Maggie Gyllenhaal and “The Misplaced Daughter” took house finest director, screenplay and finest characteristic honors from thirty seventh Movie Impartial Spirit Awards, honoring the business’s main indie movies. One other social detour because of the pandemic, the sooner than typical ceremony — which is traditionally held on the Saturday afternoon earlier than the Oscars — returned to an in-person occasion held in Santa Monica after being digital in 2021.

“Zola,” which led all nominees heading into the occasion, took house a number of awards, together with modifying and one for lead actress Taylour Paige. “Passing” additionally received a number of prizes (for Ruth Negga and cinematography) whereas “Purple Rocket” actor Simon Rex took house lead actor honors.

Manufacturing budgets are the usual by which movies are thought-about impartial, and a number of the Oscar-contending movies that may usually match the thematic tones of Spirit Awards nominees, together with “Belfast,” “King Richard” and “The Energy of the Canine,” weren’t eligible as a result of they price greater than $22.5 million to make.

With tv as a comparatively new class for the Spirit Awards, “Reservation Canines” was awarded the brand new scripted sequence and ensemble forged prizes whereas “Black and Lacking” took the brand new unscripted sequence honor. Right here is the listing of winners:

Finest Characteristic

“The Misplaced Daughter” | WINNER
Producers: Charles Dorfman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Osnat Handelsman Keren, Talia Kleinhendler

“A Chiara”
Producers: Jonas Carpignano, Paolo Carpignano, Jon Coplon, Ryan Zacarias

“C’mon C’mon”
Producers: Chelsea Barnard, Andrea Longacre-White, Lila Yacoub

“The Novice”
Producers: Ryan Hawkins, Kari Hollend, Steven Sims, Zack Zucker

“Zola”
Producers: Kara Baker, Dave Franco, Elizabeth Haggard, David Hinojosa, Vince Jolivette, Christine Vachon, Gia Walsh

Male Lead

Simon Rex, “Purple Rocket” | WINNER
Clifton Collins Jr., “Jockey”
Frankie Faison, “The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Michael Greyeyes, “Wild Indian”
Udo Kier, “Swan Track”

Somebody to Watch Award

Alex Camilleri – Director, “Luzzu” | WINNER
Gillian Wallace Horvat – Director, “I Blame Society”
Michael Sarnoski – Director, “Pig”

Worldwide Movie

“Drive My Automobile” (Japan) | WINNER
Director – Ryusuke Hamaguchi

“Compartment No. 6″ (Finland/Russia)
Director – Juho Kuosmanen

“Parallel Moms” (Spain)
Director – Pedro Almodóvar

“Pebbles” (India)
Director – P S Vinothraj

“Petite Maman” (France)
Director – Céline Sciamma

“Prayers for the Stolen” (Mexico)
Director – Tatiana Huezo

Feminine Lead

Taylour Paige, “Zola” | WINNER
Isabelle Fuhrman, “The Novice
Brittany S. Corridor, “Take a look at Sample
Patti Harrison, “Collectively Collectively
Kali Reis, “Catch the Truthful One”

Director

Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Misplaced Daughter” | WINNER
Janicza Bravo, “Zola”
Lauren Hadaway, “The Novice”
Mike Mills, “C’mon C’mon”
Ninja Thyberg, “Pleasure”

Producers Award

Lizzie Shapiro | WINNER
Brad Becker-Parton
Pin-Chun Liu

Cinematography

Edu Grau, “Passing” | WINNER
Lol Crawley, “The People”
Tim Curtin, “A Chiara”
Ante Cheng, Matthew Chuang, “Blue Bayou”
Ari Wegner, “Zola”

Ensemble forged in a brand new scripted sequence

“Reservation Canines” | WINNER
Ensemble Forged: Devery Jacobs, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Lane Issue, Paulina Alexis, Sarah Podemski, Zahn McClarnon, Lil Mike, FunnyBone

Feminine efficiency in a scripted sequence

Thuso Mbedu, “The Underground Railroad” | WINNER
Deborah Ayorinde, “THEM: Covenant”
Jasmine Cephas Jones, “Blindspotting”
Jana Schmieding, “Rutherford Falls”
Anjana Vasan, “We Are Woman Elements”

Male efficiency in a brand new scripted sequence

Lee Jung-jae, “Squid Recreation” | WINNER
Olly Alexander, “It’s a Sin”
Murray Bartlett, “The White Lotus”
Michael Greyeyes, “Rutherford Falls”
Ashley Thomas, “THEM: Covenant”

New non-scripted or documentary sequence

“Black and Lacking” | WINNER
Collection By/Government Producers – Soledad O’Brien, Geeta Gandbhir; Government Producers – Jo Honig, Patrick Conway, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez

“The Choe Present”
Creator/Government Producer: David Choe; Government Producers – Matt Revelli, Christopher C. Chen, Hiro Murai, Nate Matteson

“The Woman and the Dale”
Government Producers – Mark Duplass, Jay Duplass, Mel Eslyn, Allen Bain, Andre Gaines, Nick Cammilleri, Alana Carithers, Zackary Drucker, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller

“Nuclear Household”
Collection By – Ry Russo-Younger; Produced By – Dan Cogan, Warren Fischer; Government Producers – Liz Garbus, Julie Gaither, Jon Bardin, Leah Holzer, Peter Saraf, Alex Turtletaub, Jenny Raskin, Geralyn White Dreyfous, Lauren Haber, Maria Zuckerman, Christine Connor, Ryan Heller, Barbara Dobkin, Eric Dobkin, Andrea Van Beuren, Joe Landauer

