Celine Song91裸聊视频檚 quiet romance 91裸聊视频淧ast Lives91裸聊视频� won two of the biggest awards at the Film Independent Spirit Awards Sunday afternoon, including best feature and best director. Other big winners were Cord Jefferson91裸聊视频檚 comedic satire 91裸聊视频� American Fiction,91裸聊视频� with Jeffrey Wright winning for lead performer; and Alexander Payne91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频� The Holdovers,91裸聊视频� which won prizes for Da91裸聊视频橵ine Joy Randolph and Dominic Sessa.
The 39th edition of the show was held Sunday in a beachside tent in Santa Monica, California, and streamed live on IMDb and Film Independent91裸聊视频檚 YouTube channels and X accounts.
91裸聊视频淭hank you so much for letting me share what it feels like to be human, to love and be loved, and thank you for loving our film,91裸聊视频� Song said in accepting the directing prize.
Her film was among the top nominated at the show, alongside 91裸聊视频淢ay December,91裸聊视频� which won only one award (for Samy Burch91裸聊视频檚 first screenplay) and 91裸聊视频淎merican Fiction,91裸聊视频� which fared better.
Wright won for playing a frustrated author who becomes wildly successful by writing something he hates in 91裸聊视频淎merican Fiction.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淵ou go to these awards shows, you kind of grow tired of them,91裸聊视频� Wright said. 91裸聊视频淎nd then you get one, and it kind of changes the vibe a little bit.91裸聊视频�
He noted that it was made independently because 91裸聊视频渘obody wanted to finance it.91裸聊视频�
The Spirit Awards sit firmly within the larger Hollywood awards season, which culminates with the Oscars on March 10. But with a budget cap of $20 million for nominees, the show celebrates films that sometimes go unheralded, or at least under-nominated, at the bigger shows.
91裸聊视频淲elcome to the Film Independent Spirit Awards, also known as the bisexual oscars,91裸聊视频� host Aidy Bryant said. Bryant called it 91裸聊视频渢he only place in the world where $20 million is like no money.91裸聊视频�
Randolph continued her sweep of the broader season, winning best supporting performance for playing the grieving cook Mary Lamb in 91裸聊视频淭he Holdovers.91裸聊视频� Not 24 hours ago, right across town, she also picked up the best supporting actress award at the SAG Awards.
91裸聊视频淚ndependent films are the beating heart of our industry, and they are worth fighting for,91裸聊视频� Randolph said. She did, however, wish that they might have been able to afford heated seats while filming in Boston in the winter.
Randolph beat out the likes of Anne Hathaway (91裸聊视频淓ileen91裸聊视频�), Charles Melton (91裸聊视频淢ay December91裸聊视频�) and Sterling K. Brown (91裸聊视频淎merican Fiction91裸聊视频�) for the prize. The Spirit Awards switched to gender neutral acting awards in 2022. The first awards were given at the 2023 show.
Her co-star, Sessa, later won the breakthrough prize.
91裸聊视频淚 promise it91裸聊视频檚 not all downhill from here,91裸聊视频� Sessa said, thanking his high school acting teachers.
Last year, 91裸聊视频淓verything Everywhere All At Once91裸聊视频� swept the Spirit Awards before going on to do the same at the Oscars. But this year, many top Oscar contenders 91裸聊视频� including 91裸聊视频淥ppenheimer,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淏arbie91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淜illers of the Flower Moon91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频� would not have qualified.
Kaouther Ben Hania91裸聊视频檚 film 91裸聊视频淔our Daughters,91裸聊视频� which is nominated for the corresponding Oscar, won best documentary. And Justine Triet91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淎natomy of a Fall, 91裸聊视频� also nominated for best picture at the Oscars, won best international feature over 91裸聊视频淭he Zone of Interest.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淟os Angeles has a special place in my heart. It91裸聊视频檚 the city of John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands,91裸聊视频� Triet said. 91裸聊视频淲ithout discovering them at their films at the age of 20, I wouldn91裸聊视频檛 have had the desire to make my own films and I wouldn91裸聊视频檛 be here today.91裸聊视频�
The Cassavetes ethos actually has its own award, honoring a film made for under $1 million. That prize went this year to 91裸聊视频淔remont,91裸聊视频� about an Afghan translator working for a Chinese fortune cookie factory.
The show had some unexpected background noise, from one man with a loudspeaker conducting a pro-Palestine protest outside the tent that lasted for some time.
91裸聊视频淲e are at the beach, and people are celebrating their freedom of speech,91裸聊视频� Bryant said.
The shouting outside disrupted Jim Gaffigan91裸聊视频檚 tribute to 91裸聊视频淛ury Duty91裸聊视频� and many more winners91裸聊视频� speeches. Comedian Jimmy O. Yang, speaking from the stage to present the best cinematography award, assumed it was a heckler outside.
Later, 91裸聊视频淔remont91裸聊视频� filmmaker Babak Jalali said he was sure that what was being said outside the tent was much more important than anything he had to say.
The Spirit Awards also honor television. Netflix91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淏eef91裸聊视频� won best new scripted series and Ali Wong picked up best lead performance.
Nick Offerman won best supporting performance in a new scripted series for his turn in 91裸聊视频淭he Last of Us.91裸聊视频� And 11-year-old actor Keivonn Montreal Woodard also won the breakthrough performance award for a new scripted series for 91裸聊视频淭he Last of Us,91裸聊视频� giving his acceptance speech in American Sign Language.
Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press
