Celine Song香蕉视频直播檚 quiet romance 香蕉视频直播淧ast Lives香蕉视频直播� 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 Jefferson香蕉视频直播檚 comedic satire 香蕉视频直播� American Fiction,香蕉视频直播� with Jeffrey Wright winning for lead performer; and Alexander Payne香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播� The Holdovers,香蕉视频直播� which won prizes for Da香蕉视频直播橵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 Independent香蕉视频直播檚 YouTube channels and X accounts.
香蕉视频直播淭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,香蕉视频直播� Song said in accepting the directing prize.
Her film was among the top nominated at the show, alongside 香蕉视频直播淢ay December,香蕉视频直播� which won only one award (for Samy Burch香蕉视频直播檚 first screenplay) and 香蕉视频直播淎merican Fiction,香蕉视频直播� which fared better.
Wright won for playing a frustrated author who becomes wildly successful by writing something he hates in 香蕉视频直播淎merican Fiction.香蕉视频直播�
香蕉视频直播淵ou go to these awards shows, you kind of grow tired of them,香蕉视频直播� Wright said. 香蕉视频直播淎nd then you get one, and it kind of changes the vibe a little bit.香蕉视频直播�
He noted that it was made independently because 香蕉视频直播渘obody wanted to finance it.香蕉视频直播�
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.
香蕉视频直播淲elcome to the Film Independent Spirit Awards, also known as the bisexual oscars,香蕉视频直播� host Aidy Bryant said. Bryant called it 香蕉视频直播渢he only place in the world where $20 million is like no money.香蕉视频直播�
Randolph continued her sweep of the broader season, winning best supporting performance for playing the grieving cook Mary Lamb in 香蕉视频直播淭he Holdovers.香蕉视频直播� Not 24 hours ago, right across town, she also picked up the best supporting actress award at the SAG Awards.
香蕉视频直播淚ndependent films are the beating heart of our industry, and they are worth fighting for,香蕉视频直播� 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 (香蕉视频直播淓ileen香蕉视频直播�), Charles Melton (香蕉视频直播淢ay December香蕉视频直播�) and Sterling K. Brown (香蕉视频直播淎merican Fiction香蕉视频直播�) 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.
香蕉视频直播淚 promise it香蕉视频直播檚 not all downhill from here,香蕉视频直播� Sessa said, thanking his high school acting teachers.
Last year, 香蕉视频直播淓verything Everywhere All At Once香蕉视频直播� swept the Spirit Awards before going on to do the same at the Oscars. But this year, many top Oscar contenders 香蕉视频直播� including 香蕉视频直播淥ppenheimer,香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播淏arbie香蕉视频直播� and 香蕉视频直播淜illers of the Flower Moon香蕉视频直播� 香蕉视频直播� would not have qualified.
Kaouther Ben Hania香蕉视频直播檚 film 香蕉视频直播淔our Daughters,香蕉视频直播� which is nominated for the corresponding Oscar, won best documentary. And Justine Triet香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播淎natomy of a Fall, 香蕉视频直播� also nominated for best picture at the Oscars, won best international feature over 香蕉视频直播淭he Zone of Interest.香蕉视频直播�
香蕉视频直播淟os Angeles has a special place in my heart. It香蕉视频直播檚 the city of John Cassavetes and Gena Rowlands,香蕉视频直播� Triet said. 香蕉视频直播淲ithout discovering them at their films at the age of 20, I wouldn香蕉视频直播檛 have had the desire to make my own films and I wouldn香蕉视频直播檛 be here today.香蕉视频直播�
The Cassavetes ethos actually has its own award, honoring a film made for under $1 million. That prize went this year to 香蕉视频直播淔remont,香蕉视频直播� 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.
香蕉视频直播淲e are at the beach, and people are celebrating their freedom of speech,香蕉视频直播� Bryant said.
The shouting outside disrupted Jim Gaffigan香蕉视频直播檚 tribute to 香蕉视频直播淛ury Duty香蕉视频直播� and many more winners香蕉视频直播� speeches. Comedian Jimmy O. Yang, speaking from the stage to present the best cinematography award, assumed it was a heckler outside.
Later, 香蕉视频直播淔remont香蕉视频直播� 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. Netflix香蕉视频直播檚 香蕉视频直播淏eef香蕉视频直播� 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 香蕉视频直播淭he Last of Us.香蕉视频直播� And 11-year-old actor Keivonn Montreal Woodard also won the breakthrough performance award for a new scripted series for 香蕉视频直播淭he Last of Us,香蕉视频直播� giving his acceptance speech in American Sign Language.
Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press
