40th Spirit Awards Give Top Prizes to ‘Anora’

The 40th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards were held this evening, signaling one of the final awards of the season. Anora led the way with three wins, taking Best Feature, Best Director for Sean Baker, and Best Lead Performance for Mikey Madison. You can see the full list of winners in all categories below, while other precursors are still to come this weekend, so stay tuned there…

Here are the results of the 40th Film Independent Spirit Awards

FILM CATEGORIES
 
Best Feature
Anora (NEON)
Producers: Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan
 
Best Director
Sean Baker, Anora (NEON)
 
Best Screenplay
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
 
Best First Feature
Dìdi (Focus Features)
Director: Sean Wang
Producers: Valerie Bush, Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters
 
Best First Screenplay
Sean Wang, Dìdi (Focus Features)
 
John Cassavetes Award
(for best feature made under $1,000,000)
Girls Will Be Girls (Juno Films)
Writer/Director/Producer: Shuchi Talati
Producers: Richa Chadha, Claire Chassagne
 
Best Breakthrough Performance
Maisy Stella, My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios)
 
Best Supporting Performance
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
 
Best Lead Performance
Mikey Madison, Anora (NEON)
 
Robert Altman Award
His Three Daughters (Netflix)
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 Cinematography
Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys (Amazon MGM Studios)
 
Best Editing
Hansjörg Weissbrich, September 5 (Paramount Pictures)
 
Best International Film
Flow (Sideshow and Janus Films)
Director: Gints Zilbalodis
 
Best Documentary
No Other Land 
Director: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Producer: Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning
 
Someone to Watch
Sarah Friedland, Familiar Touch
 
Truer Than Fiction
Rachel Elizabeth Seed, A Photographic Memory
 
Producers Award
Sarah Winshall
 
TELEVISION CATEGORIES
 
Best New Scripted Series
Shōgun (FX)
Creators/Executive Producers: Rachel Kondo, Justin Marks
Executive Producers: Edward L. McDonnell, Michael De Luca, Michael Clavell
Co-Executive Producers: Shannon Goss, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Jamie Vega Wheeler
 
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
Hollywood Black (MGM+)
Executive Producers: Shayla Harris, Dave Sirulnick, Stacey Reiss, Jon Kamen, Justin Simien, Kyle Laursen, Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jeffrey Schwarz, Amy Goodman Kass, Michael Wright, Jill Burkhard
Co-Executive Producers: David C. Brown, Laurens Grant
 
Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series
Nava Mau, Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
 
Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series
Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
 
Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series
Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer (Netflix)
 
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
How to Die Alone (Hulu)
Ensemble Cast: Melissa DuPrey, Jaylee Hamidi, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Arkie Kandola, Elle Lorraine, Michelle McLeod, Chris “CP” Powell, Conrad Ricamora, Natasha Rothwell, Jocko Sims