The 41st Film Independent Spirit Awards are underway Sunday afternoon at the Hollywood Palladium as the organization recognizes the year’s best in indie movies and TV.
Film enthusiasts can tune into the live show on YouTube, both on IMDb’s channel and Film Independent’s, beginning at 2 p.m. PT.
This year’s ceremony, hosted by SNL alum Ego Nwodim, features a Best Feature film category that includes Oscar Best Picture nominee — Netflix’s Train Dreams, which is up for four total Oscars including Adapted Screenplay, Score and Cinematography.
At the Spirits, it’s joined in the marquee Best Feature race by Janus Films’ Peter Hujar’s Day, which leads all nominees this year with five; IFC’s The Plague; A24’s Sorry, Baby and Roadside Attractions’ Twinless.
Netflix leads all platforms with 18 nominations, followed by last year’s noms leader A24 with 10.
Other Oscars-Spirits crossovers to watch for today: Rose Byrne in Best Performance for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Adolpho Veloso in Cinematography for Train Dreams, Come See Me in the Good Light and The Perfect Neighbor in Documentary and The Secret Agent (Brazil) and Sirāt (Spain) in International Film.
Last year, Anora won a trio of Spirit Awards — Best Feature, Best Director for Sean Baker and Best Actress for Mikey Madison — all categories in which the pic would end up repeat winning at the Oscars.
This year’s ceremony continues an evolution for the Spirits, which used to take place the the day before the Oscars. It has shifted nearer to the middle of awards season more recently, and this year marks the event’s inaugural ceremony at the Palladium after years on the beach at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica.
Follow along with this year’s winners list below. Keep checking back as we add to it.
Films
BEST SCREENPLAY
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Perfect Neighbor
Director: Geeta Gandbhir
Producers: Gandbhir, Sam Bisbee, Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
Director/Writer: Kleber Mendonça Filho
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Alex Russell, Lurker
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Naomi Ackie, Sorry, Baby
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
Esta Isla (This Island)
Directors/Writers/Producers: Cristian Carretero, Lorraine Jones Molina
Writer: Kisha Tikina Burgos
BEST EDITING
Sofía Subercaseaux, The Testament of Ann Lee
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Kayo Martin, The Plague
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
The Long Walk
Director: Francis Lawrence
Casting Director: Rich Delia
Ensemble cast: Judy Greer, Mark Hamill, Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Tut Nyuot, Joshua Odjick, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, Garrett Wareing
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Tatti Ribeiro, director of Valentina
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Rajee Samarasinghe, director of Your Touch Makes Others Invisible
PRODUCERS AWARD
Tony Yang
Television
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Erin Doherty, Adolescence
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Owen Cooper, Adolescence
BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Adolescence
Creators/Executive Producers: Jack Thorne, Stephen Graham
Executive Producers: Philip Barantini, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Nina Wolarsky, Hannah Walters, Mark Herbert, Emily Feller
Co-Executive Producers: Carina Sposato, Niall Shamma, Peter Balm
BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Pee-wee as Himself
Executive Producers: Matt Wolf, Emma Tillinger Koskoff, Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Benny Safdie, Josh Safdie, Paul Reubens, Candace Tomarken, Kyle Martin, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Chief of War
Ensemble Cast: Charlie Brumbly, Luciane Buchanan, Cliff Curtis, Brandon Finn, Moses Goods, Te Ao o Hinepehinga, Benjamin Hoetjes, Siua Ikale’o, Keala Kahuanui-Paleka, Mainei Kinimaka, Kaina Makua, Jason Momoa, Temuera Morrison, Te Kohe Tuhaka, James Udom