40th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards

The awards show is held in a tent on a beach in Santa Monica, California, historically on the Saturday before the Academy Awards. In 2023, the ceremony was moved to the week before the Oscars, with the expectation that its winners could influence the final days of Oscar voting. As of 2024, films competing for Independent Spirit Awards must have budgets lower than $28 million, but no budget cap exists for television shows.

Best Feature
“Anora” *WINNER
“I Saw the TV Glow”
“Nickel Boys”
“Sing Sing”
“The Substance”

Best First Feature
Dìdi” *WINNER
“In the Summers”
“Janet Planet”
“The Piano Lesson”
“Problemista”

John Cassavetes Award
(Best feature made for under $1,000,000)
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”
Jack Haven, “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
Dinh Duy Hung, “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell”
Jomo Fray, “Nickel Boys” *WINNER
Maria von Hausswolff, “Janet Planet”
Juan Pablo Ramírez, “La Cocina”
Rina Yang, “The Fire Inside”

Best Editing
Laura Colwell, Vanara Taing, “Jazzy”
Olivier Bugge Coutté, Olivia Neergaard-Holm, “The Apprentice”
Anne McCabe, “Nightbitch”
Hansjörg Weissbrich, “September 5” *WINNER
Arielle Zakowski, “Dìdi”

Robert Altman Award
(Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)
“His Three Daughters”
Director: Azazel Jacobs
Casting Director: Nicole Arbusto
Ensemble Cast: Jovan Adepo, Jasmine Bracey, Carrie Coon, Jose Febus, Rudy Galvan, Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, Randy Ramos Jr., Jay O. Sanders

Best Documentary
Gaucho Gaucho”
“Hummingbirds”
“No Other Land” *WINNER
“Patrice: The Movie”
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat”

Best International Feature Film
“All We Imagine as Light”
“Black Dog”
“Flow” *WINNER
“Green Border”
“Hard Truths”

Producers Award
Alex Coco
Sarah Winshall *WINNER
Zoë Worth

Someone to Watch Award
Nicholas Colia, Director of “Griffin in Summer”
Sarah Friedland, Director of “Familiar Touch” *WINNER
Pham Thien An, Director of “Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell”

Truer Than Fiction Award
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, Directors of “Sugarcane”
Carla Gutiérrez, Director of “Frida”
Rachel Elizabeth Seed, Director of “A Photographic Memory” * WINNER

Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
“Erased: WW2’s Heroes of Color”
“Hollywood Black” *WINNER
“Photographer”
“Ren Faire”
“Social Studies”

Best New Scripted Series
Baby Reindeer”
“Diarra From Detroit”
“English Teacher”
“Fantasmas”
“Shōgun” *WINNER

Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series
Brian Jordan Alvarez, “English Teacher”
Richard Gadd, “Baby Reindeer” *WINNER
Lily Gladstone, “Under the Bridge”
Kathryn Hahn, “Agatha All Along”
Cristin Milioti, “The Penguin”
Julianne Moore, “Mary & George”
Hiroyuki Sanada, “Shōgun”
Anna Sawai, “Shōgun”
Andrew Scott, “Ripley”
Julio Torres, “Fantasmas”

Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series
Tadanobu Asano, “Shōgun”
Enrico Colantoni, “English Teacher”
Betty Gilpin, “Three Women”
Chloe Guidry, “Under the Bridge”
Moeka Hoshi, “Shōgun”
Stephanie Koenig, “English Teacher”
Patti LuPone, “Agatha All Along”
Nava Mau, “Baby Reindeer” *WINNER
Ruth Negga, “Presumed Innocent”
Brian Tee, “Expats”

Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series
Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer” *WINNER
Diarra Kilpatrick, “Diarra From Detroit”
Joe Locke, “Agatha All Along”
Megan Stott, “Penelope”
Hoa Xuande, “The Sympathizer”

Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
“How to Die Alone”
Ensemble Cast: Melissa DuPrey, Jaylee Hamidi, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Arkie Kandola, Elle Lorraine, Michelle McLeod, Chris “CP” Powell, Conrad Ricamora, Natasha Rothwell, Jocko Sims

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Niwa R
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Niwa R
1 month ago

Awesome site

Jason
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Jason
1 month ago

I think a lot of these independent films are probably pretty good, and honestly, I think a lot of Hollywood films have become lame. For instance, i was watching this camping movie with Adam Sandler and it had some Hollywood favorites in it, and honestly, it was terrible and It’s just more proof that Hollywood has become spoiled, and they are not answering to consumer demand for quality.

Note: One of my favorite low-budget independent films of all time is Slingblade. Who has seen it? It came out in the 90s.

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Uptrendfinancialsignal
1 month ago

I love the distinctive feel of the Film Independent Spirit Awards. The ceremony really gains a glamorous feel because of the venue. Being held in a tent on the beach is truly glamorous. And they are even smart enough to move the ceremony to one week before the Oscars. That definitely gives the winners some extra momentum before the big Academy Awards.

Henrywrites
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Henrywrites
1 month ago

No Other Land winning the best documentary is well deserved. I’ve watched the documentary, and the efforts put in to make it a success was simply awesome. For that, I think the documentary deserves this win.

Ja sa bong
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Ja sa bong
29 days ago

It’s not a surprise Best New Scripted Series was won by Shōgun. I was always rooting for the TV show.

I think it’s time for me to watch Baby Reindeer.