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FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

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    Independent Spirit Award

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    Best Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Anora

      7.5 (212K)
      Sean Baker
      Alex Coco
      Samantha Quan
    • [object Object]

      I Saw the TV Glow

      5.8 (39K)
      Ali Herting
      Luca Intili(as Sam Intili)
      Dave McCary
      Emma Stone
      Sarah Winshall
    • [object Object]

      Nickel Boys

      6.9 (21K)
      Joslyn Barnes
      Dede Gardner
      Jeremy Kleiner
      David Levine
    • [object Object]

      Sing Sing

      7.6 (24K)
      Clint Bentley
      Greg Kwedar
      Monique Walton
    • [object Object]

      The Substance

      7.2 (326K)
      Tim Bevan
      Coralie Fargeat
      Eric Fellner

    Best First Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dìdi

      7.3 (14K)
      Sean Wang(director/producer)
      Valerie Bush(producer)
      Carlos López Estrada(producer)
      Josh Peters(producer)
    • [object Object]

      In the Summers

      6.5 (1.1K)
      Alessandra Lacorazza(director)
      Janek Ambros(producer)
      Lynette Coll(producer)
      Alexander Dinelaris(producer)
      Cynthia Fernandez De La Cruz(producer)
      Cristóbal Güell(producer)
      Sergio Lira(producer)
      Rob Quadrino(producer)
      Jan Suter(producer)
      Daniel Tantalean(producer)
      Nando Vila(producer)
      Slava Vladimirov(producer)
      Stephanie Yankwitt(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Janet Planet

      6.1 (3.4K)
      Annie Baker(director/producer)
      Andrew Goldman(producer)
      Dan Janvey(producer)
      Derrick Tseng(producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Piano Lesson

      6.2 (5.2K)
      Malcolm Washington(director)
      Todd Black(producer)
      Denzel Washington(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Problemista

      6.8 (8.7K)
      Julio Torres(director/producer)
      Ali Herting(producer)
      Dave McCary(producer)
      Emma Stone(producer)

    Best Lead Performance

    • Mikey Madison at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival premiere of Anora.
      Winner
      • Mikey Madison
      • Anora
    • Amy Adams
      • Amy Adams
      • Nightbitch
    • Ryan Destiny
      • Ryan Destiny
      • The Fire Inside
    • Colman Domingo
      • Colman Domingo
      • Sing Sing
    • Keith Kupferer
      • Keith Kupferer
      • Ghostlight
    • Demi Moore at an event for Another Happy Day (2011)
      • Demi Moore
      • The Substance
    • Hunter Schafer
      • Hunter Schafer
      • Cuckoo
    • Justice Smith
      • Justice Smith
      • I Saw the TV Glow
    • June Squibb
      • June Squibb
      • Thelma
    • Sebastian Stan
      • Sebastian Stan
      • The Apprentice

    Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series

    • Richard Gadd
      Winner
      • Richard Gadd
      • Baby Reindeer
    • Brian Jordan Alvarez
      • Brian Jordan Alvarez
      • English Teacher
    • Lily Gladstone
      • Lily Gladstone
      • Under the Bridge
    • Kathryn Hahn at an event for 40th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2025)
      • Kathryn Hahn
      • Agatha All Along
    • Cristin Milioti
      • Cristin Milioti
      • The Penguin
    • Julianne Moore
      • Julianne Moore
      • Mary & George
    • Hiroyuki Sanada
      • Hiroyuki Sanada
      • Shōgun
    • Anna Sawai
      • Anna Sawai
      • Shōgun
    • Andrew Scott
      • Andrew Scott
      • Ripley
    • Julio Torres
      • Julio Torres
      • Fantasmas

    Best Breakthrough Performance

    • Maisy Stella - Headshot
      Winner
      • Maisy Stella
      • My Old Ass
    • Isaac Krasner at an event for 40th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2025)
      • Isaac Krasner
      • Big Boys
    • Katy O'Brian
      • Katy O'Brian
      • Love Lies Bleeding
    • Mason Alexander Park
      • Mason Alexander Park
      • National Anthem
    • Residente
      • Residente
      • In the Summers

