2024 Independent Spirit Awards: Winners list in all 23 categories [Updating Live]

The 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards are being handed out Sunday, February 25, from Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, CA in a show hosted by comedian, actress and “SNL” alumnus Aidy Bryant. On the film side, the nominations were dominated by “American Fiction,” “Past Lives” and “May December,” which picked up five nods apiece. Those three films are up for Best Feature along with “All of Us Strangers,” “Passages” and “We Grown Now.” Best Director is a contest between Andrew Haigh (“All of Us Strangers”), Todd Haynes (“May December”), William Oldroyd (“Eileen”), Ira Sachs (“Passages”) and Celine Song (“Past Lives”).

Of the nominated features, only “American Fiction” and “Past Lives” are also in the running for Best Picture at the Oscars, while none of the nominated directors are up for Academy Awards. However, on the off chance that either “American Fiction” or “Past Lives” manages to take the top prize at both the Academy Awards and the Indie Spirits, it would be the eighth time in 13 years that Film Independent and the film academy have been in alignment. Both groups chose “The Artist” (2012), “12 Years a Slave” (2014), “Birdman” (2015), “Spotlight” (2016), “Moonlight” (2017), “Nomadland” (2021) and “Everything Everywhere All at Once” (2023).

Scroll down to see the Indie Spirit Awards winners list live as it happens today, updated in real time. We’ve also included the complete roster of nominees in every category.

Now in their 39th year, the Spirit Awards pay tribute to independent voices working outside the major studio system in both movies and television. For the second straight year, the sponsoring Film Independent set a budget limit of $30 million for a film to be considered. It’s also the second year that the Indie Spirits are featuring gender-neutral acting categories in both film and TV/streaming. Rather than hand out trophies for Best Actor/Actress and Best Supporting Actor/Actress, the categories include no reference to gender. Instead, they honor Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance.

Best Lead Performance in a film will match 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”), Oscar nominee Jeffrey Wright (“American Fiction”) and Teo Yoo (“Past Lives”). Best Supporting Performance in a film pits Erika Alexander (“American Fiction”), Oscar nominee Sterling K. Brown (“American Fiction”), Noah Galvin (“Theater Camp”), Anne Hathaway (“Eileen”), Glenn Howerton (“Blackberry”), Marin Ireland (“Eileen”), Charles Melton (“May December”), Oscar nominee Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers”), Catalina Saavedra (“Rotting in the Syn”) and Ben Whishaw (“Passages”).

Among the notable indie actors who were overlooked for their film performances were Michelle Williams for “Showing Up,” Julianne Moore for “May December” and Paul Giamatti for “The Holdovers.”

In the television/streaming categories, the HBO sci-fi epic “The Last of Us” and the Prime Video absurdist miniseries “I’m a Virgo” led the way, tallying four nominations apiece. Best New Scripted Series is a battle between “Beef,” “Dreaming Whilst Black,” “I’m a Virgo,” “Jury Duty” and “Slip.” Best Lead Performance  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 Ramsay (“The Last of Us”), Ramon Rodriguez (“Will Trent”) and the “Beef” duo of Ali Wong and Steven Yeun.

This year, for the first time, the Spirits feature competition in the Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series as part of the television/streaming acting categories. The nominees include Clark Backo for “The Changeling, Aria Mia Loberti for “All the Light We Cannot See,” Adjani Salmon for “Dreaming Whilst Black,” Keivonn Montreal Woodard for “The Last of Us” and Kara Young for “I’m a Virgo”

Only new TV/streaming shows that have been on for one season and were released between January 1 and December 31 of 2023 were eligible.

The full list of winners is below, each marked with an X.

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FILM

BEST PICTURE
“All of Us Strangers”
“American Fiction”
“May December”
“Passages”
“Past Lives”
“We Grown Now”

BEST DIRECTOR
Andrew Haigh, “All of Us Strangers”
Todd Haynes, “May December”
William Oldroyd, “Eileen”
Ira Sachs, “Passages”
Celine Song, “Past Lives”

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE
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”
Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction”
Teo Yoo, “Past Lives”

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
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”
X – Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
Catalina Saavedra, “Rotting in the Sun”
Ben Whishaw, “Passages”

BEST SCREENPLAY
“American Fiction”
“Birth/Rebirth”
“Bottoms”
“The Holdovers”
“Past Lives”

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt”
“Chronicles of a Wandering Saint”
“The Holdovers”
“Monica”
“We Grown Now”

BEST EDITING
“How to Blow Up a Pipeline”
“Rotting in the Sun”
“Theater Camp”
“Upon Entry”
“We Grown Now”

BEST DOCUMENTARY
“Bye Bye Tiberias”
“Four Daughters”
“Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project”
“Kokomo City”
“The Mother of All Lies”

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
“Anatomy of a Fall,” France
“Godland,” Denmark/Iceland
“Mama Wata,” Nigeria
“Totem,” Mexico
“The Zone of Interest,” United Kingdom/Poland/United States

BEST FIRST FEATURE
“All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt”
“Chronicles of a Wandering Saint”
“Earth Mama”
“A Thousand and One”
“Upon Entry”

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
“Chronicles of a Wandering Saint”
“May December”
“The Starling Girl”
“Theater Camp”
“Upon Entry”

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Marshawn Lynch, “Bottoms”
Atibon Nazaire, “Mountains”
Tia Nomore, “Earth Mama”
Dominic Sessa, “The Holdovers”
Anaita Wali Zada, “Fremont”

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD  – Given to the best feature made for under $1,000,000 (Award given to the writer, director and producer)
“The Artifice Girl”
“Cadejo Blanco”
“Fremont”
“Rotting in the Sun”
“The Unknown Country”

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD  – Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast
X – “Showing Up”
Director: Kelly Reichardt
Casting Director: Gayle Keller
Ensemble Cast: André Benjamin, Hong Chau, Judd Hirsch, Heather Lawless, James Le Gros, John Magaro, Matt Malloy, Amanda Plummer, Maryann Plunkett, Denzel Rodriguez, Michelle Williams

PRODUCERS AWARD – Honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films.
Rachael Fung
Graham Swon
X – Monique Walton

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD  – Recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.
Joanna Arnow, director of “The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed”
Laura Moss, director of “Birth/Rebirth”
X – Monica Sorelle, director of “Mountains”

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD  – Presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition.
X – Set Hernandez, director of “unseen”
Jesse Short Bull, Laura Tomaselli, director of “Lakota Nation vs. United States”
Sierra Urich, director of “Joonam”

TV

BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
“Beef”
“Dreaming Whilst Black”
“I’m a Virgo”
“Jury Duty”
“Slip”

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
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”
Ramon Rodriguez, “Will Trent”
Ali Wong, “Beef”
Steven Yeun, “Beef”

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Murray Bartlett, “The Last of Us”
Billie Eilish, “Swarm”
Jack Farthing, “Rain Dogs”
Nick Offerman, “The Last of Us”
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”

BEST BREAKTRHOUGH PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Clark Backo, “The Changeling”
Aria Mia Loberti, “All the Light We Cannot See”
Adjani Salmon, “Dreaming Whilst Black”
Keivonn Montreal Woodard, “The Last of Us”
Kara Young, “I’m a Virgo”

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
X – “Jury Duty”
Ensemble Cast: 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, Evan Williams

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
“Deadlocked: How America Shaped the Supreme Court”
“Dear Mama”
“Murder in Big Horn”
“Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence”
“Wrestlers”

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