37th Independent Spirit Awards

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The 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best independent films and television series of 2021, were presented by Film Independent on March 6, 2022.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] Traditionally held the Saturday before the Academy Awards, the 2022 date marks a shift in the season, placing the Spirit Awards squarely in the corridor leading into Oscar voting.^[1] The nominations were announced on December 14, 2021 by actresses Beanie Feldstein, Regina Hall, and Naomi Watts.^[6]^[7]^[8] Returning to an in-person ceremony this year, the event was televised in the United States on IFC and streamed exclusively for subscribers by AMC+.^[9] Married couple Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman hosted the ceremony.^[10]

The grant recipients for the Emerging Filmmakers Awards were announced on February 10, 2022.^[11]

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Feature	Best Director
The Lost Daughter A Chiara C'mon C'mon The Novice Zola	Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter Janicza Bravo – Zola Lauren Hadaway – The Novice Mike Mills – C'mon C'mon Ninja Thyberg – Pleasure
Best Male Lead	Best Female Lead
*Simon Rex – Red Rocket* as Mikey Saber** Clifton Collins Jr. – Jockey as Jackson Silva Frankie Faison – The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain as Kenneth Chamberlain Sr. Michael Greyeyes – Wild Indian as Makwa Udo Kier – Swan Song as Pat Pitsenbarger	*Taylour Paige – Zola* as Aziah "Zola" King** Isabelle Fuhrman – The Novice as Alex Dall Brittany S. Hall – Test Pattern as Renesha Bell Patti Harrison – Together Together as Anna Kali Reis – Catch the Fair One as Kaylee "K.O." Uppashaw
Best Supporting Male	Best Supporting Female
*Troy Kotsur – CODA* as Frank Rossi** Colman Domingo – Zola as Abegunde "X" Olawale Meeko Gattuso – Queen of Glory as Pitt Will Patton – Sweet Thing as Adam Chaske Spencer – Wild Indian as Teddo	*Ruth Negga – Passing* as Clare Bellew** Jessie Buckley – The Lost Daughter as Young Leda Caruso Amy Forsyth – The Novice as Jamie Brill Revika Reustle – Pleasure as Joy Suzanna Son – Red Rocket as Strawberry
Best Screenplay	Best First Screenplay
Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter Nikole Beckwith – Together Together Janicza Bravo and Jeremy O. Harris – Zola Mike Mills – C'mon C'mon Todd Stephens – Swan Song	Michael Sarnoski and Vanessa Block – Pig Sheldon D. Brown and Matthew Fifer – Cicada Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr. – Wild Indian Shatara Michelle Ford – Test Pattern Fran Kranz – Mass
Best First Feature	Best Documentary Feature
7 Days Holler Queen of Glory Test Pattern Wild Indian	Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) Ascension Flee In the Same Breath Procession
Best Cinematography	Best Editing
Eduard Grau – Passing Ante Cheng and Matthew Chuang – Blue Bayou Lol Crawley – The Humans Tim Curtin – A Chiara Ari Wegner – Zola	Joi McMillon – Zola Affonso Gonçalves – A Chiara Ali Greer – The Nowhere Inn Lauren Hadaway and Nathan Nugent – The Novice Enrico Natale – The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Best International Film
Drive My Car ( Japan) Compartment No. 6 ( Estonia / Finland / Germany / Russia) Parallel Mothers ( Spain) Pebbles ( India) Petite Maman ( France) Prayers for the Stolen ( Mexico)

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
7	Zola
5	The Novice
4	The Lost Daughter
	Test Pattern
	Wild Indian
3	A Chiara
3	C'mon C'mon
2	Jockey
	The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
	Passing
	Pig
	Pleasure
	Queen of Glory
	Red Rocket
	Shiva Baby
	Swan Song
	Sweet Thing
	Together Together

Films that won multiple awards
Awards	Film
3	The Lost Daughter
2	Passing
	Shiva Baby
	Zola

