Who Won the 2021 Independent Spirit Awards?
The final shows of awards season are here. Who took the spirits?
CREDIT: FilmNation
I love the Independent Spirit Awards. They are always so fun, fresh, and real. They usually take place on Saturday before the Academy Awards, but this year they happened on a Thursday night.
Melissa Villasenor hosted a hilarious and moving evening. Check out her opening monologue, and then skim the winners below!
Who Won the 2021 Indie Spirit Awards?
Best Feature
- First Cow
- Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Minari
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Nomadland (WINNER)
Best Director
- Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
- Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
- Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
- Chloé Zhao, Nomadland (WINNER)
Best First Feature
- I Carry You With Me
- The 40 Year Old Version
- Sound of Metal (WINNER)
- Miss Juneteenth
- Nine Days
Best Female Lead
- Nicole Beharie, Miss Juneteenth
- Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Julia Garner, The Assistant
- Frances McDormand, Nomadland
- Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman (WINNER)
Best Male Lead
- Riz Ahmed, The Sound of Metal (WINNER)
- Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Rob Morgan, Bull
- Steven Yeun, Minari
- Adarsh Gourav, The White Tiger
Best Supporting Female
- Alexis Chikaeze, Miss Juneteenth
- Yeri Han, Minari
- Valerie Mahaffey, French Exit
- Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Yuh-jung Youn, Minari (WINNER)
Best Supporting Male
- Colman Domingo, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Orion Lee, First Cow
- Paul Raci, Sound of Metal (WINNER)
- Glynn Turmann, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
- Benedict Wong, Nine Days
Best Screenplay
- Bad Education
- Minari
- The Half of It
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Promising Young Woman (WINNER)
Best First Screenplay
- Kitty Green, The Assistant
- Noah Hutton, Lapsis
- Channing Godfrey Peoples, Miss Juneteenth
- Andy Siara, Palm Springs (WINNER)
- James Sweeney, Straight Up
Best Cinematography
- Jay Keitel, She Dies Tomorrow
- Shabier Kirchner, Bull
- Michael Latham, The Assistant
- Hélène Louvart, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Joshua James Richards, Nomadland (WINNER)
Best Editing
- I Carry You With Me
- The Invisible Man
- Residue
- Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Nomadland (WINNER)
Robert Altman Award
- One Night in Miami
Best Documentary
- Collective
- Crip Camp (WINNER)
- Dick Johnson Is Dead
- Time
- The Mole Agent
Best International Film
- Bacurau
- The Disciple
- Night of the Kings
- Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time
- Quo Vadis, Aida? (WINNER)
Piaget Producers Award
- Kara Durrett
- Lucas Joaquin
- Gerry Kim (WINNER)
Someone to Watch Award
- David Midell, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
- Ekwa Msangi, Farewell Amor (WINNER)
- Annie Silverstein, Bull
Truer Than Fiction Award
- Cecilia Aldarondo, Landfall
- Elegance Bratton, Pier Kids (WINNER)
- Elizabeth Lo, Stray
John Cassavetes Awards
- The Killing of Two Lovers
- La Leyenda Negra
- Lingua Franca
- Residue (WINNER)
- Saint Frances
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
- Atlanta’s Missing and Murdered: The Lost Children
- City So Real
- Immigration Nation (WINNER)
- Love Fraud
- We’re Here
Best Scripted Series
- I May Destroy You (WINNER)
- Little America
- Small Axe
- A Teacher
- Unorthodox
Best Female Performance in a Scripted Series
- Elle Fanning, The Great
- Shira Haas, Unorthodox (WINNER)
- Abby McEnany, Work in Progress
- Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Never Have I Ever
- Jordan Kristine Seamón, We Are Who We Are
Best Male Performance in a Scripted Series
- Conphidance, Little America
- Adam Ali, Little America
- Nicco Annan, P-Valley
- Amit Rahav, Unorthodox (WINNER)
- Harold Torres, Zero, Zero, Zero
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
- I May Destroy You
- Ensemble Cast: Michaela Coel, Paapa Essiedu, Weruche Opia
- Stephen Wight