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Independent Spirit Awards

The Independent Spirit Awards are dedicated to independent filmmakers. Presented by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers, winners are announced the night before the annual Academy Awards.

 

Some of these films are not yet available on DVD / Blu-ray, or have been produced

exclusively for consumer-based streaming platforms.

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39th Independent Spirit Awards: Films Released in 2023

 

 

All of Us Strangers movie posterAmerican Fiction movie posterMay December posterPassages movie posterPast Lives movie poster

 

 

Best Feature

All of Us Strangers

American Fiction

May December

Passages

Past Lives, DVD 22844

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; DVD 22844

 

 

Best Lead Performance

Jessica Chastain, Memory

Greta Lee, Past Lives; DVD 22844

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; DVD 22844 

 

 

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

Da'Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

Catalina Saavedra, Rotting in the Sun 

Ben Whishaw, Passages

 

Best First Feature

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

Chronicles of a Wandering Saint

Earth Mama

A Thousand and One

Upon Entry

 

Best Screenplay

American Fiction

Birth/Rebirth

Bottoms

The Holdovers

Past Lives, DVD 22844

 

 

Best Documentary Feature

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)

Mami Wata (Nigeria)

Tótem (Mexico)

The Zone of Interest (United Kingdom/Poland/United States)

38th Independent Spirit Awards: Films Released in 2022

After Yang movie posterBodies Bodies Bodies movie posterEverything Everywhere All at Once movie posterTar movie posterWomen Talking movie poster

 

 

 

Best Feature

Bones and All, HDDVD 965

Everything Everywhere All at Once; eVideo;

DVD 22124; HDDVD 958

Our Father, the Devil

Tár; DVD 22721; HDDVD 960

Women Talking, eVideo; DVD 22798

 

 

Best Director

Todd Field, Tár; DVD 22721; HDDVD 960

Kogonda, After Yang; DVD 22118

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere

All at Once; eVideo; DVD 22124; HDDVD 958

Sarah Polley, Women Talking; eVideo; DVD 22798

Halina Reijn, Bodies Bodies Bodies; DVD 22568

 

 

Best Lead Performance

Cate Blanchett, Tár; DVD 22721; HDDVD 960

Dale Dickey, A Love Song

Mia Goth, Pearl; DVD 22678

Regina Hall, Honk for Jesus, Save Your Soul;

DVD 22635

Paul Mescal, Aftersun

Aubrey Plaza, Emily the Criminal; DVD 22693

Jeremy Pope, The Inspection; DVD 22784

Andrea Riseborough, To Leslie

Taylor Russell, Bones and All; HDDVD 965

Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once; 

eVideoDVD 22124; HDDVD 958

 

 

Best Supporting Performance 

Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once;

eVideo; DVD 22124; HDDVD 958

Brian Tyree Henry, Causeway

Nina Hoss, Tár; DVD 22721; HDDVD 960

Brian d'Arcy James, The Cathedral

Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once;

eVideo; DVD 22124; HDDVD 958

Trevante Rhodes, Bruiser

Theo Rossi, Emily the Criminal; DVD 22693

Mark Rylance, Bones and All; HDDVD 965

Jonathan Tucker, Palm Trees and Power Lines

Gabrielle Union, The Inspection; DVD 22784

 

 

Best First Feature

Aftersun

Emily the Criminal, DVD 22693

The Inspection, DVD 22784

Murina

Palm Trees and Power Lines

 

 

 

Best Screenplay

After Yang, DVD 22118

Catherine Called Birdy

Everything Everywhere All at Once, eVideo;

DVD 22124HDDVD 958

Tár; DVD 22721; HDDVD 960

Women Talking, eVideo; DVD 22798

 

Best Documentary Feature

All That Breathes

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed

A House Made of Splinters

Midwives

Riotsville, U.S.A.

 

 

 

Best International Film

Corsage (Austria/Belgium/England/France/Italy/

Luxembourg)

Joyland (Pakistan/USA)

Leonor Will Never Die (Philippines)

Return to Seoul (Belgium/France/Romania/

South Korea)

Saint Omer (France)

37th Independent Spirit Awards: Films Released in 2021

Zola movie posterRed Rocket posterCODA movie poster (Italy)Drive My Car movie posterSummer of Soul movie poster

 

 

 

Best Feature

A Chiara

C'mon C'mon, DVD 22127

The Lost Daughter

The Novice, DVD 22148

Zola, DVD 22164

 

