On Sunday, the Film Independent celebrated the 37th annual Independent Spirit Awards.
Deaf actor Troy Kotsur scooped up the award for Best Supporting Male for “CODA.” In addition to his SAG Award, many consider him to be a frontrunner in the Oscar race.
Take a look at the full winner’s list below!
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BEST FEATURE
“A Chiara,” Producers: Jonas Carpignano, Paolo Carpignano, Jon Coplon, Ryan Zacarias
“C’mon C’mon,” Producers: Chelsea Barnard, Andrea Longacre-White, Lila Yacoub
“The Lost Daughter,” Producers: Charles Dorfman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman Keren, Talia Kleinhendler (Winner)
“The Novice,” Producers: Ryan Hawkins, Kari Hollend, Steven Sims, Zack Zucker
“Zola,” Producers: Kara Baker, Dave Franco, Elizabeth Haggard, David Hinojosa, Vince Jolivette, Christine Vachon, Gia Walsh
BEST FIRST FEATURE
(Award given to director and producer)
“7 Days,” Director: Roshan Sethi Producers: Liz Cardenas, Mel Eslyn (Winner)
“Holler,” Director: Nicole Riegel Producers: Adam Cobb, Rachel Gould, Katie Mcneill, Jamie Patricof, Christy Spitzer Thornton
“Queen of Glory,” Director: Nana Mensah Producers: Baff Akoto, Anya Migdal, Kelley Robins Hicks, Jamund Washington
“Test Pattern,” Director/Producer: Shatara Michelle Ford Producers: Pin-Chun Liu, Yu-Hao Su
“Wild Indian,” Director/Producer: Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. Producers: Thomas Mahoney, Eric Tavitian
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
Given to the best feature made for under $500,000 (Award given to the writer, director and producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.)
“Cryptozoo,” Writer/Director: Dash Shaw; Producers: Tyler Davidson, Kyle Martin, Jane Samborski, Bill Way
“Jockey,” Writer/Director/Producer: Clint Bentley; Writer/Producer: Greg Kwedar Producer: Nancy Schafer
“Shiva Baby,” Writer/Director/Producer: Emma Seligman; Producers: Kieran Altmann, Katie Schiller, Lizzie Shapiro (Winner)
“Sweet Thing,” Writer/Director: Alexandre Rockwell; Producers: Louis Anania, Haley Anderson, Kenan Baysal
“This is Not a War Story,” Writer/Director/Producer: Talia Lugacy; Producers: Noah Lang, Julian West
BEST DIRECTOR
Janicza Bravo, “Zola”
Maggie Gyllenhaal,” The Lost Daughter” (Winner)
Lauren Hadaway,” The Novice”
Mike Mills, “C’mon C’mon”
Ninja Thyberg, “Pleasure”
MEGABEST SCREENPLAY
Nikole Beckwith, “Together Together”
Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris, “Zola”
Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Lost Daughter” (Winner)
Mike Mills, “C’mon C’mon”
Todd Stephens, “Swan Song”
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr., “Wild Indian”
Matt Fifer; Story by Sheldon D. Brown, “Cicada”
Shatara Michelle Ford, “Test Pattern”
Fran Kranz, “Mass”
Michael Sarnoski; Story by Vanessa Block, Michael Sarnoski, “Pig” (Winner)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ante Cheng, Matthew Chuang, “Blue Bayou”
Lol Crawley, “The Humans”
Tim Curtin, “A Chiara”
Edu Grau, “Passing” (Winner)
Ari Wegner, “Zola”
BEST EDITING
Affonso Goncalves, “A Chiara”
Ali Greer, “The Nowhere Inn”
Lauren Hadaway, Nathan Nugent, “The Novice”
Joi McMillon, “Zola” (Winning)
Enrico Natale, “The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain”
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Isabelle Fuhrman, “The Novice”
Brittany S. Hall, “Test Pattern”
Patti Harrison, “Together Together”
Taylour Paige, “Zola” (Winner)
Kali Reis, “Catch the Fair One”
The winner of the #BestFemaleLead @taylourpaige @ZolaMovie pic.twitter.com/uFxCW9hnqi
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BEST MALE LEAD
Clifton Collins Jr., “Jockey”
Frankie Faison, “The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain”
Michael Greyeyes, “Wild Indian”
Udo Kier, “Swan Song”
Simon Rex, “Red Rocket” (Winner)
The winner of the #BestMaleLead @SimonRex for @redrocketmovie #SpiritAwards pic.twitter.com/d6XjwjGa6v
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BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Jessie Buckley, “The Lost Daughter”
Amy Forsyth, “The Novice”
Ruth Negga, “Passing” (Winner)
Revika Reustle, “Pleasure”
Suzanna Son, “Red Rocket”
MEGABEST SUPPORTING MALE
Colman Domingo, “Zola”
Meeko Gattuso, “Queen of Glory”
Troy Kotsur, “CODA” (Winner)
Will Patton, “Sweet Thing”
Chaske Spencer, “Wild Indian”
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
(Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)
“Mass,” Director: Fran Kranz; Casting Directors: Henry Russell Bergstein, Allison Estrin; Ensemble Cast: Kagen Albright, Reed Birney, Michelle N. Carter, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Breeda Wool (Winner)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
