Paul Rogers, from left, Ke Hui Quan, Tim Headington, Daniel Scheinert, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jonathan Wang, Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu and Daniel Quan accept the Best Feature Award for “Everything Everywhere All at Once” at Film Independent Spirit . Awards on Saturday, March 4, 2023 in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) | Photo Credit: Chris Pizzello
everything together everywhere Next weekend, on the way to the Oscars, flaunt your awards at the Film Independent Spirit Awards. The multiverse-hopping adventure collected awards for Best Picture, directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, actors Michelle Yeoh, Ke Hui Quan and Stephanie Hsu, screenplay and editing.
“Thanks to everyone who makes crazy, weird independent movies,” Scheinert said.
The awards were given Saturday afternoon in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, and the show was streamed live on YouTube and Twitter.
Spirit Awards host for the first time Hasan Minhaj introduced the show by saying, “Out of all award shows, this is one of them.” Minhaj hard at work on everything from entertainment trade website deadline (“At this point, Deadline is half gossip, half Ezra Miller crime tracker,” he said) due to the show’s lack of a broadcast partner.
“The Independent Film Channel didn’t want the Independent Film Awards,” he said, noting that the channel chose to show the poorly reviewed Will Ferrell film. semi pro instead. He said, “Award shows are over.” “My 2-year-old watches slime videos that have more viewers than the Oscars.”
The first award of the afternoon went to Kwan for Best Supporting Actor. all at once, for which his co-star Jamie Lee Curtis was also nominated. This is the first year the Spirit Awards adopted gender-neutral acting awards – there were 10 nominees in both the lead and supporting performance categories. Kwan, who is expected to win a supporting actor Oscar next week, chose to dedicate his speech to the many crew who worked on the film, from stunt coordinators to production assistants.
Hsu later collected the award for Best Breakthrough Performance for the film. “This is my first individual award ever and it feels incredibly appropriate that it is in this room. I am so honored” she said. “I really want to thank Daniels so much. Thank you so much for finding me and believing in my art and seeing me and championing me. Hsu said he hoped the award would serve as a talisman for “protecting that whimsical flag” and willingness to tell stories.
“I like a gender-neutral thing, it’s kind of tight,” said Abbott Elementaryof Quinta Brunson who won for Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series. Brunson said she felt like the least free person out there because her show is backed by Warner Bros. and Disney, but it rang true.
laura poitras all beauty and bloodshed Won Best Documentary. The film looks at the life of photographer and activist Nan Goldin. “It would take me an entire day to fully express my gratitude for Nan’s cooperation and trust,” Poitras said. “She taught me a lot making this film, most importantly the role of art and artists in changing not only society but how we understand the world we live in.”
woman talking was announced as the winner of the first Robert Altman Award, with director Sarah Polley, casting directors John Buchan and Jason Knight, and an ensemble cast including Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand. “It’s fitting that you’re being recognized for wearing beautiful, supportive, loving clothes,” Polly said. She also called out her film “Women Are Talking” for Mark Wahlberg’s slip-up at the Screen Actors Guild Awards last week. “Sorry, Marky Mark just gets in my head,” she said.
Apple TV+ pachinko Got the corresponding award on the television side.
Nathan Fielder had the crowd laughing while accepting his award for Outstanding Non-Scripted Series for his HBO show Rehearsal and detailing the contents of the lunch box at everyone’s seats. “The bean salad was great,” he said. “There were also some grapes. Delicious. They weren’t rotten. None were rotten. Looking at his award, he said, “I guess they’ll add names to it later?”
Midwife Director Nikyatu Jusu won the Someone to Watch award. “Thank God Charlotte Wells wasn’t in this category all year after noon Kicking my ass,” Jusu said.
after noon Later in the Afternoon won Best First Feature. “Here’s to the second feature,” Wells said.
Other winners include joyland (Best International Film), Bear (new scripted series and supporting actor Ayo Adebiri), the cathedral (The John Cassavetes Award), John Patton Ford (First Screenplay Emily the Criminal) And Tar Cinematographer Florian Hofmeister.
The winners are voted on by members of the non-profit organization Film Independent. The budget cap for eligible films was recently increased from $22.5 million to $30 million.
Quan concluded the show with some words of inspiration to dream big.
“We are in the midst of an identity crisis, the industry at large is confused about what lies ahead and it is really scary especially for the free world, but I want to offer a new one: this is an opportunity. ,” Quan said.
“When things are shaking and it gets turbulent and cracks form in the foundation, that is the best time to plant the seed. It is our job to not only adapt to the future but actively dream that we What kind of future do we want to rewrite and what kind of future do we want to work and live in,” Kwan continued. I urge all of us to dream really big. What we do here is going to flow upwards to the rest of the industry.