The 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards are happening live on YouTube from some random tent in Malibu like it always does. The livestream is above (not sure about regional restrictions but it’s available in the U.S.). I’ll pop in with a list of winners, but here are some so far:
Best Feature – “Anora”
Best Lead Performance – Mikey Madison, “Anora”
Best Director – Sean Baker, “Anora”
Best International Film – “Flow” (Latvia, France, Belgium)
Best First Feature -“Dìdi”
John Cassavetes Award -“Girls Will Be Girls”
Best Breakthrough Performance (film) – Maisy Stella, “My Old Ass”
Best Documentary – “No Other Land”
Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series – Nava Mau, “Baby Reindeer”
Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series – Jessica Gunning, “Baby Reindeer”
Best Screenplay – Jesse Eisenberg, “A Real Pain”
Best First Screenplay – Sean Wang, “Dìdi”
Best Supporting Performance – Kieran Culkin, “A Real Pain”
Best Cinematography – Jomo Fray, “Nickel Boys”
Best Editing – Hansjörg Weissbrich, “September 5”
Producers Award – Sarah Winshall
Someone to Watch Award – Sarah Friedland, “Familiar Touch”
Truer Than Fiction Award – Rachel Elizabeth Seed, “A Photographic Memory”
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series – “Hollywood Black”
Best New Scripted Series – “Shogun”
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series – “How to Die Alone”
