Zach Dunn
FantasmasCreator/Executive Producer: Julio TorresExecutive Producers: Emma Stone, Dave McCary, Olivia Gerke, Alex Bach, Daniel PowellCo-Executive Producer: Ali Herting
Shogun (WINNER)Creators/Executive Producers: Rachel Kondo, Justin MarksExecutive Producers: Edward L. McDonnell, Michael De Luca, Michaela ClavellCo-Executive Producers: Shannon Goss, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich
Brian Jordan Alvarez, English TeacherRichard Gadd, Baby Reindeer (WINNER)Lily Gladstone, Under the BridgeKathryn Hahn, Agatha All AlongCristin Milioti, The PenguinJulianne Moore, Mary & GeorgeHiroyuki Sanada, ShogunAnna Sawai, ShogunAndrew Scott, RipleyJulio Torres, Fantasmas
Tadanobu Asano, ShogunEnrico Colantoni, English TeacherBetty Gilpin, Three WomenChloe Guidry, Under the BridgeMoeka Hoshi, ShogunStephanie Koenig, English TeacherPatti LuPone, Agatha All AlongNava Mau, Baby Reindeer (WINNER)Ruth Negga, Presumed InnocentBrian Tee, Expats
Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer (WINNER)Diarra Kilpatrick, Diarra From DetroitJoe Locke, Agatha All AlongMegan Stott, PenelopeHoa Xuande, The Sympathizer
How to Die Alone (WINNER)Ensemble Cast: Melissa DuPrey, Jaylee Hamidi, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Arkie Kandola, Elle Lorraine, Michelle McLeod, Chris “CP” Powell, Conrad Ricamora, Natasha Rothwell, Jocko SimsSign up for THR news straight to your inbox every daySign up for THR news straight to your inbox every daySubscribe for full access to The Hollywood ReporterSend us a tip using our anonymous form.

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