The 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards held their 37th ceremony Sunday afternoon in tents on the beach of Santa Monica, and honored numerous films that were overlooked by the Oscars. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s debut feature, “The Lost Daughter,” was the big winner, receiving accolades for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. Janicza Bravo’s “Zola” won prizes for Best Actress (Taylour Paige) and Best Editing (Joi McMillon), while Rebecca Hall’s debut feature, “Passing,” was honored with the awards for Best Supporting Actress (Ruth Negga) and Best Cinematography (Eduard Grau). Simon Rex was named Best Actor for his unforgettable work in Sean Baker’s “Red Rocket,” while “CODA” star Troy Kotsur cemented his frontrunner status in the Best Supporting Actor category. Questlove’s exhilarating concert film, “Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised,” won Best Documentary, while Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s masterwork from Japan, “Drive My Car,” was named Best International Film. Franz Kranz’s shattering film set in the aftermath of a school shooting, “Mass,” received the Robert Altman Award, and Emma Seligman’s hit indie, “Shiva Baby,” earned the John Cassavetes Award (its producer Lizzy Shapiro also won The Producer’s Award). The big winner of the television awards was Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi’s FX series, “Reservation Dogs,” which earned prizes for Best New Scripted Series and Best Ensemble in a New Scripted Series. You can find the full list of winners below, along with the embedded speech of Ruth Negga, who is set to star on Broadway in “Macbeth” opposite Daniel Craig… BEST FEATURE”The Lost Daughter” BEST MALE LEADSimon Rex, “Red Rocket” BEST FEMALE LEADTaylour Paige, “Zola” BEST SUPPORTING MALETroy Kotsur, “CODA” BEST SUPPORTING FEMALERuth Negga, “Passing” BEST DIRECTORMaggie Gyllenhaal, “The Lost Daughter” BEST SCREENPLAYMaggie Gyllenhaal, “The Lost Daughter” BEST FIRST FEATURE”7 Days” BEST FIRST SCREENPLAYMichael Sarnoski and Vanessa Block, “Pig” BEST CINEMATOGRAPHYEduard Grau, “Passing” BEST EDITINGJoi McMillon, “Zola” BEST DOCUMENTARY”Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM”Drive My Car” ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast)”Mass” JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (given to the best feature made for under $500,000)”Shiva Baby” PRODUCER’S AWARDLizzy Shapiro, “Shiva Baby” SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARDAlex Camilleri, “Luzzu” TRUER THAN FICTION AWARDJessica Beshir, “Faya Dayi” BEST ENSEMBLE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES”Reservation Dogs” BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES”Reservation Dogs” BEST FEMALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIESThuso Mbedu, “The Underground Railroad” BEST MALE PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIESLee Jung-jae, “Squid Game” BEST NEW NONSCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES”Black and Missing” For more information, including the full round-up of acceptance speeches, visit the official site of Film Independent.
