Here are the Winners of the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards!
The Film Independent Spirit Awards have been dutifully assigned to their worthy recipients, thus putting a button on yet another great year of indie film and innovative visual storytelling. And as awards prognosticators now ponder their Oscar futures with this new data set and the tent falls around our knees, we want to shout out one more time all of the producers, writers, directors, performers and more who made this such a special experience.
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.
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Da’Vine Joy Randolph
The Holdovers
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Award given to the director and producer
Four Daughters
Director: Kaouther Ben Hania
Producers: Nadim Cheikhrouha
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Nick Offerman
The Last of Us
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Award given to the director
Anatomy of a Fall
Country: France
Director: Justine Triet
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Sammy Burch
May December
BEST SCREENPLAY
Cord Jefferson
American Fiction
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
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
BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Award given to the Creator, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer
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
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
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
BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
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
BEST EDITING
Daniel Garber
How to Blow Up a Pipeline
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Eigil Bryld
The Holdovers
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
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
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Dominic Sessa
The Holdovers
PRODUCERS AWARD
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.
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast
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
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Award given to the director and producer
Director: A.V. Rockwell
Producers: Julia Lebedev, Rishi Rajani, Eddie Vaisman, Lena Waithe, Brad Weston
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
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
BEST DIRECTOR
Celine Song
Past Lives
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Ali Wong
Beef
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Keivonn Montreal Woodward
The Last of Us
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE
Jeffrey Wright
American Fiction
BEST FEATURE
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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