‘Spotlight’
The 2016 Independent Spirit Awards just wrapped, with Tom McCarthy‘s Spotlight being the big winner of the evening, taking home five awards including Best Feature, Best Director, Best Editing, Best Screenplay, and the Robert Altman Award for Best Ensemble. While I would call into question just how “independent” that film is, it was quite good so I don’t have too much to gripe about there.
Take a look below for the full list of winners.
Winners are highlighted in RED:
BEST FEATURE
Anomalisa
Beasts of No Nation
Carol
Spotlight
Tangerine
BEST DIRECTOR
Cary Joji Fukunaga – Beasts of No Nation
Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson – Anomalisa
David Robert Mitchell – It Follows
Sean Baker – Tangerine
Todd Haynes – Carol
Tom McCarthy – Spotlight
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Bel Powley – The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Brie Larson – Room
Cate Blanchett – Carol
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez – Tangerine
Rooney Mara – Carol
BEST MALE LEAD
Abraham Attah – Beasts of No Nation
Ben Mendelsohn – Mississippi Grind
Christopher Abbott – James White
Jason Segel – The End of the Tour
Koudous Seihon – Mediterranea
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Cynthia Nixon – James White
Jennifer Jason Leigh – Anomalisa
Marin Ireland – Glass Chin
Mya Taylor – Tangerine
Robin Bartlett – H.
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Idris Elba – Beasts of No Nation
Kevin Corrigan – Results
Michael Shannon – 99 Homes
Paul Dano – Love & Mercy
Richard Jenkins – Bone Tomahawk
BEST SCREENPLAY
Anomalisa
Bone Tomahawk
Carol
End of the Tour
Spotlight
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Best of Enemies
Heart of a Dog
Look of Silence
Meru
Russian Woodpecker
(T)error
BEST FIRST FEATURE
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
James White
Manos Sucas
Mediterranea
Songs My Brothers Taught Me
BEST EDITING
Beasts of No Nation
Heaven Knows What
It Follows
Room
Spotlight
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Beasts of No Nation
Carol
It Follows
Meadowland
Songs My Brothers Taught Me
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
Embrace of the Serpent
Girlhood
Mustang
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Son of Saul
JOHN CASSAVETTES AWARD (Best Feature Made For Under $500,000)
Advantageous
Christmas, Again
Heaven Knows What
Krisha
Out of My Hand
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Best Ensemble)
Spotlight
KIEHL’S SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Chloe Zhoa
Felix Thompson
Robert Machoian & Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck
