2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards Winners – Deadline

The thirty sixth annual Movie Unbiased Spirit Awards are underway Thursday evening, with the ultimate huge awards present forward of the Oscars taking up a unique search for its digital version airing stay on IFC and AMC+ and hosted by SNL‘s Melissa Villaseñor. The marquee indie-focused awards present was compelled by the pandemic to maneuver to a digital ceremony from its regular spot on the seaside in Santa Monica, and away from its conventional day-before-the-Oscars date.

Within the movie races, Oscar frontrunner Nomadland from Searchlight has already received the Directing prize for Chloé Zhao. She additionally received for Enhancing, whereas Joshua James Richards took the prize for Cinematography. Riz Ahmed received Finest Male Lead for Sound of Steel, one in all three wins to this point for the Amazon Studios pic.

Earlier winners tonight embody Emerald Fennell’s screenplay for Focus Options’ Promising Younger Lady; she’s up for the Unique Screenplay Oscar on Sunday. Fellow Oscar Finest Image candidate Sound of Steel additionally took the Finest First Function for director Darius Marder and producers Invoice Benz, Kathy Benz, Bert Hamelinck and Sacha Ben Harroche, and Supporting Actor for Paul Raci, who signed all through his acceptance speech. His recommendation to different journeymen actors? “Don’t give up your day job, I by no means did,” he mentioned, smiling. “I nonetheless have it too.”

Minari‘s Yuh-jung Youn was named Supporting Actress to solidify her frontrunner standing for Sunday. Netflix’s Crip Camp received the Documentary Award, with Nicole Newnham thanking her government producers Barack and Michelle Obama.

“I feel that the movie that Nicole and I and Sarah made proves that genuine tales are issues that individuals actually, actually need to see, however it actually took individuals with disabilities engaged on the movie to essentially characterize us in a lightweight that we’ve actually hardly ever been seen in,” fellow director Jim LeBrecht mentioned.

Different winners tonight included Andy Siara profitable Finest First Screenplay for Palm Springs, whereas Amazon’s One Evening in Miami director Regina King and the ensemble solid was honored with the Robert Altman Award.

The Spirits are introducing 5 new TV classes this 12 months, and HBO’s smash I Could Destroy You received Finest New Scripted Collection to go together with a beforehand introduced Ensemble award, whereas Netflix’s Unorthodox stars Shira Haas and Amit Rahav swept the Feminine and Male Efficiency in a Scripted Collection honors, respectively.

Nonetheless to come back is the Finest Function class, the place the nominees embody tonight’s main nom-getter By no means Hardly ever Generally All the time, Oscar Finest Image nominees Nomadland and Minari, Ma Rainey’s Black Backside and First Cow. As per the norm, solely films made for a price range of $22.5 million or decrease are eligible, which means we received’t see the likes of different Oscar Finest Pic hopefuls tonight like The Trial of the Chicago 7 or Mank. Nonetheless, Netflix lead all retailers with 16 noms coming in.

Try the winners checklist under as we replace all through the night.

BEST FEATURE

Nomadland

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Carey Mulligan, Promising Younger Lady

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
(The Somebody to Watch Award acknowledges a gifted filmmaker of singular imaginative and prescient who has not but obtained acceptable recognition)

EKWA MSANGI

Director of Farewell Amor

BEST MALE LEAD

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Steel

PRODUCERS AWARD
(The Producers Award honors rising producers who, regardless of extremely restricted sources, display the creativity, tenacity and imaginative and prescient required to provide high quality impartial movies)

Gerry Kim

BEST DIRECTOR

Chloé Zhao, Nomadland

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES

IMMIGRATION NATION

Govt Producers: Christina Clusiau, Shaul Schwarz, Dan Cogan, Jenny Raskin, Brandon Hill, Christian Thompson

Co-Govt Producers: Andrey Alistratov, Jay Arthur Sterrenberg, Lauren Haber

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

RESIDUE

Author/Director: Merawi Gerima

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Joshua James Richards, Nomadland