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FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

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    Independent Spirit Award

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    Best Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Get Out

      7.8 (769K)
      Jason Blum
      Edward H. Hamm Jr.
      Sean McKittrick
      Jordan Peele
    • [object Object]

      Call Me by Your Name

      7.8 (343K)
      Peter Spears
      Luca Guadagnino
      Emilie Georges
      Rodrigo Teixeira
      Marco Morabito
      James Ivory
      Howard Rosenman
    • [object Object]

      The Florida Project

      7.6 (141K)
      Sean Baker
      Chris Bergoch
      Kevin Chinoy
      Andrew Duncan
      Alex Saks
      Francesca Silvestri
      Shih-Ching Tsou
    • [object Object]

      Lady Bird

      7.4 (354K)
      Eli Bush
      Evelyn O'Neill
      Scott Rudin
    • [object Object]

      The Rider

      7.4 (21K)
      Mollye Asher
      Sacha Ben Harroche
      Chloé Zhao
      Bert Hamelinck

    Best First Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Ingrid Goes West

      6.6 (50K)
      Matt Spicer
      Jared Goldman
      Adam Mirels
      Robbie Mirels
      Aubrey Plaza
      Tim White
      Trevor White
    • [object Object]

      Columbus

      7.2 (23K)
      Kogonada
      Danielle Renfrew Behrens
      Aaron Boyd
      Giulia Caruso
      Ki Jin Kim
      Andrew Miano
      Chris Weitz
    • [object Object]

      Menashe

      6.6 (2.7K)
      Joshua Z Weinstein
      Yoni Brook
      Traci Carlson
      Daniel Finkelman
      Alex Lipschultz
    • [object Object]

      Oh Lucy!

      6.8 (3.5K)
      Atsuko Hirayanagi
      Jessica Elbaum
      Yukie Kito
      Han West
    • [object Object]

      Patti Cake$

      6.8 (11K)
      Geremy Jasper
      Chris Columbus
      Michael Gottwald
      Dan Janvey
      Daniela Taplin Lundberg
      Noah Stahl
      Rodrigo Teixeira

    Best Female Lead

    • Frances McDormand
      Winner
      • Frances McDormand
      • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    • Saoirse Ronan at an event for The Host (2013)
      • Saoirse Ronan
      • Lady Bird
    • Margot Robbie
      • Margot Robbie
      • I, Tonya
    • Salma Hayek
      • Salma Hayek
      • Beatriz at Dinner
    • Shinobu Terajima
      • Shinobu Terajima
      • Oh Lucy!
    • Regina Williams in Life and Nothing More (2017)
      • Regina Williams
      • Life and Nothing More

    Best Male Lead

    • Timothée Chalamet
      Winner
      • Timothée Chalamet
      • Call Me by Your Name
    • James Franco
      • James Franco
      • The Disaster Artist
    • Daniel Kaluuya
      • Daniel Kaluuya
      • Get Out
    • Robert Pattinson at an event for The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)
      • Robert Pattinson
      • Good Time
    • Harris Dickinson
      • Harris Dickinson
      • Beach Rats

    Best Supporting Female

    • Allison Janney at an event for The 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (2014)
      Winner
      • Allison Janney
      • I, Tonya
    • Laurie Metcalf
      • Laurie Metcalf
      • Lady Bird
    • Holly Hunter at an event for The 61st Primetime Emmy Awards (2009)
      • Holly Hunter
      • The Big Sick
    • Lois Smith in Desperate Housewives (2004)
      • Lois Smith
      • Marjorie Prime
    • Taliah Webster
      • Taliah Webster
      • Good Time

    Best Supporting Male

    • Sam Rockwell at an event for 75th Golden Globe Awards (2018)
      Winner
      • Sam Rockwell
      • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
    • Armie Hammer
      • Armie Hammer
      • Call Me by Your Name
    • Benny Safdie
      • Benny Safdie
      • Good Time
    • Nnamdi Asomugha at an event for 33rd Film Independent Spirit Awards (2018)
      • Nnamdi Asomugha
      • Crown Heights
    • Barry Keoghan at an event for 81st Golden Globe Awards (2024)
      • Barry Keoghan
      • The Killing of a Sacred Deer

    Best Director

    • Jordan Peele
      Winner
      • Jordan Peele
      • Get Out
    • Sean Baker and Aiden Noesi in Prince of Broadway (2008)
      • Sean Baker
      • The Florida Project
    • Jonas Carpignano
      • Jonas Carpignano
      • A Ciambra
    • Luca Guadagnino at an event for I Am Love (2009)
      • Luca Guadagnino
      • Call Me by Your Name
    • Benny Safdie
      Josh Safdie
      • Benny Safdie
      • Josh Safdie
      • Good Time
    • Chloé Zhao
      • Chloé Zhao
      • The Rider

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Lady Bird

      7.4 (354K)
      Greta Gerwig
    • [object Object]

      Beatriz at Dinner

      6.0 (11K)
      Mike White
    • [object Object]

      Get Out

      7.8 (769K)
      Jordan Peele
    • [object Object]

      The Lovers

      6.1 (4.4K)
      Azazel Jacobs
    • [object Object]

      Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

      8.1 (588K)
      Martin McDonagh

    Best First Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Big Sick

      7.5 (148K)
      Kumail Nanjiani
      Emily V. Gordon
    • [object Object]

      Columbus

      7.2 (23K)
      Kogonada
    • [object Object]

      Donald Cried

      6.6 (1.4K)
      Kris Avedisian
      Kyle Espeleta
      Jesse Wakeman
    • [object Object]

      Women Who Kill

      5.6 (755)
      Ingrid Jungermann
    • [object Object]

      Ingrid Goes West

      6.6 (50K)
      Matt Spicer
      David Branson Smith

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Call Me by Your Name

      7.8 (343K)
      Sayombhu Mukdeeprom
    • [object Object]

      Columbus

      7.2 (23K)
      Elisha Christian
    • [object Object]

      The Killing of a Sacred Deer

      7.0 (206K)
      Thimios Bakatakis
    • [object Object]

      Beach Rats

      6.4 (17K)
      Hélène Louvart
    • [object Object]

      The Rider

      7.4 (21K)
      Joshua James Richards

    Best International Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Fantastic Woman

      7.2 (28K)
      Sebastián Lelio
    • [object Object]

      120 BPM

      7.4 (17K)
      Robin Campillo
    • [object Object]

      I Am Not a Witch

      6.9 (4.6K)
      Rungano Nyoni
    • [object Object]

      Lady Macbeth

      6.8 (29K)
      William Oldroyd
    • [object Object]

      Loveless

      7.6 (37K)
      Andrey Zvyagintsev

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Faces Places

      7.8 (14K)
      Agnès Varda
      JR
    • [object Object]

      The Departure

      7.2 (278)
      Lana Wilson
    • [object Object]

      Last Men in Aleppo

      7.4 (3.1K)
      Feras Fayyad
      Søren Steen Jespersen
      Stefan Kloos
    • [object Object]

      Motherland

      7.1 (281)
      Ramona S. Diaz
      Rey Cuerdo
    • [object Object]

      Quest

      7.2 (369)
      Jonathan Olshefski
      Sabrina Schmidt Gordon

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      I, Tonya

      7.5 (255K)
      Tatiana S. Riegel
    • [object Object]

      Get Out

      7.8 (769K)
      Gregory Plotkin
    • [object Object]

      Good Time

      7.3 (149K)
      Benny Safdie
      Ronald Bronstein
    • [object Object]

      Call Me by Your Name

      7.8 (343K)
      Walter Fasano
    • [object Object]

      The Rider

      7.4 (21K)
      Alex O'Flinn

    John Cassavetes Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Life and Nothing More

      6.7 (602)
      Amadeo Hernández Bueno
      Alvaro Portanet Hernández
      Pedro Hernández Santos
      Antonio Méndez Esparza
    • [object Object]

      A Ghost Story

      6.8 (84K)
      Toby Halbrooks
      James M. Johnston
      Adam Donaghey
      David Lowery
    • [object Object]

      Dayveon

      6.2 (589)
      Lachion Buckingham
      Alexander Uhlmann
      Amman Abbasi
      Steven Reneau
    • [object Object]

      Most Beautiful Island

      5.7 (3.8K)
      Ana Asensio
      Larry Fessenden
      Noah Greenberg
      Chadd Harbold
      Jenn Wexler
    • [object Object]

      The Transfiguration

      6.1 (4.2K)
      Michael O'Shea
      Susan Leber

    Robert Altman Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Mudbound

      7.4 (56K)
      Dee Rees
      Billy Hopkins
      Ashley Ingram
      Jonathan Banks
      Mary J. Blige
      Jason Clarke
      Garrett Hedlund
      Jason Mitchell
      Rob Morgan
      Carey Mulligan

    Truer Than Fiction Award

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    • Jonathan Olshefski
      Winner
      • Jonathan Olshefski
      • Quest
    • "Avatar" visual effects supervisor Joe Letteri, animation director Andrew R. Jones and facial lead Jeff Unay pose with their awards for Outstanding Animated Character in a Live Action Feature Motion Picture at the 8th Annual Visual Effects Society Awards
      • Jeff Unay
      • The Cage Fighter
    • International Documentary Association Awards
      • Shevaun Mizrahi
      • Distant Constellation

    Producers Award

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    • Summer Shelton
      Winner
      • Summer Shelton
      • Giulia Caruso
      • Ki Jin Kim
    • Ben LeClair
      • Ben LeClair

    Someone to Watch Award

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    • Justin Chon
      Winner
      • Justin Chon
      • Gook
    • Amman Abbasi
      • Amman Abbasi
      • Dayveon
    • Kevin Phillips
      • Kevin Phillips
      • Super Dark Times

    Bonnie Award

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    • Chloé Zhao
      Winner
      • Chloé Zhao
    • So Yong Kim at an event for In Between Days (2006)
      • So Yong Kim
    • Lynn Shelton at an event for 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2020)
      • Lynn Shelton

    Also known as

    • Film Independent's Spirit Awards
    • FINDIE Awards ("Friends of Independents")
    • Independent Spirit Awards

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