38th Independent Spirit Awards

The 38th Film Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best independent films and television series of 2022, were presented by Film Independent on March 4, 2023.[1][2][3][4][5] The film nominations were announced live via YouTube on November 22, 2022 by Raúl Castillo and Taylour Paige, while the television nominations were announced on December 13, 2022 by Asia Kate Dillon.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

38th Independent Spirit Awards
Awarded forBest in independent film and independent television
DateMarch 4, 2023
SiteSanta Monica Pier
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Hosted byHasan Minhaj
Highlights
Best FeatureEverything Everywhere All at Once
Most awardsEverything Everywhere All at Once (7)
Most nominationsEverything Everywhere All at Once (8)
Television coverage
NetworkYouTube
(through @filmindependent + @imdb)

Like last year, the ceremony was separated from its previous longtime berth on the day before the Academy Awards. Instead, there were eight days separating the ceremonies, with the 95th Academy Awards taking place on March 12, 2023. This ceremony occurred during the middle of final Oscar voting, taking place between March 2 and March 7, meaning the winners of this year's Independent Spirit Awards may have had an impact on Oscar voters.[2][13][14][15]

For the first time since 1997, the ceremony wasn't broadcast live on the American basic cable channel IFC but instead streamed live on IMDb's YouTube channel, as well as both Film Independent's YouTube channel and Twitter.[16] American comedian Hasan Minhaj hosted the ceremony.[17][18][19]

The A24 absurdist comedy drama Everything Everywhere All at Once won seven awards, including Best Feature, sweeping every category it was nominated for and winning the most awards for a single film in the history of the Independent Spirit Awards.[5]

Changes

This year, gender-neutral categories were introduced. The organization has switched the traditionally separated male and female lead and supporting categories for film and television, and instead combined them with ten nominations each in two new categories: Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance. The same has become true for the television categories with Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series as well as the newly added award for Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series. Additionally, a retired film category was re-introduced: Best Breakthrough Performance; it was discontinued in 2005, but is limited to only five nominees. Film Independent has also increased the budget cap for eligible films to $30 million to account for the rising cost of production. Over the years, the budget cap has increased incrementally from $20 million in 2006 to $22.5 million in 2019. The budget cap for the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award, presented to a film's writer, director and producer, also increased from $500K to $1 million. In response to the continuing effects of COVID-19 on filmmakers and the industry, Film Independent once again waived the theatrical run typically required for eligibility, ensuring more opportunities for independent filmmakers to be recognized and celebrated.[1][2][3][20][21][22]

Winners and nominees

Film

 
Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan, Best Feature co-winners, and Best Director and Best Screenplay winners
 
Michelle Yeoh, Best Lead Performance winner
 
Ke Huy Quan, Best Supporting Performance winner
 
Stephanie Hsu, Best Breakthrough Performance winner
 
Sarah Polley, Robert Altman Award co-winner
Best Feature Best Director

Everything Everywhere All at Once

Daniel Kwan and Daniel ScheinertEverything Everywhere All at Once

Best Lead Performance Best Supporting Performance

Michelle YeohEverything Everywhere All at Once as Evelyn Wang

Ke Huy QuanEverything Everywhere All at Once as Waymond Wang

Best Breakthrough Performance Best Screenplay

Stephanie HsuEverything Everywhere All at Once as Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki

Daniel Kwan and Daniel ScheinertEverything Everywhere All at Once

Best First Feature Best First Screenplay

Aftersun

John Patton Ford – Emily the Criminal

Best Documentary Feature Best International Film

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

Joyland (  Pakistan /   USA)

Best Cinematography Best Editing

Florian HoffmeisterTár

Paul RogersEverything Everywhere All at Once

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that won multiple awards
Awards Film
7 Everything Everywhere All at Once

Television

Best New Scripted Series Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series

The Bear (FX on Hulu)

The Rehearsal (HBO)

Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series

Quinta BrunsonAbbott Elementary as Janine Teagues (ABC)

Ayo EdebiriThe Bear as Sydney Adamu (FX on Hulu)

Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series

Pachinko – Soji Arai, Jin Ha, Inji Jeong, Minha Kim, Kaho Minami, Lee Minho, Steve Sanghyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson, and Yuh-jung Youn

Series with multiple nominations and awards

Series that received multiple nominations
Nominations Series
3 Abbott Elementary
The Bear
Severance
Station Eleven
2 The Porter
Somebody Somewhere
Series that won multiple awards
Wins Series
2 The Bear

Special awards

(The award is given to the best feature made for under $1,000,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)

The Cathedral

(The award is given to the film's director, casting director, and ensemble cast)

Emerging Filmmakers Awards

Producers Award

The award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films.

  • Tory Lenosky
    • Liz Cardenas
    • David Grove Churchill Viste

The award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.

Truer than Fiction Award

The award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition.

See also

References

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