Television

Best New Scripted Series	Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu) Blindspotting (Starz) It's a Sin (Channel 4) The Underground Railroad (Prime Video) We Are Lady Parts (Channel 4)	Black and Missing (HBO) The Choe Show (FX) The Lady and the Dale (HBO) Nuclear Family (HBO) Philly D.A. (PBS)
Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series	Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series
*Lee Jung-jae – Squid Game* as Seong Gi-hun (Netflix)** Olly Alexander – It's a Sin as Ritchie Tozer (Channel 4) Murray Bartlett – The White Lotus as Armond (HBO) Michael Greyeyes – Rutherford Falls as Terry Thomas (Peacock) Ashley Thomas – Them: Covenant as Henry Emory (Prime Video)	*Thuso Mbedu – The Underground Railroad* as Cora Randall (Prime Video)** Deborah Ayorinde – Them: Covenant as Livia "Lucky" Emory (Prime Video) Jasmine Cephas Jones – Blindspotting as Ashley Rose (Starz) Jana Schmieding – Rutherford Falls as Reagan Wells (Peacock) Anjana Vasan – We Are Lady Parts as Amina (Channel 4)
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
Reservation Dogs – Paulina Alexis, Funny Bone, Lane Factor, Devery Jacobs, Zahn McClarnon, Lil Mike, Sarah Podemski, and D'Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai

Series with multiple nominations and awards

Series that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Series
2	Blindspotting
	It's a Sin
	Rutherford Falls
	Them: Covenant
	The Underground Railroad
	We Are Lady Parts

Series that won multiple awards
Awards	Series
2	Reservation Dogs

Special awards

John Cassavetes Award

(The award is given to the best feature made for under $500,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)

Shiva Baby

Cryptozoo
Jockey
Sweet Thing
This Is Not a War Story

Robert Altman Award

(The award is given to one film's director, casting director, and ensemble cast)

Mass – Fran Kranz (director), Henry Russell Bergstein (casting director), Allison Estrin (casting director), Kagen Albright, Reed Birney, Michelle N. Carter, Ann Dowd, Jason Isaacs, Martha Plimpton, and Breeda Wool

Emerging Filmmakers Awards

Producers Award

The award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

Lizzie Shapiro – Shiva Baby
- Brad Becker-Parton – Italian Studies
- Pin-Chun Liu – Test Pattern

Someone to Watch Award

The award recognizes talented filmmakers of singular vision who have not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

Alex Camilleri – Luzzu
- Gillian Wallace Horvat – I Blame Society
- Michael Sarnoski – Pig

Truer than Fiction Award

The award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

Jessica Beshir – Faya Dayi
- Debbie Lum – Try Harder!
- Angelo Madsen Minax – North by Current

References

^ ^a ^b Hore, Seanna; Santos, Gladys (July 22, 2021). "37th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards Moves to March 6th in 2022" (Press release). Film Independent. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
^ Hammond, Pete (July 22, 2021). "Indie Spirit Awards Shakeup: 2022 Ceremony Moves from Oscar Weekend and Aims to Broaden Audience and Influence". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
^ Saperstein, Pat (July 22, 2021). "Indie Spirit Awards Move Up Three Weeks in March to Boost Impact". Variety. Retrieved July 22, 2021.
^ Lang, Brent; Earl, William; Chapman, Wilson (March 6, 2022). "Spirit Awards 2022 Winners: 'The Lost Daughter', 'Reservation Dogs' Score in Diversity-Focused Ceremony". Variety. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
^ Patten, Dominic; D'Alessandro, Anthony; Topel, Fred (March 6, 2022). "Film Independent Spirit Awards: 'The Lost Daughter' Takes Home Best Feature as Netflix Reigns with Six wins". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
^ Davis, Clayton (November 23, 2021). "Beanie Feldstein, Regina Hall and Naomi Watts to Announce Film Independent Spirit Award Nominations (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved November 23, 2021.
^ "These are the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominees". Film Independent. December 14, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
^ Long, Brent; Tangcay, Jazz (December 14, 2021). "Indie Spirit Awards 2022: Full List of Nominations". Variety. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
^ Hipes, Patrick (March 6, 2022). "How to Watch Today's Spirit Awards Online & on TV". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
^ Warren, Matt (February 11, 2022). "Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman to Host the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards". Film Independent. Retrieved February 11, 2022.
^ Hailu, Selome (February 10, 2022). "Film Independent Spirit Awards Announce 2022 Emerging Filmmaker Grant Winners". Variety. Retrieved February 10, 2022.