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The 41st Independent Spirit Awards were announced yesterday, and Clint Bentley’s ”Train Dreams” won the top award for Best Film, alongside Best Director and Best Cinematography.
The film first screened at Sundance last year and was later released on Netflix in November, receiving critical praise and four Oscar nominations, including Best Picture and screenplay.
Despite being the main winner of the night, ”Sorry, Baby” was also successful and won Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Performance for Naomi Ackie.
Other film winners were Rose Byrne taking Best Lead Performance for “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” Kayo Martin’s work in “The Plague” taking Best Breakthrough Performance Winner, “The Perfect Neighbor” winning Best Documentary, “The Secret Agent” winning Best International Film, “The Testament of Ann Lee” snagging Best Editing, and “This Island” taking the John Cassavetes Award.
”Adolescence” won Best New Scripted Series and also won performances for the lead (Stephen Graham), supporting (Erin Doherty), and breakthrough (Owen Cooper) on the TV front.
“Pee-wee as Himself” won Best Non-Scripted Series and “Chief of War” won Best Ensemble Cast, among other TV winners.
Here’s the list of Winners.
BEST FEATURE
“Peter Hujar’s Day”
“The Plague”
“Sorry, Baby”
“Train Dreams” WINNER
“Twinless”
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Sydney Chandler, “Alien: Earth”
Stephen Graham, “Adolescence” WINNER
Ethan Hawke, “The Lowdown”
Lennie James, “Mr Loverman”
Anna Lambe, “North of North”
Lola Petticrew, “Say Nothing”
Seth Rogen, “The Studio”
Lovie Simone, “Forever”
Michelle Williams, “Dying for Sex”
Noah Wyle, “The Pitt”
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE
Everett Blunck, “The Plague”
Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” WINNER
Kathleen Chalfant, “Familiar Touch”
Chang Chen, “Lucky Lu”
Joel Edgerton, “Train Dreams”
Dylan O’Brien, “Twinless”
Keke Palmer, “One of Them Days”
Théodore Pellerin, “Lurker”
Tessa Thompson, “Hedda”
Ben Whishaw, “Peter Hujar’s Day”
BEST DIRECTOR
Clint Bentley, “Train Dreams” WINNER
Mary Bronstein, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Lloyd Lee Choi, “Lucky Lu”
Ira Sachs, “Peter Hujar’s Day”
Eva Victor, “Sorry, Baby”
PRODUCERS AWARD
Emma Hannaway
Luca Intili
Tony Yang WINNER
BEST FIRST FEATURE
“Blue Sun Palace”
“Dust Bunny”
“East of Wall”
“Lurker” WINNER
“One of Them Days”
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD — Given to one film’s director, casting director, and ensemble cast
“The Long Walk” WINNER
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Tony Benna (“Andre Is an Idiot”)
Rajee Samarasinghe (“Your Touch Makes Others Invisible”) WINNER
Brittany Shyne (“Seeds”)
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Liz Larsen, “The Baltimorons”
Kayo Martin, “The Plague” WINNER
Misha Osherovich, “She’s the He”
SZA, “One of The Days”
Tabatha Zimiga, “East of Wall”
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Tatti Ribeiro (“Valentina”) WINNER
Neo Sora (“Happyend”)
Annapurna Sriram (“Fucktoys”)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Blue Sun Palace”
“Dust Bunny”
“Peter Hujar’s Day”
“Train Dreams” WINNER
“Warfare”
BEST EDITING
“Eephus”
“Good Boy”
“Splitsville”
“The Testament of Ann Lee” WINNER
“Warfare”
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
“The Baltimorons”
“Boys Go to Jupiter”
“Eephus”
“Esta Isla (This Island)” WINNER
“Familiar Touch”
BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
“Citizen Nation”
“Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time”
“Pee-wee as Himself” WINNER
“Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television”
“Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae”
BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
“Adolescence” WINNER
“Common Side Effects”
“Forever”
“Mr Loverman”
“North of North”
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
“Chief of War” WINNER
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Naomi Ackie, “Sorry, Baby” WINNER
Zoey Deutch, “Nouvelle Vague”
Kirsten Dunst, “Roofman”
Rebecca Hall, “Peter Hujar’s Day”
Nina Hoss, “Hedda”
Jane Levy, “A Little Prayer”
Archie Madekwe, “Lurker”
Kali Reis, “Rebuilding”
Jacob Tremblay, “Sovereign”
Haipeng Xu, “Blue Sun Palace”
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
“Blue Sun Palace”
“Friendship”
“Lurker” WINNER
“One of Them Days”
“Outerlands”
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
“All That’s Left of You”
“On Becoming a Guinea Fowl”
“A Poet”
“The Secret Agent” WINNER
“Sirat”
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Asif Ali, “Deli Boys”
Wally Baram, “Overcompensating”
Owen Cooper, “Adolescence” WINNER
Michael Cooper Jr., “Forever”
Ernest Kingsley Junior, “Washington Black”
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Ariyon Bakare, “Mr Loverman”
Babou Ceesay, “Alien: Earth”
Sharon D. Clarke, “Mr Loverman”
Taylor Dearden, “The Pitt”
Erin Doherty, “Adolescence” WINNER
Stephen McKinley Henderson, “A Man on the Inside”
Poorna Jagannathan, “Deli Boys”
Xosha Roquemore, “Forever”
Jenny Slate, “Dying for Sex”
Ben Whishaw, “Black Doves”
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Come See Me in the Good Light”
“Endless Cookie”
“My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow”
“The Perfect Neighbor” WINNER
“The Tale of Silyan”
BEST SCREENPLAY
“A Little Prayer”
“Sorry, Baby” WINNER
“Sovereign”
“Splitsville”
“Twinless”