2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards Winners
The Indie Spirit Awards celebrated their 30th anniversary this year, broadcasting their annual ceremony from Santa Monica beach on IFC on Saturday, Feb. 21. Alejandro González Iñárritu’s Birdman led with six nominations, which panned out in three wins for Best Feature, Best Male Lead, and Best Cinematography. Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, Dan Gilroy’s Nightcrawler, and Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash each nabbed two awards of their own. Read on for the full list of this year’s winners.
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Best Feature
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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night96%
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Best First Feature
Best Director
Best Female Lead
Best Male Lead
- Scott Alexander & Larry Karaszewski for Big Eyes
- J.C. Chandor for A Most Violent Year
- Dan Gilroy for NightCrawler
- Jim Jarmusch for Only Lovers Left Alive
- Ira Sachs & Mauricio Zacharias for Love Is Strange
Best Screenplay
- Desiree Akhavan for Appropriate Behavior
- Sara Colangelo for Little Accidents
- Justin Lader for The One I Love
- Anja Marquardt for She’s Lost Control
- Justin Simien for Dear White People
Best First Screenplay
- Blue Ruin
- It Felt Like Love
- Land Ho!
- Man from Reno
- Test
John Cassavetes Award (Best Feature Made for Under $500,000)
- Patricia Arquette for Boyhood
- Jessica Chastain for A Most Violent Year
- Carmen Ejogo for Selma
- Andrea Suarez Paz for Stand Clear of the Closing Doors
- Emma Stone for Birdman
Best Supporting Female
- Riz Ahmed for Nightcrawler
- Ethan Hawke for Boyhood
- Alfred Molina for Love Is Strange
- Edward Norton for Birdman
- J.K. Simmons for Whiplash
Best Supporting Male
- The Immigrant
- Birdman
- It Felt Like Love
- A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
- Selma
Best Cinematography
- Boyhood
- Whiplash
- Nightcrawler
- A Most Violent Year
- The Guest
Best Editing
- 20,000 Days on Earth
- Citizenfour
- Stray Dog
- The Salt of the Earth
- Virunga
Best Documentary
- Force Majeure (Sweden)
- Ida (Poland)
- Leviathan (Russia)
- Mommy (Canada)
- Norte, the End of History (Philippines)
- Under the Skin (United Kingdom)
Best International Film
- Inherent Vice
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Casting Director: Cassandra Kulukundis
Ensemble Cast: Josh Brolin, Martin Donovan, Jena Malone, Joanna Newsom, Joaquin Phoenix, Eric Roberts, Maya Rudolph, Martin Short Serena Scott Thomas, Benicio Del Toro, Katherine Waterston, Michael Kenneth Williams, Owen Wilson, Reese Witherspoon
Robert Altman Award (Director, Casting Director, Ensemble Cast)
- Foxcatcher
Director/Producer: Bennett Miller
Producers: Anthony Bregman, Megan Ellison, Jon Kilik
Writers: E. Max Frye, Dan Futterman
Actors: Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, Channing Tatum
Special Distinction Award
- Ana Lily Amirpour for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
- Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia for H.
- Chris Eska for The Retrieval
21st Annual Kiehl’s Someone To Watch Award
- Amanda Rose Wilder for Approaching the Elephant
- Darius Clark Monroe for Evolution of a Criminal
- Dan Krauss for The Kill Team
- Sara Dosa for The Last Season
