The Film Independent Spirit Awards selected A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once as its Best Feature on Saturday to culminate its 38th edition, one of seven wins for the metaverse-set pic that solidifies its frontrunner status in one of the last major awards stops ahead of March 12’s Academy Awards.
Everything, which had a leading eight nominations coming into daytime ceremony on the beach at the Santa Monica Pier, also scored wins for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu in the awards’ inaugural gender-neutral performance categories across film and TV. The film also won for The Daniels’ directing and screenplay, and for Paul Rogers’ editing.
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Among the 19 film and TV categories up for grabs were three pics that are also in the Oscar Best Picture Race: Everything, Focus Features’ Tár and Orion/United Artists Releasing’s Women Talking. Tár won for Florian Hoffmeister’s cinematography, while Women Talking was honored with Film Independent’s Robert Altman Award given to a film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.
Other film-side winners today included Best First Film to Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun, which along with the Everything haul gave distributor A24 a leading eight wins on the day; Best First Screenplay to John Patton Ford for Emily the Criminal, Venice Golden Lion winner All the Beauty and the Bloodshed for Best Documentary, and Pakistan’s Joyland for Best International Film.
On the TV side of things, FX’s The Bear won Best New Scripted Series, with co-star Ayo Edebiri scoring for Best Supporting Performance. Abbott Elementary‘s Quinta Brunson picked up another win this TV awards season with the Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series honor.
Apple TV+’s Pachinko won the Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series award.
FX was the only TV platform to win more than once at today’s ceremony, hosted by Hasan Minhaj.
Here’s the full list of winners:
Best Feature
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Lead Performance
Michelle Yeoh
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series
Quinta Brunson
Abbott Elementary
Best Director
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
Everything Everywhere All at Once
John Cassavetes Award
The Cathedral
Writer/Director: Ricky D’Ambrose
Producer: Graham Swon
Best First Feature
Aftersun
Director: Charlotte Wells
Producers: Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski
Robert Altman Award
Women Talking
Director: Sarah Polley
Casting Directors: John Buchan, Jason Knight
Ensemble Cast: Shayla Brown, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Kira Guloien, Kate Hallett, Judith Ivey, Rooney Mara, Sheila McCarthy, Frances McDormand, Michelle McLeod, Liv McNeil, Ben Whishaw, August Winter
Producers Award
Tory Lenosky
Best Breakthrough Performance
Stephanie Hsu
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Someone To Watch Award
Nikyatu Jusu
Nanny
Best Cinematography
Florian Hoffmeister
Tár
Best Editing
Paul Rogers
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
The Rehearsal
Creator/Executive Producer: Nathan Fielder
Executive Producers: Dave Paige, Dan McManus, Christie Smith
Co-Executive Producers: Carrie Kemper, Eric Notarnicola
Truer Than Fiction Award
Reid Davenport
I Didn’t See You There
Best New Scripted Series
The Bear
Creator/Executive Producer: Christopher Storer
Executive Producers: Joanna Calo, Josh Senior, Hiro Murai
Co-Executive Producer: Rene Gube
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
Pachinko
Ensemble Cast: Soji Arai, Jin Ha, Inji Jeong, Minha Kim, Kaho Minami, Lee Minho, Steve Sanghyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson, Yuh-jung Youn
Best Screenplay
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
Everything Everywhere All At Once
Best First Screenplay
John Patton Ford
Emily the Criminal
Best International Film
Joyland
Pakistan/USA
Director: Saim Sadiq
Best Supporting Performance In a New Scripted Series
Ayo Edebiri
The Bear
Best Documentary
All the Beauty and the Bloodshed
Director/Producer: Laura Poitras
Producers: Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John Lyons
Best Supporting Performance (Film)
Ke Huy Quan
Everything Everywhere All at Once
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WINS BY DISTRIBUTOR
A24 – 8
FX – 2
ABC – 1
Amazon Studios – 1
Apple TV+ – 1
Focus Features – 1
HBO/HBO Max – 1
Mubi – 1
Neon – 1
Orion/United Artists Releasing – 1
Oscilloscope – 1
POV – 1
Roadside Attractions/Vertical Entertainment – 1