    Best Supporting Performance

    • Kieran Culkin
      Winner
      • Kieran Culkin
      • A Real Pain
    • Yura Borisov
      • Yura Borisov
      • Anora
    • Joan Chen at an event for Lust, Caution (2007)
      • Joan Chen
      • Dìdi
    • Danielle Deadwyler
      • Danielle Deadwyler
      • The Piano Lesson
    • Carol Kane
      • Carol Kane
      • Between the Temples
    • Karren Karagulian
      • Karren Karagulian
      • Anora
    • Kani Kusruti
      • Kani Kusruti
      • Girls Will Be Girls
    • Jack Haven
      • Jack Haven
      • I Saw the TV Glow
    • Clarence Maclin
      • Clarence Maclin
      • Sing Sing
    • Adam Pearson wearing a brown jacket and floral shirt has his arms crossed while facing the camera
      • Adam Pearson
      • A Different Man

    Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series

    • Nava Mau
      Winner
      • Nava Mau
      • Baby Reindeer
    • Tadanobu Asano, Tom Hiddleston, and Chris Hemsworth at an event for Thor: The Dark World (2013)
      • Tadanobu Asano
      • Shōgun
    • Enrico Colantoni
      • Enrico Colantoni
      • English Teacher
    • Betty Gilpin
      • Betty Gilpin
      • Three Women
    • Chloe Guidry
      • Chloe Guidry
      • Under the Bridge
    • Moeka Hoshi in Shōgun (2024)
      • Moeka Hoshi
      • Shōgun
    • Stephanie Koenig
      • Stephanie Koenig
      • English Teacher
    • Patti LuPone
      • Patti LuPone
      • Agatha All Along
    • Ruth Negga
      • Ruth Negga
      • Presumed Innocent
    • Brian Tee
      • Brian Tee
      • Expats

    Best Director

    • Sean Baker and Aiden Noesi in Prince of Broadway (2008)
      Winner
      • Sean Baker
      • Anora
    • Ali Abbasi
      • Ali Abbasi
      • The Apprentice
    • Alonso Ruizpalacios
      • Alonso Ruizpalacios
      • La Cocina
    • Jane Schoenbrun
      • Jane Schoenbrun
      • I Saw the TV Glow
    • Brady Corbet
      • Brady Corbet
      • The Brutalist

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Real Pain

      7.1 (108K)
      Jesse Eisenberg
    • [object Object]

      A Different Man

      6.9 (33K)
      Aaron Schimberg
    • [object Object]

      Heretic

      7.0 (172K)
      Scott Beck
      Bryan Woods
    • [object Object]

      I Saw the TV Glow

      5.8 (39K)
      Jane Schoenbrun
    • [object Object]

      My Old Ass

      6.9 (43K)
      Megan Park

    Best First Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dìdi

      7.3 (14K)
      Sean Wang
    • [object Object]

      The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed

      5.7 (1.5K)
      Joanna Arnow
    • [object Object]

      Good One

      6.7 (3.2K)
      India Donaldson
    • [object Object]

      Janet Planet

      6.1 (3.4K)
      Annie Baker
    • [object Object]

      Problemista

      6.8 (8.7K)
      Julio Torres

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Nickel Boys

      6.9 (21K)
      Jomo Fray
    • [object Object]

      La Cocina

      7.1 (3.8K)
      Juan Pablo Ramírez
    • [object Object]

      The Fire Inside

      6.7 (3.1K)
      Rina Yang
    • [object Object]

      Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

      6.8 (1.8K)
      Dinh Duy Hung
    • [object Object]

      Janet Planet

      6.1 (3.4K)
      Maria von Hausswolff

    Best International Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Flow

      7.9 (88K)
      Gints Zilbalodis
      Latvia/France/Belgium
    • [object Object]

      All We Imagine as Light

      7.1 (11K)
      Payal Kapadia
      France/India/Netherlands/Luxembourg
    • [object Object]

      Black Dog

      7.2 (4.1K)
      Guan Hu
      China
    • [object Object]

      Green Border

      6.4 (7.4K)
      Agnieszka Holland
      Poland/France/Czech Republic/Belgium
    • [object Object]

      Hard Truths

      7.2 (6.8K)
      Mike Leigh
      United Kingdom

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      No Other Land

      8.3 (15K)
      Yuval Abraham(director/producer)
      Basel Adra(director/producer)
      Hamdan Ballal(director/producer)
      Rachel Szor(director/producer)
      Fabien Greenberg(producer)
      Bård Kjøge Rønning(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Gaucho Gaucho

