Winners Announced for the 35th Independent Spirit Awards

Here are the winners for the 35th Independent Spirit Awards from Film Independent. Results announced live below:

Best Feature

  • The Farewell (Anita Gou, Daniele Melia, Andrew Miano, Peter Saraf, Marc Turtletaub, Lulu Wang, Chris Weitz, Jane Zheng)

Best Director

  • Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie (Uncut Gems)

Best First Feature

  • Booksmart (Olivia Wilde, Chelsea Barnard, David Distenfeld, Jessica Elbaum, Megan Ellison, Katie Silberman)

Best Female Lead

  • Renée Zellweger (Judy)

Best Male Lead

  • Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)

Best Supporting Female

  • Zhao Shuzhen (The Farewell)

Best Supporting Male

  • Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse)

Best Screenplay

  • Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story)

Best First Screenplay

  • Fredrica Bailey, Stefon Bristol (See You Yesterday)

Best Cinematography

  • Jarin Blaschke (The Lighthouse)

Best Editing

  • Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems)

John Cassavetes Award

  • Give Me Liberty (Kirill Mikhanovsky, Alice Austen, Val Abel, Wally Hall, Michael Manasseri, George Rush, Sergey Shtern)

Robert Altman Award

  • Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach, Douglas Aibel, Francine Maisler, Alan Alda, Laura Dern, Adam Driver, Julie Hagerty, Scarlett Johansson, Ray Liotta, Azhy Robertson, Merritt Wever)

Best Documentary

  • American Factory (Steven Bognar, Julia Reichert, Julie Parker Benello, Jeff Reichert)

Best International Film

  • Parasite (South Korea)

Piaget Producers Award

  • Mollye Asher

Someone to Watch Award

  • Rashaad Ernesto Green (Premature)
  • Ash Mayfair (The Third Wife)
  • Joe Talbot (The Last Black Man in San Francisco)

Truer Than Fiction Award

  • Nadia Shihab (Jaddoland)

Annual Bonnie Award

  • Kelly Reichardt

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