This year’s ceremony streamed live on IMDb’s YouTube and across other social platforms, including Film Independent’s own YouTube channel and Twitter (or “X” if you’re being pedantic). The full livestream (see below) will remain available to watch On Demand for the next eight weeks, which highlights, behind-the-scenes moments, arrival carpet interviews and more will are available at filmindependent.org and wherever fine entertainment journalism prevails. Da’Vine Joy Randolph The Holdovers Award given to the director and producer Four Daughters Director: Kaouther Ben Hania Producers: Nadim Cheikhrouha Nick Offerman The Last of Us Award given to the director Anatomy of a Fall Country: France Director: Justine Triet Sammy Burch May December Cord Jefferson American Fiction Jury Duty Ensemble Cast: Alan Barinholtz, Susan Berger, Cassandra Blair, David Brown, Kirk Fox, Ross Kimball, Pramode Kumar, Trisha LaFache, Mekki Leeper, James Marsden, Edy Modica, Kerry O’Neill, Rashida Olayiwola, Whitney Rice, Maria Russell, Ishmel Sahid, Ben Seaward, Ron Song, Evan Williams Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer Beef Creator/Executive Producer: Lee Sung Jin Executive Producers: Steven Yeun, Ali Wong, Jake Schreier, Ravi Nandan, Alli Reich Co-Executive Producers: Alice Ju, Carrie Kemper The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 28th year, is presented to an emerging director of nonfiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. Set Hernandez Unseen Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer Dear Mama Executive Producers: Lasse Järvi, Quincy “QD3” Jones III, Staci Robinson, Nelson George, Charles D. King, Peter Nelson, Adel “Future” Nur, Jamal Joseph, Ted Skillman, Allen Hughes, Steve Berman, Marc Cimino, Jody Gerson, John Janick, Nicholas Ferrall, Nigel Sinclair Daniel Garber How to Blow Up a Pipeline Eigil Bryld The Holdovers Presented by Stella Artois The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 30th year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. Monica Sorelle Mountains Dominic Sessa The Holdovers Presented by Bulleit Frontier Whiskey The Producers Award, now in its 26th year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films. Monique Walton Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast Showing Up Director: Kelly Reichardt Casting Director: Gayle Keller Ensemble Cast: André Benjamin, Hong Chau, Judd Hirsch, Heather Lawless, James Le Gros, John Magaro, Matt Malloy, Amanda Plummer, Maryann Plunkett, Denzel Rodriguez, Michelle Williams Award given to the director and producer A Thousand and One Director: A.V. Rockwell Producers: Julia Lebedev, Rishi Rajani, Eddie Vaisman, Lena Waithe, Brad Weston Given to the best feature made for under $1,000,000; award given to the writer, director and producer Fremont Writer/Director: Babak Jalali Writer: Carolina Cavalli Producers: Rachael Fung, Chris Martin, Marjaneh Moghimi, George Rush, Sudnya Shroff, Laura Wagner Celine Song Past Lives Ali Wong Beef Keivonn Montreal Woodward The Last of Us Jeffrey Wright American Fiction Award given to the producer(s) Past Lives Producers: David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon Relive your favorite #SpiritAwards moments on YouTube and be sure to check back with the blog for more Spirit Awards recaps and exclusive content in the coming days.
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