The 2024 Spirit Independent Film Awards kicked off Sunday on the beach in Santa Monica, celebrating the year’s best independent films and television as film awards season reaches its peak.
Check out the list of live deadline winners below and keep checking back as more prizes are awarded.
Aidy Bryant is hosting this year, presiding over a ceremony that will crown the winner of the Best Feature award, which will come from five nominees: A24’s past life, Netflix May DecemberAmazon MGM Studios American fantasythe scout We are all strangersSony Pictures Classics’ We have grown now And mobi Corridors.
Already today, Oscar nominees Da’Vine Joy Randolph Retainers won the Spirit Award in the gender-neutral category for Best Supporting Performance, and Anatomy of a Fall won for Best International Film and Four girls It won the Best Documentary Award. The last of us He has won twice so far on the television side, for performances by Nick Offerman and Kevon Montreal Woodard.
Last year, remember that other A24 photo, Everything everywhere at oncestormed ashore and scored seven wins for Spirit, including Best Picture, in its run to the Best Picture Oscar crown.
This year, it is Past Lives, May December And American fantasy Which comes in hot with five nominations each, with Celine Song’s romantic drama and Cord Jefferson’s scathing satire in the corresponding category at the 2024 Academy Awards taking place on March 10.
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In today’s Spirit TV races, the Best New Scripted Series category (which it won last year: The bear) Features Beef, I Dream When I’m Black, I’m a Virgo, Jury Duty And Slips. Netflix meat He has dominated the awards circuit to this day, including taking home acting awards for his co-stars Ali Wong and Steven Yeun on Saturday night at the SAG Awards.
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Both are nominated in the gender-neutral race for lead television acting, joined by Emma Corrin, Dominique Fishback, Betty Gilpin, Jharrel Jerome, Zoe Lister-Jones, Bel Powley, Bella Ramsay and Ramon Rodriguez.
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The main cast includes Jessica Chastain, Greta Lee, Trace Lysette, Natalie Portman, Judy Reyes, Franz Rogowski, Andrew Scott, Teyana Taylor, Jeffrey Wright, and Teo Yu.
Below is the list of winners which will be updated.
Best scenario
Cord Jefferson
American fantasy
Best first screenplay
Sammy Burch; Story by Sammy Burch and Alex Mechanic
May December
Best international film
(Given to the manager)
Anatomy of a fall
France
Director: Justin Treat
Best Outstanding Performance in a New Scripted Series
Kevon Montreal Woodard
The last of us
Best Documentary Film
(Submitted to the director and producer)
Four girls
Directed by: Kawthar Ben Hania
Producer: Nadim Sheikhrouha
Best Supporting Performance in a New Written Series
Nick Offerman
The last of us
Best supporting performance
Davin Joy Randolph
Retainers
Previously announced
Best cast in a new scripted series
Jury duty
Cast: Alan Barinholtz, Susan Berger, Cassandra Blair, David Brown, Kirk Fox, Ross Kimball, Pramod Kumar, Trisha Lavash, Mickey Leiber, James Marsden, Eddie Modica, Kerry O’Neill, Rashida Olaiola, Whitney Rice, Maria Russell, Ishmael Shahid , Ben Seward, Ron Song, Evan Williams