Adam Sandler Wins Best Actor at the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards
Uncut Gems and The Farewell dominate a ceremony that corrected the Oscars' biggest snubs. See the full list of Indie Spirit Awards winners for 2020.
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Just one day before the Academy Awards, Hollywood’s brightest stars toasted the best in indie at the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards – and it was two films completely snubbed by the Oscars that dominated.
The awards, given out at a beachside ceremony in Santa Monica, California, and broadcast live on IFC, usually have little overlap with the Oscars and this year was no exception. Renee Zellweger was the lone acting nominee at the Spirits also up for a statuette at tomorrow night’s Oscars – and she won – and Robert Altman honoree Marriage Story was the sole film competing for Best Feature here and Best Picture tomorrow.
Uncut Gems, which was left out of the Oscars altogether, earned three awards, including Best Director for Benny and Josh Safdie, Best Editing, and – finally, justice for Sandman! – Best Male Lead for Adam Sandler. But it was The Farewell, also ignored by the Academy, which won Best Feature, and Best Supporting Female for Shuzhen Zhao, who plays Nai Nai in the film.
The Lighthouse co-star Willem Dafoe, whose grizzled wickie was one of RT fans’ favorite performances of the year, won for Best Supporting Male.
Did they get it right? See the full list of winners and nominees below and let us know what you think of the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Award results in the comments.
Best Feature
82%
92%
97%
95%
91%
Best Director
90%
94%
91%
91%
88%
Best Screenplay
95%
89%
91%
92%
91%
Best First Feature
96%
90%
93%
93%
95%
93%
Best First Screenplay
93%
99%
99%
83%
92%
Best Male Lead
Best Female Lead
Best Supporting Male
Best Supporting Female
Best Cinematography
88%
90%
94%
88%
83%
Best International Film
94%
88%
99%
97%
100%
90%
Best Documentary
95%
99%
98%
100%
92%
Best Editing
88%
91%
94%
90%
89%
John Cassavetes Award (Best Feature under $500,000)
91%
100%
89%
93%
89%
Robert Altman Award (Best Ensemble)
95%
Truer Than Fiction Award
100%
100%
97%
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Someone to Watch Award
Bonnie Award
- Kelly Reichardt
Producers Award
- Mollye Asher
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