Winners of the 2022 edition of the Independent Spirit Awards, pertaining to the best independent films and series of 2021, were announced just a few hours ago at Santa Monica, California, the U.S. And Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut ‘The Lost Daughter’ has bagged the best feature award during the in-person ceremony. Besides, Maggie Gyllenhaal has also won the best director and best screenplay awards for ‘The Lost Daughter’.
Incidentally, ‘The Lost Daughter’ has also been nominated at this year’s upcoming Oscars for the best actress (Olivia Colman), best-supporting actress (Jessie Buckley), and the best-adapted screenplay (Maggie Gyllenhaal) categories.
The other major Independent Spirit Awards namely the best male lead and best female lead were handed over to Simon Rex for ‘Red Rocket’ and Taylour Paige for ‘Zola’, respectively. While ‘Summer of Soul’ was adjudged the best documentary feature at the ceremony.
Sadly, India’s only nominated film ‘Pebbles’ has lost out to the Japanese drama movie ‘Drive My Car’, which has also been nominated at the Oscars in as many as four different categories including best picture, best director, best-adapted screenplay, and best international feature film.
As far as the television series segment is concerned, FX show ‘Reservation Dogs’ and HBO series ‘Blac and Missing’ have won the best new scripted series and best new non-scripted or documentary series Independent Spirit Awards, respectively.
Moreover, for the best male performance and best female performance in a new scripted series, Lee Jung-jae for Squid Game and Thuso Mbedu for ‘The Underground Railroad’ were given the honors.
Here’s the full list of the winners at the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards and their OTT platform in India in case the title is streaming in the country.
Best Feature – The Lost Daughter
Indian OTT Platform – Netflix
Best Male Lead – Simon Rex (Red Rocket)
Indian OTT Platform – NA
Best International Film – Drive My Car
Indian OTT Platform – Mubi (from 1st April)
Best Female Lead – Taylour Paige (Zola)
Indian OTT Platform – Netflix
Best Director – Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)
Indian OTT Platform – Netflix
Best Cinematography – Passing (Eduard Grau)
Indian OTT Platform – Netflix
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)
Indian OTT Platform – Disney+ Hotstar
Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series – Thuso Mbedu (The Underground Railroad)
Indian OTT Platform – Amazon Prime Video
Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series – Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game)
Indian OTT Platform – Netflix
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series – Black and Missing
Indian OTT Platform – NA
Best New Scripted Series – Reservation Dogs
Indian OTT Platform – Disney+ Hotstar
Best Supporting Female – Ruth Negga (Passing)
Indian OTT Platform – Netflix
Best Screenplay – Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)
Indian OTT Platform – Netflix
Best Editing – Joi McMillon (Zola)
Indian OTT Platform – Netflix
Best First Feature – 7 Days
Indian OTT Platform – NA
Best First Screenplay – Michael Sarnoski; Story by Vanessa Block, Michael Sarnoski (Pig)
Indian OTT Platform – NA
Best Documentary – Summer of Soul
Indian OTT Platform – Disney+ Hotstar
John Cassavetes Award (For best feature made under $500,000) – Shiva Baby
Indian OTT Platform – Mubi
Best Supporting Male – Troy Kotsur (CODA)
Indian OTT Platform – Apple TV+
Producers Award – Lizzie Shapiro
Someone to Watch Award – Alex Camilleri (Luzzu)
Indian OTT Platform – NA
The Truer Than Fiction Award – Jessica Beshir (Faya Dayi)
Indian OTT Platform – NA
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