(Award given to the director and producer)
“Ascension,” Director/Producer: Jessica Kingdon; Producers: Kira Simon-Kennedy, Nathan Truesdell
“Flee,” Director: Jonas Poher Rasmussen; Producers: Monica Hellstrom, Signe Byrge Sorensen
“In the Same Breath,” Director/Producer: Nanfu Wang; Producers: Christopher Clements, Julie Goldman, Carolyn Hepburn, Jialing Zhang
“Procession,” Director: Robert Greene; Producers: Susan Bedusa, Bennett Elliott, Douglas Tirola
“Summer Of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised),” Director: Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson; Producers: David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent, Joseph Patel (Winner)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
(Award given to the director)
“Compartment No. 6,” Finland/Russia, Director: Juho Kuosmanen
“Drive My Car,” Japan, Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi (Winner)
“Parallel Mothers,” Spain, Director: Pedro Almodóvar
“Pebbles,” India, Director: PS Vinothraj
“Petite Maman,” France, Director: Céline Sciamma
“Prayers for the Stolen,” Mexico, Director: Tatiana Huezo
PRODUCERS AWARD
(The Producers Award, now in its 24th year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films.)
Brad Becker-Parton
Pin-Chun Liu
Lizzie Shapiro (Winner)
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
(The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 27th year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.)
Alex Camilleri, “Luzzu” (Winner)
Michael Sarnoski, “Pig”
Gillian Wallace Horvat, “I Blame Society”
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
(The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 26th year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition.)
Angelo Madsen Minax, “North By Current”
Jessica Beshir, “Faya Dayi” (Winner)
Debbie Lum, “Try Harder!”
BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
(Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)
“Black and Missing,” Series By/Executive Producers: Soledad O’Brien, Geeta Gandbhir; Executive Producers: Jo Honig, Patrick Conway, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez (Winner)
“The Choe Show,” Creator/Exec Producer: David Choe; Executive Producers: Matt Revelli, Christopher C. Chen, Hiro Murai, Nate Matteson
“The Lady and The Dale,” Executive Producers: Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Mel Eslyn, Allen Bain, Andre Gaines, Nick Cammilleri, Alana Carithers, Zackary Drucker, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller
“Nuclear Family,” Series By: Ry Russo-Young; Executive Producers: Liz Garbus, Julie Gaither, Jon Bardin, Leah Holzer, Peter Saraf, Alex Turtletaub, Jenny Raskin, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Lauren Haber, Maria Zuckerman, Christine Connor, Ryan Heller, Barbara Dobkin, Eric Dobkin, Andrea Van Beuren, Joe Landauer
“Philly D.A.,” Creators: Ted Passon, Yoni Brook, Nicole Salazar; Executive Producers: Dawn Porter, Sally Jo Fifer, Lois Vossen, Ryan Chanatry, Gena Konstantinakos, Jeff Seelbach, Patty Quillin; Co-Executive Producers: Nion McEvoy, Leslie Berriman
BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
(Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer)
“Blindspotting,” Creators/Executive Producers: Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs; Executive Producers: Jess Wu Calder, Keith Calder, Ken Lee, Tim Palen, Emily Gerson Saines, Seith Mann
“It’s a Sin,” Executive Producers: Russell T Davies, Peter Hoar, Nicola Shindler
“Reservation Dogs,” Creators/Executive Producers: Sterlin Harjo, Taika Waititi; Executive Producer: Garrett Basch (Winner)
“The Underground Railroad,” Creator/Executive Producer: Barry Jenkins; Executive Producers: Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Colson Whitehead, Richard Heus, Jacqueline Hoyt
“We Are Lady Parts,” Creator: Nida Manzoor; Executive Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Surian Fletcher-Jones, Mark Freeland
BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Thuso Mbedu, “The Underground Railroad” (Winner)
Anjana Vasan, “We Are Lady Parts”
Jana Schmieding, “Rutherford Falls”
Jasmine Cephus Jones, “Blindspotting”
Deborah Ayorinde, “THEM: Covenant”
NetflixBEST MALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Lee Jung-jae, “Squid Game” (Winner)
Olly Alexander, “It’s a Sin”
Michael Greyeyes, “Rutherford Falls”
Murray Bartlett, “The White Lotus”
Ashley Thomas, “THEM: Covenant”
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
“Reservation Dogs,” Ensemble Cast: Devery Jacobs, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Lane Factor, Paulina Alexis, Sarah Podemski, Zahn McClarnon, Lil Mike, FunnyBone (Winner)
