37th Independent Spirit Awards

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37th Independent Spirit Awards
Awarded forBest in independent film and independent television
DateMarch 6, 2022
Site Santa Monica Pier
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Hosted by
Highlights
Best Feature The Lost Daughter
Most awardsThe Lost Daughter (3)
Most nominations Zola (7)
Television coverage
Channel IFC

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]

Contents

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

Winners and nominees

Film

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Best Feature co-winner, and Best Director and Best Screenplay winner Maggie Gyllenhaal 2021.jpg
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Best Feature co-winner, and Best Director and Best Screenplay winner
Simon Rex, Best Male Lead winner Simon Rex during an interview, March 2022 (2) (cropped).jpg
Simon Rex, Best Male Lead winner
Taylour Paige, Best Female Lead winner Cropped image of Taylour Paige.png
Taylour Paige, Best Female Lead winner
Troy Kotsur, Best Supporting Male winner Troy kotsur 2022 1.jpg
Troy Kotsur, Best Supporting Male winner
Ruth Negga, Best Supporting Female winner Ruth Negga (35373089553) (cropped).jpg
Ruth Negga, Best Supporting Female winner
Best Feature Best Director

The Lost Daughter

Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter

Best Male Lead Best Female Lead

Simon Rex – Red Rocket as Mikey Saber

Taylour Paige – Zola as Aziah "Zola" King

Best Supporting Male Best Supporting Female

Troy Kotsur – CODA as Frank Rossi

Ruth Negga – Passing as Clare Bellew

Best Screenplay Best First Screenplay

Maggie Gyllenhaal – The Lost Daughter

Michael Sarnoski and Vanessa Block – Pig

Best First Feature Best Documentary Feature

7 Days

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

Best Cinematography Best Editing

Eduard Grau – Passing

Joi McMillon – Zola

Best International Film

Drive My Car (Flag of Japan.svg  Japan)

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations
NominationsFilm
7 Zola
5 The Novice
4 The Lost Daughter
Test Pattern
Wild Indian
3 A Chiara
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
AwardsFilm
3 The Lost Daughter
2 Passing
Shiva Baby
Zola

Television

Best New Scripted SeriesBest New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series

Reservation Dogs (FX on Hulu)

Black and Missing (HBO)

Best Male Performance in a New Scripted SeriesBest Female Performance in a New Scripted Series

Lee Jung-jae – Squid Game as Seong Gi-hun (Netflix)

Thuso Mbedu – The Underground Railroad as Cora Randall (Prime Video)

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
NominationsSeries
2 Blindspotting
It's a Sin
Rutherford Falls
Them: Covenant
The Underground Railroad
We Are Lady Parts
Series that won multiple awards
AwardsSeries
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

Robert Altman Award

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

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.

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.

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.

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