Ready for any celebrity observations at the beach? Since 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards raises a tent and will take over Santa Monica Pier this Saturday 22 February. The annual ceremony will once again host of “SNL” Alum and “Shrill” creator Aidy BryantAs chairman of last year’s event, where she joined a long list of funny Spirit Awards -Mcees which includes Hasan Minaj, Aubrey Plaza, Nick Offer, John Mulanay and Nick Kroll, Kate McKinnon and Sarah Silverman. This year also marks an important milestone for film Independent, as this is its 40th year that presents prices for its society.
For those who want to celebrate at home, the festivities will be streamed live on IMDB’s Youtube and other social platforms, as well as through Movie Independent’s Youtube Channel starting at 14:00 pt/17: 00 et. See the full list of nominated Spirit Awards here.
While last year’s Spirit Awards had only Some crossover victories With the Oscars ceremony that followed, including Cord Jefferson who received the best script and Da’vine Joy Randolph who claims the best support performance, this year it can be even fewer. The big ones to look at are Sean Bakers “Anora”, which won all three major guild awards top prize, but lost Bafta and Ramell Ross “Nickel Boys”, which has quickly become the favorite for best adapted script.
Although Brady Corbet received a nomination for best director at the upcoming Spirit Awards, his film, “The Brutalist”, did not secure a place among the best nominated feature, which consists of “Anora”, “Nickel Boys”, “I Saw TV -Glödet, “” Sing Sing “and” The Substance. “Both” Anora “and” In Saw the TV Glow “leading nominations with five each, followed closed behind Sean Wang’s drama” Dìdi “with four.
Ever since 2023, Spirit Awards has enforced a gender -neutral policy on its actors, but since its implementation, this often results in a category being claimed by a female artist and the other a man. In the same year, film Independent also increased the budget opportunity for eligible films, which gave up to $ 30 million. Despite this, this placed many Oscar challengers as “a completely unknown”, “Wicked”, “Emilia Pérez” and “Dune: Part two” outside the rights area.
The only transition between the Spirit Awards and Oscar nominations regarding international features is the Latvian animated adventure “Flow”, which has already received a number of awards including the Golden Globe for best animated feature films and Annie Award for best animated function – Independent. BAFTA WINNERS AND OSCAR HOPPY MAYY MADISON I also look to get another victory against the main competitor Demi Moore in the lead performance category, but both meet fierce competition from nominated Colman Domingo from colleague Colman for his role in “Sing Sing.”
That has been known to happen, coincides the Spirit Awards Weekend as well Screen Actors Guild AwardsWhich will take place on Sunday, February 23 starting at 17:00 pt/20: 00 et and streaming on Netflix.
