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On Thursday night, Carey Mulligan won the Independent Spirit Award for Best Female lead for her Promising Young Woman performance. But her acceptance speech during the virtual show ended on a poignant and heartfelt note, as she dedicated her award to the recently passed actress Helen McCrory. Mulligan said, “She was a…

On Thursday night, Nomadland‘s Oscars push was further bolstered by four wins at the virtually held 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards, in the categories of Best Picture, Director, Editing and Cinematography. The former award went to producers Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Frances McDormand, Peter Spears and Chloé Zhao…

Searchlight’s Nomadland won the marquee Best Feature category on Thursday to cap the 36th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, the final big awards show ahead of Sunday’s Oscars. The Chloé Zhao film, a frontrunner all movie-awards season, won a leading four trophies tonight in the virtual ceremony, including…

The 36th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards are set for Thursday live at 10 p.m. ET/PT exclusively on IFC and AMC+, with Saturday Night Live‘s Melissa Villaseñor as host of the two-hour ceremony, which will be virtual this year because of the pandemic. In another twist from the norm, the Spirits this year moved off…

Judas and the Black Messiah director Shaka King on Tuesday was named honorary chair of the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards, which are set to air April 22 on IFC and AMC+. The news comes a day after King and Judas picked up a pair of Oscar nominations — for Best Picture on which King was a producer and Best…

With the Oscars and the Golden Globes overlooking female directors this year, it was the Independent Spirit Awards who outdid them by handing its Best Feature award to Lulu Wang’s The Farewell, Best First Feature to Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart and Best Documentary to Julia Reichert’s American Factory. “We’re so much…

Aubrey Plaza will return as host of the Spirit Awards, Film Independent’s marquee indie film awards show that is set for February 8, 2020 live on IFC from the beach just north of the Santa Monica Pier. Plaza debuted as host for last year’s Spirits, when she took over duties from John Mulaney and Nick Kroll, who had…

A24’s Adam Sandler thriller Uncut Gems and Robert Eggers’ spooky black-and-white movie The Lighthouse led the Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations Thursday morning with five noms apiece, followed by Amazon’s Honey Boy scripted by Shia LeBeouf and based on his rocky childhood. For a fourth straight year, A24 lead…

Trophies were handed out at the 34th edition of the Film Independent Spirit Awards with Barry Jenkins’s adaptation of James Baldwin’s If Beale Street Could Talk walking away with the most trophies including Best Feature, Best Director for Jenkins and Best Supporting Female for Regina King. Of the three awards for Beale…

From the chilly beach in Santa Monica, the 34th edition of the Film Independent Spirit Awards took place today on the eve of the Academy Awards. Hosted by Ingrid Goes West star (which won last year for Best First Feature) and Parks and Recreation alum Aubrey Plaza, the ceremony recognizes the best in independent film…

The 34th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards are set for Saturday at 2 PM PT/5 PM ET airing live on IFC and Facebook Watch from the beach near the Santa Monica pier. The show, which awards the year’s best in indie films, will be hosted by Aubrey Plaza, who seems likely to take advantage of the network’s boast that…

Aubrey Plaza has been set to host the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards, which are set to air live from Santa Monica on February 23 on IFC. She will take over duties from John Mulaney and Nick Kroll, who co-hosted the marquee indie film event for the past two years. This year’s ceremony will include a Best Feature…