      7.0 (299)
      Gregory Kershaw(director/producer)
      Michael Dweck(director/producer)
      Christos V. Konstantakopoulos(producer)
      Cameron O'Reilly(producer)
      Matthew Perniciaro(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Hummingbirds

      6.4 (99)
      Silvia Del Carmen Castaños(director)
      Estefanía Contreras(director)
      Miguel Drake-McLaughlin(co-director/producer)
      Diane Ng(co-director/producer)
      Ana Rodriguez-Falcó(co-director/producer)
      Jillian Schlesinger(co-director/producer)
      Leslie Benavides(producer)
      Rivkah Beth Medow(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Patrice: The Movie

      8.3 (237)
      Emily Spivack(producer)
      Kyla Harris(producer)
      Innbo Shim(producer)
      Ted Passon(director)
    • [object Object]

      Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat

      7.8 (3.3K)
      Johan Grimonprez(director)
      Rémi Grellety(producer)
      Daan Milius(producer)

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      September 5

      7.1 (28K)
      Hansjörg Weißbrich
    • [object Object]

      The Apprentice

      7.1 (61K)
      Olivier Bugge Coutté
      Olivia Neergaard-Holm
    • [object Object]

      Dìdi

      7.3 (14K)
      Arielle Zakowski
    • [object Object]

      Jazzy

      6.1 (237)
      Laura Colwell
      Vanara Taing
    • [object Object]

      Nightbitch

      5.5 (21K)
      Anne McCabe

    Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series

    • Jessica Gunning
      Winner
      • Jessica Gunning
      • Baby Reindeer
    • Diarra Kilpatrick attends Twilight Zone Premiere
      • Diarra Kilpatrick
      • Diarra from Detroit
    • Joe Locke
      • Joe Locke
      • Agatha All Along
    • Megan Stott in Penelope (2024)
      • Megan Stott
      • Penelope
    • Hoa Xuande
      • Hoa Xuande
      • The Sympathizer

    Best New Scripted Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Shōgun

      8.6 (223K)
      Rachel Kondo(creator/executive producer)
      Justin Marks(creator/executive producer)
      Edward L. McDonnell(executive producer)
      Michael De Luca(executive producer)
      Michaela Clavell(executive producer)
      Shannon Goss(co-executive producer)
      Andrew Macdonald(co-executive producer)
      Allon Reich(co-executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Baby Reindeer

      7.7 (178K)
      Richard Gadd(creator/executive producer)
      Wim De Greef(executive producer)
      Petra Fried(executive producer)
      Matt Jarvis(executive producer)
      Ed Macdonald(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Diarra from Detroit

      7.7 (615)
      Diarra Kilpatrick(creator/executive producer)
      Kenya Barris(executive producer)
      Miles Orion Feldsott(executive producer)
      Darren Goldberg(executive producer)
      Ester Lou Weithers(co-executive producer)
      Mark Ganek(co-executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      English Teacher

      7.4 (9.3K)
      Brian Jordan Alvarez(creator/executive producer)
      Paul Simms(executive producer)
      Jonathan Krisel(executive producer)
      Dave King(executive producer)
      Kathryn Dean(co-executive producer)
      Jake Bender(co-executive producer)
      Zach Dunn(co-executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Fantasmas

      7.1 (2K)
      Julio Torres(creator/executive producer)
      Emma Stone(executive producer)
      Dave McCary(executive producer)
      Olivia Gerke(executive producer)
      Alex Bach(executive producer)
      Daniel Powell(executive producer)
      Ali Herting(co-executive producer)

    Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      How to Die Alone

      6.9 (2.8K)
      Melissa DuPrey
      Jaylee Hamidi
      KeiLyn Durrel Jones
      Arkie Kandola
      Elle Lorraine
      Michelle McLeod
      Conrad Ricamora
      Jocko Sims
      Christopher Powell
      Natasha Rothwell

    Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Hollywood Black

      7.4 (110)
      Shayla Harris(executive producer)
      Dave Sirulnick(executive producer)
      Stacey Reiss(executive producer)
      Jon Kamen(executive producer)
      Justin Simien(executive producer)
      Kyle Laursen(executive producer)
      Forest Whitaker(executive producer)
      Nina Yang Bongiovi(executive producer)
      Amy Goodman Kass(executive producer)
      Michael Wright(executive producer)
      Jill Burkhart(executive producer)
      David C. Brown(co-executive producer)
      Laurens Grant(co/executive producer)
      Jeffrey Schwarz(executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Erased: WW2's Heroes of Color

