The 41st Film Independent Spirit Awards took place Sunday afternoon at the Hollywood Palladium as the organization recognized the year’s best in indie movies and TV.
Favorites Train Dreams and Sorry, Baby were multi-award winners, with the former taking home Best Feature, Director and Cinematography and the latter being awarded with Best Screenplay and Supporting Performance. Alex Russell’s Lurker also won twice, for Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay. However, the winningest project of the night was Netflix’s TV series Adolescence, which took home four statuettes.
Other Spirits awardees looking to repeat win at the Oscars include Rose Byrne, who won Best Performance for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You; Adolpho Veloso, who won Best Cinematography for Train Dreams; The Perfect Neighbor, which won Best Documentary and The Secret Agent (Brazil), which took home Best International Film.
If last year — when Anora won a trio of Spirit Awards (Best Feature, Best Director for Sean Baker and Best Actress for Mikey Madison) and followed that up with wins in those categories at the Oscars — is any indication, Train Dreams will surely be a strong contender to watch during film’s biggest night March 15.
This year’s ceremony, hosted by SNL alum Ego Nwodim, continued an evolution for the Spirits, which used to take place the the day before the Oscars. It has shifted nearer to the middle of awards season more recently, and this year marked the event’s inaugural ceremony at the Palladium after years on the beach at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.
Below is this year’s full winners list.
Films
BEST SCREENPLAY
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Perfect Neighbor
Director: Geeta Gandbhir
Producers: Gandbhir, Sam Bisbee, Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
Director/Writer: Kleber Mendonça Filho
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Alex Russell, Lurker
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Naomi Ackie, Sorry, Baby
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
Esta Isla (This Island)
Directors/Writers/Producers: Cristian Carretero, Lorraine Jones Molina
Writer: Kisha Tikina Burgos
BEST EDITING
SofÃa Subercaseaux, The Testament of Ann Lee
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHYÂ
Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Kayo Martin, The Plague
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Lurker
Director: Alex Russell
Producers: Galen Core, Archie Madekwe, Marc Marrie, Charlie McDowell, Francesco Melzi D’Eril, Duncan Montgomery, Alex Orlovsky, Olmo Schnabel, Jack Selby
BEST DIRECTORÂ
Clint Bentley, Train Dreams
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCEÂ
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
BEST FEATURE
Train Dreams
Producers: Michael Heimler, Will Janowitz, Marissa McMahon, Ashley Schlaifer, Teddy Schwarzman
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
The Long Walk
Director: Francis Lawrence
Casting Director: Rich Delia
Ensemble cast: Judy Greer, Mark Hamill, Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Tut Nyuot, Joshua Odjick, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Garrett Wareing
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Tatti Ribeiro, director of Valentina
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Rajee Samarasinghe, director of Your Touch Makes Others Invisible
PRODUCERS AWARD
Tony Yang
Television
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Erin Doherty, Adolescence
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Owen Cooper, Adolescence
BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Adolescence
Creators/Executive Producers: Jack Thorne, Stephen Graham
Executive Producers: Philip Barantini, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Nina Wolarsky, Hannah Walters, Mark Herbert, Emily Feller
Co-Executive Producers: Carina Sposato, Niall Shamma, Peter Balm
BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Pee-wee as Himself
Executive Producers: Matt Wolf, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Paul Reubens, Candace Tomarken, Kyle Martin, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Stephen Graham, Adolescence
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Chief of War
Ensemble Cast: Charlie Brumbly, Luciane Buchanan, Cliff Curtis, Brandon Finn, Moses Goods, Te Ao o Hinepehinga, Benjamin Hoetjes, Siua Ikale’o, Keala Kahuanui-Paleka, Mainei Kinimaka, Kaina Makua, Jason Momoa, Temuera Morrison, Te Kohe Tuhaka, James Udom