The BAFTAs may not have shown much love to Everything Everywhere All at Once, but that wasn’t the case at last night’s Film Independent Spirit Awards where the film cleaned up with seven wins in total, seemingly cementing its place as front-runner heading into the Academy Awards. The A24-released EEAOA took home the top prize, […]
Everything Everywhere All At Once leads 2023 Spirit Awards nominations but The Whale is shut out
As awards season begins to heat up, the nominations for the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards have been announced, with Daniels’ Everything Everywhere All At Once leading the pack with eight nominations in total including Best Feature, Best Director and Best Lead Performance (Michelle Yeoh). The Best Feature award sees the A24 title nominated alongside […]
2015 Film Independent Spirit Award nominations announced: Birdman, Boyhood, Nightcrawler among leaders
The Film Independent Spirit Awards are back with their list of the 2015 nominations. Leading the pack is the existential comedy Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) with a whopping six nominations, including one for actor Michael Keaton and one for director Alejandro G. Iñárritu. Closely following with a solid five nominations are Boyhood, […]
Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Lost Daughter wins big at the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards
The winners of the 37th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced in Hollywood on Sunday, with Maggie Gyllenhaal’s feature directorial debut The Lost Daughter taking home the top honour, adding the Best Feature award to Gyllenhaal’s two wins for Best Director and Best Screenplay. Other winners from the ceremony included Simon Rex (Red Rocket) […]
Never Rarely Sometimes Always leads nominations for 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards
The nominations for the 36th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards have been announced today, with Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always leading the pack with seven nominations in total including Best Feature, Best Director (Hittman) and Best Female Lead (Sidney Flanigan). Nominated alongside Never Rarely Sometimes Always for Best Feature are Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow […]
The Farewell and Uncut Gems among winners of the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards
The winners of the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced last night, with Lulu Wang’s The Farewell taking home the prize for Best Feature, and Adam Sandler shaking off his Oscar snub to take the award for Best Actor for Uncut Gems. Along with Best Actor, Uncut Gems was also honoured with Best Director […]
Uncut Gems and The Lighthouse lead the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations
The nominees for the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced today in Los Angeles, with A24’s Uncut Gems and The Lighthouse leading the pack with five nominations apiece, followed by Amazon Studios’ Honey Boy on four. Uncut Gems was the only one of the three to pick up a Best Feature nod – an […]
Winners of the 2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards announced
Ahead of tonight’s Academy Awards, the 30th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced last night in Santa Barbara, California. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman claimed the most awards, taking home three gongs including Best Feature, although Iñárritu lost out in the Best Director category to Richard Linklater for Boyhood. In the acting categories, Julianne Moore […]
If Beale Street Could Talk leads winners of 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards
Ahead of tonight’s Academy Awards, the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards were presented last night, with If Beale Street Could Talk taking home the top prize, the Best Feature Award. Beale Street also collected Best Director (Barry Jenkins) and Best Supporting Female Actor (Regina King), while other winners included Sorry to Bother You (Best First […]
Nominations for the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards announced
With awards season heating up, the nominations for the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards have been announced, with director Jeremiah Zager’s We the Animals leading the field with five nominations in total. The coming of age tale was however overlooked in the Best Feature category, with the top honour set to be contested by Eighth Grade, […]