      7.2 (109)
      Idris Elba(executive producer)
      Johanna Woolford Gibbon(executive producer)
      Jamilla Dumbuya(executive producer)
      Jos Cushing(executive producer)
      Khaled Gad(executive producer)
      Matt Robins(executive producer)
      Chris Muckle(executive producer)
      Sean David Johnson(executive producer)
      Simon Raikes(executive producer)
      Annabel Hobley(co-executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Photographer

      7.8 (306)
      Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi(executive producer)
      Jimmy Chin(executive producer)
      Pagan Danielle Harleman(executive producer)
      Betsy Forhan(executive producer)
      Anna Barnes(co-executive producer)
      Brent Kunkle(co-executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Ren Faire

      6.8 (2.1K)
      Ronald Bronstein(executive producer)
      Benny Safdie(executive producer)
      Josh Safdie(executive producer)
      Eli Bush(executive producer)
      Dani Bernfeld(executive producer)
      Lance Oppenheim(executive producer)
      David Gauvey Herbert(executive producer)
      Nancy Abraham(executive producer)
      Lisa Heller(executive producer)
      Sara Rodriguez(executive producer)
      Abigail Rowe(co-executive producer)
      Christian Vazquez(co-executive producer)
      Max Allman(co-executive producer)
    • [object Object]

      Social Studies

      6.8 (285)
      Lauren Greenfield(creator/executive producer)
      Wallis Annenberg(executive producer)
      Regina K. Scully(executive producer)
      Andrea van Beuren(executive producer)
      Frank Evers(executive producer)
      Caryn Capotosto(executive producer)

    John Cassavetes Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Girls Will Be Girls

      7.1 (2.8K)
      Shuchi Talati(writer/director/producer)
      Richa Chadha(producer)
      Claire Chassagne(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Big Boys

      6.6 (778)
      Corey Sherman(writer/director/producer)
      Allison Tate(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Ghostlight

      7.6 (6.6K)
      Kelly O'Sullivan(writer/director)
      Alex Thompson(director/producer)
      Ian Keiser(producer)
      Pierce Cravens(producer)
      Chelsea Krant(producer)
      Edwin Linker(producer)
      Alex Wilson(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Jazzy

      6.1 (237)
      Morrisa Maltz(writer/director/producer)
      Lainey Shangreaux(writer/producer)
      Andrew Hajek(writer)
      Vanara Taing(writer)
      Miranda Bailey(producer)
      John Way(producer)
      Natalie Whalen(producer)
      Elliott Whitton(producer)
      Tommy Heitkamp(producer)
    • [object Object]

      The People's Joker

      6.3 (1.9K)
      Vera Drew(writer/director)
      Bri LeRose(writer)
      Joey Lyons(producer)

    Robert Altman Award

    Edit
    • [object Object]
      Winner

      His Three Daughters

      7.1 (19K)
      Azazel Jacobs(director)
      Nicole Arbusto(casting director)
      Jovan Adepo(ensemble cast)
      Jasmine Bracey(ensemble cast)
      Carrie Coon(ensemble cast)
      Jose Febus(ensemble cast)
      Rudy Galvan(ensemble cast)
      Natasha Lyonne(ensemble cast)
      Elizabeth Olsen(ensemble cast)
      Randy Ramos Jr.(ensemble cast)
      Jay O. Sanders(ensemble cast)

    Truer Than Fiction Award

    Edit
    • Rachel Elizabeth Seed at an event for 40th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2025)
      Winner
      • Rachel Elizabeth Seed
      • A Photographic Memory
    • Julian Brave NoiseCat
      Emily Kassie
      • Julian Brave NoiseCat
      • Emily Kassie
      • Sugarcane
    • Carla Gutierrez at an event for Frida (2024)
      • Carla Gutierrez
      • Frida

    Producers Award

    Edit
    • Sarah Winshall
      Winner
      • Sarah Winshall
    • Alex Coco
      • Alex Coco
    • Zoë Worth
      • Zoë Worth

    Someone to Watch Award

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    • Sarah Friedland
      Winner
      • Sarah Friedland
      • Familiar Touch
    • Nicholas Colia in Griffin in Summer (2024)
      • Nicholas Colia
      • Griffin in Summer
    • Thien An Pham
      • Thien An Pham
      • Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

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    • Independent Spirit Awards

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    Event date

    February 22, 2025

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