The winners of the 2024 Independent Spirit Awards

On February 25, 2024, the Independent Spirit Awards were given to the best performances on TV and in film in the past year. Among the contenders for several TV awards was the series 'Beef,' with its protagonists Ali Wong and Steven Yeun in the photo, but also 'The Last of Us.'

In the film categories this year, titles such as 'American Fiction', 'Past Lives', and 'The Holdovers' (image, Focus Features) got the most awards.

Let's start with the film categories! For 'Best Feature Film,' the WINNER is 'Past Lives'

The other nominated films were:

All of Us Strangers

American Fiction

May December

Passages

We Grown Now

WINNER: Celine Song

The other nominees were:

Andrew Haigh, 'All of Us Strangers'

Todd Haynes, 'May December'

William Oldroyd, 'Eileen'

Ira Sachs, 'Passages'

WINNER: Jeffrey Wright, 'American Fiction'

The other nominees were:

Jessica Chastain, 'Memory'

Greta Lee, 'Past Lives'

Trace Lysette, 'Monica'

Natalie Portman, 'May December'

Judy Reyes, 'Birth/Rebirth'

Franz Rogowski, 'Passages'

Andrew Scott, 'All of Us Strangers'

Teyana Taylor, 'A Thousand and One'

Teo Yoo, 'Past Lives'

WINNER: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, 'The Holdovers'

The other nominees were:

Erika Alexander, 'American Fiction'

Sterling K. Brown, 'American Fiction'

Noah Galvin, 'Theater Camp'

Anne Hathaway, 'Eileen'

Glenn Howerton, 'BlackBerry'

Marin Ireland, 'Eileen'

Charles Melton, 'May December'

Catalina Saavedra, 'Rotting in the Sun'

Ben Whishaw, 'Passages'

WINNER: Dominic Sessa, 'The Holdovers'

The other nominees were:

Marshawn Lynch, 'Bottoms'

Atibon Nazaire, 'Mountains'

Tia Nomore, 'Earth Mama'

Anaita Wali Zada, 'Fremont'

WINNER: Anatomy of a Fall

The other nominees were:

Godland

Mami Wata

Tótem

The Zone of Interest

WINNER: Four Daughters

The other nominees were:

Bye Bye Tiberias

Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project

Kokomo City

The Mother of All Lies

The best debut of a filmmaker gets awarded at the Independent Spirit Film Festival. The winner this year was 'A Thousand and One' (with actress Teyana Taylor in the image).

The other nominees were:

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

Chronicles of a Wandering Saint

Earth Mama

Upon Entry

WINNER: Cord Jefferson for 'American Fiction' (Image)

The other nominees were:

David Hemingson, 'The Holdovers'

Laura Moss, Brendan J. O’Brien, 'Birth/Rebirth'

Emma Seligman, Rachel Sennott, 'Bottoms'

Celine Song, 'Past Lives'

WINNER: Samy Burch, Alex Mechanik: 'May December'

Noah Galvin, Molly Gordon, Nick Lieberman, Ben Platt: 'Theater Camp'

Tomás Gómez Bustillo: 'Chronicles of a Wandering Saint'

Laurel Parmet: 'The Starling Girl'

Alejandro Rojas, Juan Sebastián Vásquez: 'Upon Entry'

This award is given to the best ensemble cast, director, and casting director of a film. There are no nominees, just a single winner. This year, the awarded film is 'Showing Up'.

Director: Kelly Reichardt

Casting Director: Gayle Keller

Ensemble Cast: Michelle Williams, André Benjamin, Hong Chau, Judd Hirsch, Heather Lawless, James Le Gros, John Magaro, Matt Malloy, Amanda Plummer, Maryann Plunkett, Denzel Rodriguez,

WINNER: Eigil Bryld, 'The Holdovers'

The other nominees were:

Katelin Arizmendi, 'Monica'

Jomo Fray, 'All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt'

Pablo Lozano, 'Chronicles of a Wandering Saint'

Pat Scola, 'We Grown Now'

WINNER: Daniel Garber: 'How to Blow Up a Pipeline' (Image)

The other nominees were:

Santiago Cendejas, Gabriel Díaz, Sofía Subercaseaux: 'Rotting in the Sun'

Stephanie Filo: 'We Grown Now'

Jon Philpot: 'Theater Camp'

Emanuele Tiziani: 'Upon Entry'

The Independent Spirit Awards try to put the spotlight on filmmakers who haven't gotten the recognition they may have deserved in other awards ceremonies. Such is the case with the 'Someone to Watch Award,' for which three directors were nominated:

WINNER: Monica Sorelle, Director of 'Mountains'

Joanna Arnow, Director of 'The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed'

Laura Moss, Director of 'Birth/Rebirth'

Films based on real events get special attention at the Independent Spirit Awards. The winner was: Set Hernandez, director of 'Unseen'

The other nominees were:

Jesse Short Bull and Laura Tomaselli, directors/editors of 'Lakota Nation vs. United States'

Sierra Urich, director of 'Joonam'

WINNER: Monique Walton

The other nominees were:

Rachael Fung

Graham Swon

Independent films usually work with small budgets. The John Cassavetes Award especially recognizes productions that cost less than $1,000,000. The winner was: Fremont

The other nominees were:

The Artifice Girl

Cadejo Blanco

Rotting in the Sun

The Unknown Country

On to TV! The Ensemble Cast category always has one appointed winner, and in 2024 the award went to the remarkable comedy 'Jury Duty'.

Its cast includes Alan Barinholtz, Susan Berger, Cassandra Blair, David Brown, Kirk Fox, Ross Kimball, Pramode Kumar, Trisha LaFache, Mekki Leeper, James Marsden, Edy Modica, Kerry O'Neill, Rashida Olayiwola, Whitney Rice, Maria Russell, Ishmel Sahid, Ben Seaward, Ron Song, and Evan Williams.

For the most important award, that of Best Series, 'Beef' with Steven Yeun and Ali Wong was the winner.

The other nominees were:

Dreaming Whilst Black

I'm a Virgo

Jury Duty

Slip

WINNER: Dear Mama (in the image Tupac Shakur)

The other nominees were:

Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court

Murder in Big Horn

Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence

Wrestlers

WINNER: Ali Wong for 'Beef' (image, Netflix)

Emma Corrin: 'A Murder at the End of the World'

Dominique Fishback: 'Swarm'

Betty Gilpin: 'Mrs. Davis'

Jharrel Jerome: 'I’m a Virgo'

Zoe Lister-Jones: 'Slip'

Bel Powley: 'A Small Light'

Bella Ramsey: 'The Last of Us'

Ramón Rodríguez: 'Will Trent'

Steven Yeun: 'Beef'

WINNER: Nick Offerman, 'The Last of Us'

Murray Bartlett, 'The Last of Us'

Billie Eilish, 'Swarm'

Jack Farthing, 'Rain Dogs'

Adina Porter, 'The Changeling'

Lewis Pullman, 'Lessons in Chemistry'

Benny Safdie, 'The Curse'

Luke Tennie, 'Shrinking'

Olivia Washington, 'I’m a Virgo'

Jessica Williams, 'Shrinking'

WINNER: Keivonn Montreal Woodard, 'The Last of Us'

The other nominees were:

Clark Backo, 'The Changeling'

Aria Mia Loberti, 'All the Light We Cannot See'

Adjani Salmon, 'Dreaming Whilst Black'

Kara Young, 'I’m a Virgo'

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