Spirit Awards
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Everything Everywhere All at Once Sweeps the Spirit Awards
The Daniels’s Everything Everywhere All at Once won Best Feature at the Film Independent Spirit Awards yesterday. The A24 picture, which has been sweeping other awards events, is the Best Picture frontrunner for next week’s Academy Awards. The film dominated other categories as well, winning Best Director for Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Best Lead Performance for Michelle Yeoh, Best Breakthrough Performance for Stephanie Hsu, and Best Editing for Paul Rogers, Best Supporting Performance for Ke Huy Quan and Best Screenplay, again for Kwan and Scheinert. No other work won more than one category with the exception of the TV […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Mar 5, 2023 -
2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards Announced
Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always topped Film Independent’s nomination list for the 2021 Spirit Awards. The reproduction rights drama scored seven nominations, including Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Female Lead. Other films receiving multiple nominations include First Cow, Minari, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Sound of Metal and Nine Days. New this year are five new categories for script and unscripted television. Also new this year is the event’s date and time. Rather than the afternoon the day before the Oscars, the Spirits this year will be an evening event on April 22, three days before. Commented […]
by Filmmaker Staff on Jan 26, 2021 -
Independent Spirit Award Nominations Announced
Though the New York indie world has still not yet recovered from the exertions of the Gotham Awards, the Independent Spirit Awards nominations are upon us. Unsurprisingly, Beasts, Bernie, Moonrise Kingdom and The Loneliest Planet feature heavily (as they did at the Gothams), while Ira Sachs’ Keep the Lights On here also bags a number of nods in top-level categories. Rama Burshtein’s Fill the Void, Colin Trevorrow’s Safety Not Guaranteed, Martin McDonagh’s Seven Psychopaths, David Ayer’s End of Watch, Adam Leon’s Gimme the Loot, Zal Batmanglij’s Sound of My Voice, Ben Lewin’s The Sessions, Peter Nicks’ The Waiting Room and Ava DuVernay’s Middle of Nowhere also […]
by Nick Dawson on Nov 27, 2012 -
“TAKE SHELTER” & “THE ARTIST” LEADS SPIRIT AWARDS NOMS
With last night’s Gothams Awards ceremony in New York, awards season is now in full swing. Adding to the momentum, Film Independent just announced the nominees for its 27th annual Independent Spirit Awards. Leading the pack with five nominations each is Jeff Nichols’ apocalyptic southern gothic, Take Shelter and Michel Hazanavicius’ silent romance, The Artist. Next in line, receiving four nominations, were Nicolas Winding Refn’s Drive and Mike Mills’ Beginners (which split Best Picture with The Tree of Life at the Gothams last night). J.C. Chandor’s Margin Call will receive the annual Robert Altman Award, given each year to one […]
by Jane Schoenbrun on Nov 29, 2011 -
SPIRIT AWARDS’ “FIND YOUR AUDIENCE AWARD” IS NOW OPEN FOR SUBMISSIONS
This past February, the inaugural Jameson FIND Your Audience Award was open only to films nominated that year for a Spirit Award. The winner, Jeff Malmberg’s documentary Marwencol, received a sizable distribution and marketing grant. For the 2012 Independent Spirit Awards, happening February 26 in LA, Film Independent is changing things up and opening the award so that filmmakers can apply. Between now and December 2, narrative and documentary filmmakers with a feature out on the fest circuit who are eying a self-distribution strategy can apply here for the $40,000 grant. One large caveat though– the award is open only […]
by Jane Schoenbrun on Nov 22, 2011 -
“BLACK SWAN” WINS BIG AT SPIRIT AWARDS
The Film Independent Spirit Awards just wrapped (see it on IFC tonight @ 10ET) and Darren Aronofsky‘s thriller Black Swan was the big winner taking home four awards, including Best Feature, Best Director for Aronofsky and Best Female Lead for Natalie Portman. Winter’s Bone won the supporting acting prizes with John Hawkes taking it for actor and Dale Dickey for actress while James Franco won Best Male Lead for 127 Hours, Banksy‘s Exit through the Gift Shop won Best Documentary and Lisa Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg won Best Screenplay for The Kids Are All Right. Also, “25 New Face” alum […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Feb 26, 2011 -
2010 SPIRIT AWARD NOMINEES ANNOUNCED
Film Independent announced the nominations for their 2010 Spirit Awards today. Winter’s Bone leads with seven nominations, including Best Feature, Director and Female Lead. Joel McHale will host the show Feb. 26 when it returns back to the beach in Santa Monica. Full list of nominees below. BEST FEATURE 127 Hours Black Swan Greenberg The Kids Are All Right Winter’s Bone BEST DIRECTOR Darren Aronofsky, Black Swan Danny Boyle, 127 Hours Lisa Cholodenko, The Kids Are All Right Debra Granik, Winter’s Bone John Cameron Mitchell, Rabbit Hole BEST FIRST FEATURE Everything Strange and New Get Low The Last Exorcism Night […]
by Jason Guerrasio on Nov 30, 2010 -
“PRECIOUS” SWEEPS THE 2010 SPIRIT AWARDS
It was a big night for Lee Daniels’ Precious at the 2010 Spirit Awards. The film picked up awards for Best First Screenplay (Geoffrey Fletcher), Supporting Actress (Mo’Nique), Actress (Gabourey Sidibe), Director (Lee Daniels) and Picture. The only other film to win more than one award was Crazy Heart, which picked up Best First Screenplay and Actor (Jeff Bridges). Hosted by Eddie Izzard and presented by Film Independent, the awards were the first Spirits held in downtown L.A. on a Friday night rather than Saturday afternoon at the Santa Monica beach. The Spirits’ gently irreverent tone remained the same — […]
by Scott Macaulay on Mar 6, 2010 -
NETFLIX FINDS ITS SPIRIT
The clock is ticking on a promotion offered by Netflix and Film Independent (FIND, formerly the IFP Los Angeles) and having to do with this year’s Spirit Awards. Only FIND members are allowed to vote for the Spirit Awards, and, this year, FIND members will receive a free three-month Netflix membership and a special code allowing them to rent all the nominated films. To take advantage of this, you need to join FIND (if you’re not a member) by November 15.
by Scott Macaulay on Nov 13, 2005
