Everything Everywhere All at Once swept the movie categories at yesterday’s Independent Spirit Awards, including the ceremony’s top prize, Best Feature. During the award show’s 38th edition, the metaverse-set absurdist comedy-drama was honored with seven wins, which solidified its status as the frontrunner going into the Academy Awards ceremony next Sunday, March 12, Deadline is reporting.
The film, which was written and directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, went into the Spirit Awards’ daytime ceremony, which was held on the beach at the Santa Monica Pier, with a leading eight nominations. Everything Everywhere All at Once was honored with trophies for three of its stars – Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu – in the awards’ inaugural gender-neutral performance categories across film and TV. Four of the five gender-neutral categories were won by women during the ceremony.
Everything Everywhere All at Once also won for The Daniels’ helming and screenplay. The movie was also recognized for Paul Rogers’ editing.
Among the films nominated yesterday at the Spirit Awards, three features are also in the Oscar Best Picture race: Everything Everywhere All at Once; Focus Features’ Tár and Orion/United Artists Releasing’s Women Talking. Tár won for Florian Hoffmeister’s cinematography, and Women Talking was honored with Film Independent’s Robert Altman Award, which is given to a movie’s helmer, casting director and ensemble cast.
Other movie winners included Best First Film for Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun, which, along with the Everything Everywhere All at Once‘s trophies, gave distributor A24 a leading eight wins at the ceremony. The Best First Screenplay award went to John Patton Ford for Emily the Criminal. Venice Golden Lion winner All the Beauty and the Bloodshed was recognized as Best Documentary. Pakistan’s Joyland was named as Best International Film.
In the television categories, FX’s The Bear won Best New Scripted Series. The comedy-drama show’s co-star, Ayo Edebiri was recognized for Best Supporting Performance.
Abbott Elementary‘s Quinta Brunson picked up another win during this television awards season. She was the pick for the Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series honor.
Here’s the full list of winners for the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards:
Best Feature: Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Lead Performance: Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series: Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Best Director: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
John Cassavetes Award: The Cathedral; Writer-Director: Ricky D’Ambrose; Producer: Graham Swon
Best First Feature: Aftersun; Director: Charlotte Wells; Producers: Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins and Adele Romanski
Robert Altman Award: Women Talking; Director: Sarah Polley; Casting Directors: John Buchan and Jason Knight; Ensemble Cast: Shayla Brown, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Kira Guloien, Kate Hallett, Judith Ivey, Rooney Mara, Sheila McCarthy, Frances McDormand, Michelle McLeod, Liv McNeil, Ben Whishaw and August Winter
Producers Award: Tory Lenosky
Best Breakthrough Performance: Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Someone to Watch Award: Nikyatu Jusu, Nanny
Best Cinematography: Florian Hoffmeister, Tár
Best Editing: Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series: The Rehearsal; Creator/Executive Producer: Nathan Fielder; Executive Producers: Dave Paige, Dan McManu and, Christie Smith; Co-Executive Producers: Carrie Kemper and Eric Notarnicola
Truer Than Fiction Award: Reid Davenport, I Didn’t See You There
Best New Scripted Series: The Bear; Creator-Executive Producer: Christopher Storer; Executive Producers: Joanna Calo, Josh Senior and Hiro Murai; Co-Executive Producer: Rene Gube
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series: Pachinko; Ensemble Cast: Soji Arai, Jin Ha, Inji Jeong, Minha Kim, Kaho Minami, Lee Minho, Steve Sanghyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson and Yuh-jung Youn
Best Screenplay: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best First Screenplay: John Patton Ford, Emily the Criminal
Best International Film: Joyland; Pakistan/USA; Director: Saim Sadiq
Best Supporting Performance In a New Scripted Series: Ayo Edebiri, The Bear
Best Documentary: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed; Director-Producer: Laura Poitras; Producers: Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov and John Lyons
Best Supporting Performance (Film): Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once