The 41st Film Independent Spirit Awards took place Sunday afternoon at the Hollywood Palladium as the organization recognized the year’s best in indie movies and TV.
Favorites Train Dreams and Sorry, Baby were multi-award winners, with the former taking home Best Feature, Director and Cinematography and the latter being awarded with Best Screenplay and Supporting Performance. Alex Russell’s Lurker also won twice, for Best First Feature and Best First Screenplay. However, the winningest project of the night was Netflix’s TV series Adolescence, which took home four statuettes.
Other Spirits awardees looking to repeat win at the Oscars include Rose Byrne, who won Best Performance for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You; Adolpho Veloso, who won Best Cinematography for Train Dreams; The Perfect Neighb
If last year — when Anora won a trio of Spirit Awards (Best Feature, Best Director for Sean Baker and Best Actress for Mikey Madison) and followed that up with wins in those categories at the Oscars — is any indication, Train Dreams will surely be a strong contender to watch during film’s biggest night March 15.
This year’s ceremony, hosted by SNL alum Ego Nwodim, continued an evolution for the Spirits, which used to take place the the day before the Oscars. It has shifted nearer to the middle of awards season more recently, and this year marked the event’s inaugural ceremony at the Palladium after years on the beach at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.
(Excerpt) Read more and see a list of winners in: Deadline