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\u201cLong live independent cinema!\u201d shouted Sean Baker<\/strong> in the final moments of the Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday. The Anora<\/em> director was onstage celebrating his film\u2019s third win of the night, for best feature film. Earlier, he\u2019d won the award for best director and his film\u2019s star, Mikey Madison<\/strong>,<\/em> won for lead performer.<\/p>\n Baker seemed quite at home onstage at the awards event that honors independent film \u2013 as he should as a self-proclaimed \u201cindie film lifer.\u201d Baker, who has made all his films independently, spoke passionately during his acceptance speech for best director about the need for more financial support for independent film and indie filmmakers.<\/p>\n Anora, which has solidified itself as the Oscar frontrunner for best picture after winning the DGA and PGA Awards, was always expected to do well at the Indie Spirits, but with just one week to go until the Oscars, it feels like the film is now almost unstoppable.<\/p>\n Other Oscar contenders also won on Saturday, including A Real Pain<\/em>\u2019s Kieran Culkin<\/strong> for supporting performer (though he wasn\u2019t in attendance) and Jesse Eisenberg<\/strong> for the film\u2019s screenplay.<\/p>\n But the indie spirit awards, held in a tent at the Santa Monica pier, are also an opportunity to award smaller films that missed out on Oscar nominations, like Didi,<\/em> which won awards for best first feature and first screenplay, and Maisy Stella<\/strong> who won for her breakout performance in My Old Ass.<\/em><\/p>\n The full list of winners is below:<\/p>\n Best Feature<\/strong><\/p>\n Anora<\/em> (NEON)<\/p>\n Producers: Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan<\/p>\n Best Director<\/strong><\/p>\n Sean Baker, Anora<\/em> (NEON)<\/p>\n Best Screenplay<\/strong><\/p>\n Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain<\/em> (Searchlight Pictures)<\/p>\n Best First Feature<\/strong><\/p>\n D\u00ecdi<\/em> (Focus Features)<\/p>\n Director: Sean Wang<\/p>\n Producers: Valerie Bush, Carlos L\u00f3pez Estrada, Josh Peters<\/p>\n Best First Screenplay<\/strong><\/p>\n Sean Wang, D\u00ecdi<\/em> (Focus Features)<\/p>\n John Cassavetes Award<\/strong><\/p>\n (for best feature made under $1,000,000)<\/p>\n Girls Will Be Girls<\/em> (Juno Films)<\/p>\n Writer\/Director\/Producer: Shuchi Talati<\/p>\n Producers: Richa Chadha, Claire Chassagne<\/p>\n Best Breakthrough Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n Maisy Stella, My Old Ass<\/em> (Amazon MGM Studios)<\/p>\n Best Supporting Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain<\/em> (Searchlight Pictures)<\/p>\n Best Lead Performance<\/strong><\/p>\n Mikey Madison, Anora<\/em> (NEON)<\/p>\n Robert Altman Award<\/strong><\/p>\n His Three Daughters<\/em> (Netflix)<\/p>\n Director: Azazel Jacobs<\/p>\n Casting Director: Nicole Arbusto<\/p>\n Ensemble Cast: Jovan Adepo, Jasmine Bracey, Carrie Coon, Jose Febus, Rudy Galvan, Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, Randy Ramos Jr., Jay O. Sanders<\/p>\n Best Cinematography<\/strong><\/p>\n Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys<\/em> (Amazon MGM Studios)<\/p>\n Best Editing<\/strong><\/p>\n Hansj\u00f6rg Weissbrich, September 5<\/em> (Paramount Pictures)<\/p>\n Best International Film<\/strong><\/p>\n Flow<\/em> (Sideshow and Janus Films)<\/p>\n Director: Gints Zilbalodis<\/p>\n Best Documentary<\/strong><\/p>\n No Other Land<\/em><\/p>\n Director: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor<\/p>\n Producer: Fabien Greenberg, B\u00e5rd Kj\u00f8ge R\u00f8nning<\/p>\n Someone to Watch<\/strong><\/p>\n Sarah Friedland, Familiar Touch<\/em><\/p>\n Truer Than Fiction<\/strong><\/p>\n Rachel Elizabeth Seed, A Photographic Memory<\/em><\/p>\n Producers Award<\/strong><\/p>\n Sarah Winshall<\/p>\n TELEVISION CATEGORIES<\/strong><\/p>\n Best New Scripted Series<\/strong><\/p>\n Sh\u014dgun<\/em> (FX)<\/p>\n Creators\/Executive Producers: Rachel Kondo, Justin Marks<\/p>\n Executive Producers: Edward L. McDonnell, Michael De Luca, Michael Clavell<\/p>\n Co-Executive Producers: Shannon Goss, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, Jamie Vega Wheeler<\/p>\n Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series<\/strong><\/p>\n Hollywood Black<\/em> (MGM+)<\/p>\n Executive Producers: Shayla Harris, Dave Sirulnick, Stacey Reiss, Jon Kamen, Justin Simien, Kyle Laursen, Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jeffrey Schwarz, Amy Goodman Kass, Michael Wright, Jill Burkhard<\/p>\n Co-Executive Producers: David C. Brown, Laurens Grant<\/p>\n Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series<\/strong><\/p>\n Nava Mau, Baby Reindeer<\/em> (Netflix)<\/p>\n Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series<\/strong><\/p>\n Richard Gadd, Baby Reindeer<\/em> (Netflix)<\/p>\n Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series<\/strong><\/p>\n Jessica Gunning, Baby Reindeer<\/em> (Netflix)<\/p>\n Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series<\/strong><\/p>\n How to Die Alone<\/em> (Hulu)<\/p>\n Ensemble Cast: Melissa DuPrey, Jaylee Hamidi, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Arkie Kandola, Elle Lorraine, Michelle McLeod, Chris \u201cCP\u201d Powell, Conrad Ricamora, Natasha Rothwell, Jocko Sims<\/p>\n
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