Best Director

Janzica Bravo, Zola; DVD 22164

Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter

Lauren Hadaway, The Novice; DVD 22148

Mike Mills, C'mon C'mon; DVD 22127

Ninja Thyberg, Pleasure

 

 

 

Best Male Lead

Clifton Collins, Jr. Jockey; DVD 22224

Frankie Faison, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

Michael Greyeyes, Wild Indian

Udo Kier, Swan Song; DVD 22407

Simon Rex, Red Rocket; DVD 22152

 

 

 

Best Female Lead

Isabelle Fuhrman, The Novice; DVD 22148

Brittany S. Hall, Test Pattern

Patti Harrison, Together, Together; DVD 22556

Taylour Paige, Zola; DVD 22164

Kali Reis, Catch the Fair One; DVD 22212

 

 

Best Supporting Male

Colman Domingo, Zola; DVD 22164

Meeko Gattuso, Queen of Glory; DVD 22748

Troy Kotsur, CODA; DVD 22641**

Will Patton, Sweet Thing

Chaske Spencer, Wild Indian

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Best Supporting Female

Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter

Amy Forsyth, The Novice; DVD 22148

Ruth Negga, Passing

Revika Reustle, Pleasure

Suzanna Son, Red Rocket; DVD 22152

 

 

Best First Feature

7 Days

Holler, DVD 22187

Queen of Glory, DVD 22748

Test Pattern

Wild Indian

 

Best Screenplay

C'mon, C'mon, DVD 22127

The Lost Daughter

Swan Song, DVD 22407

Together Together, DVD 22556

Zola, DVD 22164

 

 

 

Best Documentary Feature

Ascension, DVD 22513

Flee, eVideo; HDDVD 910

In the Same Breath, eVideo

Procession

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution

Could Not Be Televised), DVD 22155

 

 

 

Best International Film

Compartment No. 6 (Estonia/Finland/Germany/

Russia)

Drive My Car (Japan), DVD 22184

Parallel Mothers (Spain), eVideo; DVD 22202

Petite Maman (France)

Prayers for the Stolen (Mexico)

36th Independent Spirit Awards: Films Released in 2020

Sound of Metal Criterion Collection cover

 

 

Best Feature

First Cow, eVideo; DVD 22309; HDDVD 915

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Minari, eVideo; DVD 22540

Never Rarely Sometimes Always, DVD 22542

Nomadland, HDDVD 911

 

Best Director

Lee Isaac Chung, Minari; eVideo; DVD 22540

Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman; DVD 22204

Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always; DVD 22542

Kelly Reichardt, First Cow; eVideo; DVD 22309; HDDVD 915

Chloé Zhao, Nomadland; HDDVD 911

Best Male Lead

Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal; DVD 22503

Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Adarsh Gourav, The White Tiger

Rob Morgan, Bull; DVD 22516

Steven Yeun, Minari; eVideo; DVD 22540

 

 

Best Female Lead

Nicole Beharie, Miss Juneteenth

Viola Davis, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always;

DVD 22542

Julia Garner, The Assistant; DVD 22167

Frances McDormand, Nomadland; HDDVD 911

Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman; DVD 22204

 

 

Best Supporting Male

Colman Domingo, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Orion Lee, First Cow; eVideo; DVD 22309; HDDVD 915

Paul Raci, Sound of Metal; DVD 22503

Glynn Turman, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom

Benedict Wong, Nine Days; eVideo; DVD 22145

 

 

 

Best Supporting Female

Alexis Chikaeze, Miss Juneteenth

Yeri Han, Minari; eVideo; DVD 22540

Valerie Mahaffey, French Exit; DVD 22524

Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always; DVD 22542

Youn, Yuh-jung, Minari; eVideo; DVD 22540

 

 

Best First Feature

The Forty-Year-Old Version

I Carry You With Me, eVideoDVD 22388

Nine Days, eVideo; DVD 22145

Miss Juneteenth

Sound of Metal, DVD 22503

 

Best Screenplay

Bad Education, DVD 22514

The Half of It

Minari, eVideo; DVD 22540

Never Rarely Sometimes Always, DVD 22542

Promising Young Woman, DVD 22204

 

Best Documentary Feature

Collective, DVD 22571

Crip Camp

Dick Johnson is Dead, DVD 22181

The Mole Agent

Time, DVD 22361

 

 

Best International Film

Bacurau (Brazil), eVideo; HDDVD 908

The Disciple (India)

Night of the Kings (Ivory Coast)

Quo Vadis, Aida? (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Preparations to be Together for an

Unknown Period of Time (Hungary)