“Nomadland” was the big winner at the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards, the annual ceremony that many consider a possible Academy Awards preview.
Here is the complete list of winners from this year’s event, which was held virtually and mostly taped in advance amid the coronavirus pandemic:
• Best feature: “Nomadland”
• Best director: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
• Best female lead: Carey Mulligan, “Promising Young Woman”
• Best male lead: Riz Ahmed, “Sound of Metal”
• Best supporting female: Yuh-Jung Youn, “Minari”
• Best supporting male: Paul Raci, “Sound of Metal”
• Best screenplay: Emerald Fennell, “Promising Young Woman”
• Best editing: Chloé Zhao, “Nomadland”
• Best documentary feature: “Crip Camp”
• Best cinematography: Joshua James Richards, “Nomadland”
• Best first feature: “Sound of Metal”
• Best first screenplay: Andy Siara, “Palm Springs”
• John Cassavetes Award: “Le Leyenda Negra”
• Robert Altman Award: “One Night in Miami”
• Best international film: “Quo Vadis, Aida?”
• Producers Award: Gerry Kim
• Someone to Watch Award: Ekwa Msangi, “Farewell Amor”
• Truer Than Fiction Award: Elegance Bratton, “Pier Kids”
• Best new scripted series: “I May Destroy You”
• Best new nonscripted or documentary series: “Immigration Nation”
• Best female performance (scripted): Shira Haas, “Unorthodox”
• Best male performance (scripted): Amit Rahav, “Unorthodox”
• Best ensemble cast (scripted): “I May Destroy You,” Michaela Coel, Paapa Essiedu, Weruche Opia and Stephen Wight
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