It’s that time of year again! Movies and shows were made, movies and shows were released, movies and shows were watched, and now movies and shows need to be given trophies. The FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS came back for the 38th year, honoring the best films, filmmakers, series, and performers of 2022. The beachside gala took place on March 4, 2023, in Santa Monica, CA, hosted by Hasan Minhaj and streamed live on IMDb’s and Film Independent’s YouTube channels. SAGindie was in attendance (jealous?), but one thing that everyone can participate in is checking out the winners and judging for yourself if they were worthy of the top prizes!
See the full list of all nominees and winners below.
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2023 Spirit Awards Nominees & Winners
Feature Awards
Best Feature
Best First Feature
John Cassavetes Award (for best film made for under $1 million)
Best Director
- Todd Field (Tár)
- Kogonada (After Yang)
- Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once) – WINNER
- Sarah Polley (Women Talking)
- Halina Reijn (Bodies Bodies Bodies)
Best Lead Performance
- Cate Blanchett (Tár)
- Dale Dickey (A Love Song)
- Mia Goth (Pearl)
- Regina Hall (Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.)
- Paul Mescal (Aftersun)
- Aubrey Plaza (Emily the Criminal)
- Jeremy Pope (The Inspection)
- Andrea Riseborough (To Leslie)
- Taylor Russell (Bones and All)
- Michelle Yeoh (Everything Everywhere All at Once) – WINNER
Best Supporting Performance
- Jamie Lee Curtis (Everything Everywhere All at Once)
- Brian Tyree Henry (Causeway)
- Nina Hoss (Tár)
- Brian d’Arcy James (The Cathedral)
- Ke Huy Quan (Everything Everywhere All at Once) – WINNER
- Trevante Rhodes (Bruiser)
- Theo Rossi (Emily the Criminal)
- Mark Rylance (Bones and All)
- Jonathan Tucker (Palm Trees and Power Lines)
- Gabrielle Union (The Inspection)
Best Breakthrough Performance
- Frankie Corio (Aftersun)
- Gracija Filipovic (Murina)
- Stephanie Hsu (Everything Everywhere All at Once) – WINNER
- Lily McInerny (Palm Trees and Power Lines)
- Daniel Zolghadri (Funny Pages)
Best Screenplay
- Lena Dunham (Catherine Called Birdy)
- Todd Field (Tár)
- Kogonada (After Yang)
- Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert (Everything Everywhere All at Once) – WINNER
- Sarah Polley (Women Talking)
Best First Screenplay
- Joel Kim Booster (Fire Island)
- Jamie Dack & Audrey Findlay (Palm Trees and Power Lines)
- K.D. Dávila (Emergency)
- Sarah DeLappe & Kristen Roupenian (Bodies Bodies Bodies)
- John Patton Ford (Emily the Criminal) – WINNER
Best Cinematography
- Florian Hoffmeister (Tár) – WINNER
- Hélène Louvart (Murina)
- Gregory Oke (Aftersun)
- Eliot Rockett (Pearl)
- Anisia Uzeyman (Neptune Frost)
Best Editing
- Ricky D’Ambrose (The Cathedral)
- Dean Fleischer Camp & Nick Paley (Marcel the Shell with Shoes On)
- Blair McClendon (Aftersun)
- Paul Rogers (Everything Everywhere All at Once) – WINNER
- Monika Willi (Tár)
Best International Feature
- Corsage (Austria/Luxembourg/France/Belgium/Italy/England)
- Joyland (Pakistan/USA) – WINNER
- Leonor Will Never Die (Philippines)
- Return to Seoul (South Korea/France/Belgium/Romania)
- Saint Omer (France)
Best Documentary
- All That Breathes
- All the Beauty and the Bloodshed – WINNER
- A House Made of Splinters
- Midwives
- Riotsville, U.S.A.
Robert Altman Award (for best ensemble casting)
- Women Talking – WINNER
Emerging Filmmaker Awards
Someone to Watch Award
- Adamma Ebo (Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.)
- Nikyatu Jusu (Nanny) – WINNER
- Araceli Lemos (Holy Emy)
Producers Award
Truer Than Fiction Award
- Isabel Castro (Mija)
- Reid Davenport (I Didn’t See You There) – WINNER
- Rebecca Huntt (Beba)
TV Awards
Best New Scripted Series
Best New Non-Scripted/Documentary Series
- Children of the Underground
- Mind Over Murder
- Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?
- The Rehearsal – WINNER
- We Need to Talk About Cosby
Best Lead Performance in a Scripted Series
- Aml Ameen (The Porter)
- Mohammed Amer (Mo)
- Quinta Brunson (Abbott Elementary) – WINNER
- Bridget Everett (Somebody Somewhere)
- KaMillion (Rap Sh!t)
- Melanie Lynskey (Yellowjackets)
- Himesh Patel (Station Eleven)
- Sue Anne Pien (As We See It)
- Adam Scott (Severance)
- Ben Whishaw (This Is Going to Hurt)
Best Supporting Performance in a Scripted Series
- Danielle Deadwyler (Station Eleven)
- Ayo Edebiri (The Bear) – WINNER
- Jeff Hiller (Somebody Somewhere)
- Gbemisola Ikumelo (A League of Their Own)
- Janelle James (Abbott Elementary)
- Ebon Moss-Bachrach (The Bear)
- Frankie Quinones (This Fool)
- Sheryl Lee Ralph (Abbott Elementary)
- Molly Shannon (I Love That For You)
- Trammell Tillman (Severance)
Best Ensemble in a Scripted Series
- Pachinko – WINNER
CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR’S SPIRIT WINNERS!
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