Film Independent Spirit Awards 2023: See the full winners list

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The 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards — taking place at the beach at Santa Monica Pier this afternoon — are making history.

Hosted by comedian Hasan Minhaj, the 38th annual awards ceremony introduced brand-new gender-neutral acting categories across film and TV, updating the previously used male and female classifications to celebrate talent in a more inclusive way. Plus, the budgetary cap for eligible films was raised from $22.5 million to $30 million, while the John Cassavetes Awards will now be presented to the best creative team of a film budgeted at $1 million or less, allowing for a greater variety of performances and projects to be represented.

Michelle Yeoh, Quinta Brunson, Ayo Edebiri
Michelle Yeoh, Quinta Brunson, Ayo Edebiri

getty (3) Michelle Yeoh, Quinta Brunson, Ayo Edebiri at the Independent Spirit Awards

The Spirit Awards are voted upon by the members of the Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the profile of independent cinema and diversity in the industry.

See the full list of film and TV winners below.

MOVIES

Best Feature

Bones and All
WINNER: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Our Father, The Devil
Tár
Women Talking

Best Director

Todd Field, Tár
Kogonada, After Yang
WINNER: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Sarah Polley, Women Talking
Halina Reijn, Bodies Bodies Bodies

Best First Feature

WINNER: Aftersun
Emily the Criminal
The Inspection
Murina
Palm Trees and Power Lines

Best Lead Performance

Cate Blanchett, Tár
Dale Dickey, A Love Song
Mia Goth, Pearl
Regina Hall, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
Paul Mescal, Aftersun
Aubrey Plaza, Emily the Criminal
Jeremy Pope, The Inspection
Taylor Russell, Bones and All
Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie
WINNER: Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting Performance

Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway
Nina Hoss, Tár
Brian d'Arcy James, The Cathedral
WINNER: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Trevante Rhodes, Bruiser
Theo Rossi, Emily the Criminal
Mark Rylance, Bones and All
Jonathan Tucker, Palm Trees and Power Lines
Gabrielle Union, The Inspection

Best Breakthrough Performance

Frankie Corio, Aftersun
Gracija Filipović, Murina
WINNER: Stephanie Hsu, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Lily McInerny, Palm Trees and Power Lines
Daniel Zolghadri, Funny Pages

Best Screenplay

Kogonada, After Yang
Lena Dunham, Catherine Called Birdy
WINNER: Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Todd Field, Tár
Sarah Polley, Women Talking

Best First Screenplay

Sarah Delappe, Bodies Bodies Bodies
K.D. Dávila, Emergency
WINNER: John Patton Ford, Emily the Criminal 
Joel Kim Booster, Fire Island
Jamie Back and Audrey Findlay, Palm Trees and Power Lines

Best Cinematography

Gregory Oke, Aftersun
Hélène Louvart, Murina
Anisa Uzeyman, Neptune Frost
Eliot Rockett, Pearl
WINNER: Florian Hoffmeister, Tár

Best Editing

Blair McClendon, Aftersun
Ricky D'Ambrose, The Cathedral
WINNER: Paul Rogers, Everything Everywhere All at Once
Dean Fleischer Camp & Nick Paley, Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Monika Willi, Tár

Robert Altman Award

Women Talking, director Sarah Polley; casting directors John Buchan and Jason Knight; ensemble cast: Shayla Brown, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Kara Guloien, Kate Hallett, Judith Ivey, Rooney Mara, Sheila McCarthy, Frances McDormand, Michelle McLeod, Liv McNeil, Ben Whisaw, August Winter

Best Documentary

A House Made of Splinters
All That Breathes
WINNER: All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Midwives
Riotsville, U.S.A.

Best International Film

Corsage (Austria, Luxembourg, France, Italy, England)
WINNER: Joyland (Pakistan, USA)
Leonor Will Never Die (Philippines)
Return to Seoul (South Korea, France, Belgium, Romania)
Saint Omer (France)

Someone to Watch Award

Adamma Ebo, Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
WINNER: Nikyatu Jusu, Nanny
Araceli Lemos, Holy Emy

Truer Than Fiction Award

Isabel Castro, Mija
WINNER: Reid Davenport, I Didn't See You There
Rebeca Huntt, Beba

John Cassavetes Award

The African Desperate
A Love Song
WINNER: The Cathedral
Holy Emy
Something in the Dirt

Producers Award

Liz Cardenas
WINNER: Tory Lenosky
David Grove Churchill Viste

TV

Best New Scripted Series

WINNER: The Bear
Pachinko
The Porter
Severance
Station Eleven

Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series

Children of the Underground
Mind Over Murder
Pepsi, Where's My Jet?
WINNER: The Rehearsal
We Need to Talk About Cosby

Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series

Aml Ameen, The Porter
Mohammed Amer, Mo
WINNER: Quinta Brunson, Abbott Elementary
Bridget Everett, Somebody Somewhere
KaMillion, Rap Sh!t
Melanie Lynskey, Yellowjackets
Himesh Patel, Station Eleven
Sue Ann Pien, As We See It
Adam Scott, Severance
Ben Whishaw, This Is Going to Hurt

Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series

Danielle Deadwyler, Station Eleven
WINNER: Ayo Edibiri, The Bear
Jeff Hiller, Somebody Somewhere
Gbemisola Ikumelo, A League of Their Own
Janelle James, Abbott Elementary
Ebon Moss-Bachrach, The Bear
Frankie Quiñones, This Fool
Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary
Molly Shannon, I Love That For You
Tramell Tillman, Severance

Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series

Pachinko

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