Winners of the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards

With the last leg of this gruelling awards season finally upon us, Film Independent announced their Spirit Award winners. Big winner If Beale Street Could Talk succeeds were industry voters deferred earlier in the season. There were also some very popular wins that has thousands praying for a repeat this evening at the Academy Awards. Here are the Film Independent Spirit Awards winners:

BEST FEATURE – If Beale Street Could Talk(

BEST DIRECTOR – Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk

BEST FEMALE LEAD – Glenn Close, The Wife

BEST MALE LEAD – Ethan Hawke, First Reformed

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE – Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk

BEST SUPPORTING MALE – Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

BEST SCREENPLAY – Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me?

BEST EDITING – Joe Bini, You Were Never Really Here

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY – Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Suspiria

BEST FIRST FEATURE – Sorry to Bother You

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY – Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD – En el Séptimo Día

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – Suspiria

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM – Roma, Mexico

PRODUCERS AWARD – Shrihari Sathe

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD – Alex Moratto, Sócrates 

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD – Bing Liu, Minding the Gap

BONNIE AWARD – Debra Granik


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Author: Audrey Fox