“Philly D.A.”
Creators – Ted Passon, Yoni Brook, Nicole Salazar; Produced By – Josh Penn, Michael Gottwald; Government Producers – Daybreak Porter, Sally Jo Fifer, Lois Vossen, Ryan Chanatry, Gena Konstantinakos, Jeff Seelbach, Patty Quillin; Co-Government Producers – Nion McEvoy, Leslie Berriman

New scripted sequence

“Reservation Canines” | WINNER
Creators/Government Producers – Sterlin Harjo, Taika Waititi; Government Producer – Garrett Basch

“Blindspotting”
Creators/Government Producers – Rafael Casal, Daveed Diggs; Government Producers: Jess Wu Calder, Keith Calder, Ken Lee, Tim Palen, Emily Gerson Saines, Seith Mann

“It’s a Sin”
Government Producers: Russell T Davies, Peter Hoar, Nicola Shindler

“The Underground Railroad”
Creator/Government Producer – Barry Jenkins; Government Producers – Adele Romanski, Mark Ceryak, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Colson Whitehead, Richard Heus, Jacqueline Hoyt

“We Are Woman Elements”
Creator – Nida Manzoor; Government Producers – Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Surian Fletcher-Jones, Mark Freeland

Robert Altman Award

“Mass” | WINNER
Director – Fran Kranz; Casting Administrators – Henry Russell Bergstein, Allison Estrin; Ensemble Forged – Kagen Albright, Reed Birney, Michelle N. Carter, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, Breeda Wool

Supporting Feminine

Ruth Negga, “Passing” | WINNER
Jessie Buckley, “The Misplaced Daughter”
Amy Forsyth, “The Novice”
Revika Reustle, “Pleasure”
Suzanna Son, “Purple Rocket”

Screenplay

Maggie Gyllenhaal, “The Misplaced Daughter” | WINNER
Nikole Beckwith, “Collectively Collectively”
Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris, “Zola”
Mike Mills, “C’mon C’mon”
Todd Stephens, “Swan Track”

More true Than Fiction Award

Jessica Beshir – Director, “Faya Dayi” | WINNER
Debbie Lum – Director, “Attempt More durable!”
Angelo Madsen Minax – Director, “North By Present”

Modifying

Joi McMillon, “Zola” | WINNER
Affonso Gonçalves, “A Chiara”
Ali Greer, “The Nowhere Inn”
Enrico Natale, “The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain”
Lauren Hadaway, Nathan Nugent, “The Novice”

First Characteristic

“7 Days” | WINNER
Director – Roshan Sethi; Producers – Liz Cardenas, Mel Eslyn

“Holler”
Director – Nicole Riegel; Producers – Adam Cobb, Rachel Gould, Katie McNeill, Jamie Patricof, Christy Spitzer Thornton

“Queen of Glory”
Director – Nana Mensah; Producers – Baff Akoto, Anya Migdal, Kelley Robins Hicks, Jamund Washington

“Take a look at Sample”
Director/Producer – Shatara Michelle Ford; Producers – Pin-Chun Liu, Yu-Hao Su

“Wild Indian”
Director/Producer – Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr.; Producers – Thomas Mahoney, Eric Tavitian

First Screenplay

Michael Sarnoski, Vanessa Block, “Pig” | WINNER
Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr., “Wild Indian”
Shatara Michelle Ford, “Take a look at Sample”
Fran Kranz, “Mass”
Matt Fifer, Sheldon D. Brown, “Cicada”

Documentary

“Summer season of Soul (… or, When the Revolution May Not Be Televised)” | WINNER
Director – Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson; Producers – David Dinerstein, Robert Fyvolent, Joseph Patel

“Ascension”
Director/Producer – Jessica Kingdon; Producers – Kira Simon-Kennedy, Nathan Truesdell

“Flee”
Director – Jonas Poher Rasmussen; Producers – Monica Hellström, Signe Byrge Sørensen

“Within the Identical Breath”
Director/Producer – Nanfu Wang; Producers – Christopher Clements, Julie Goldman, Carolyn Hepburn, Jialing Zhang

“Procession”
Director – Robert Greene; Producer – Susan Bedusa, Bennett Elliott, Douglas Tirola

John Cassavetes Award

“Shiva Child” | WINNER
Author/Director/Producer – Emma Seligman; Producers – Kieran Altmann, Katie Schiller, Lizzie Shapiro

“Cryptozoo”
Author/Director – Sprint Shaw; Producers – Tyler Davidson, Kyle Martin, Jane Samborski, Invoice Means

“Jockey”
Author/Director/Producer – Clint Bentley; Author/Producer – Greg Kweder; Producer – Nancy Schafer

“Candy Factor”
Author/Director – Alexandre Rockwell; Producers – Louis Anania, Haley Anderson, Kenan Baysal

“This Is Not A Battle Story”
Author/Director/Producer – Talia Lugacy; Producers – Noah Lang, Julian West

Supporting Male

Troy Kotsur, “CODA” | WINNER
Colman Domingo, “Zola”
Meeko Gattuso, “Queen of Glory”
Will Patton, “Candy Factor”
Chaske Spencer, “Wild Indian”