Independent Spirit Awards 2022: Winners

The 37^th Film Independent Spirit Awards took place on the 6^th of March 2022 and honoured the best independent films and television series of 2021; presented by Film Independent, the ceremony was held in-person and was hosted by the married couple Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman. Some huge winners were announced during the event, such as Maggie Gyllenhaal being awarded the top prize for Best Feature for the film ‘The Lost Daughter’, so to find out more, read on and see who won within each category.

The award ceremony was held on the beach in Santa Monica, airing on IFC and AMC+. Traditionally it is usually held the Saturday before the Oscars Awards, but after going virtual in 2021 and airing three days before the Oscars, this year, it aired three weeks before the Oscars award ceremony.

Scroll down for a complete list of all the winners at the 37^th Film Independent Spirit Awards.

Best Feature (Given to producer):

The Lost Daughter (WINNER)

A Chiara

C’mon C’mon

The Novice

Zola

Best Male Lead:

Simon Rex, Red Rocket (WINNER)

Clifton Collins Jr., Jockey

Frankie Faison, Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

Michael Greyeyes, Wild Indian

Udo Kier, Swan Song

Best Female Lead:

Taylour Paige, Zola (WINNER)

Isabelle Fuhrman, The Novice

Brittany S. Hall, Test Pattern

Patti Harrison, Together Together

Kali Reis, Catch the Fair One

Best Supporting Male:

Troy Kotsur, CODA (WINNER)

Colman Domingo, Zola

Meeko Gattuso, Queen of Glory

Will Patton, Sweet Thing

Chaske Spencer, Wild Indian

Best Supporting Female:

Ruth Negga, Passing (WINNER)

Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter

Amy Forsyth, The Novice

Revika Reustle, Pleasure

Suzanna Son, Red Rocket

Best Director:

Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter (WINNER)

Janicza Bravo, Zola

Lauren Hadaway, The Novice

Mike Mills, C’mon C’mon

Ninja Thyberg, Pleasure

Best Female Performance In A New Scripted Series:

Thuso Mbedu, The Underground Railroad (WINNER)

Anjana Vasan, We Are Lady Parts

Jana Schmieding, Rutherford Falls

Jasmine Cephas Jones, Blindspotting

Deborah Ayorinde, THEM: Covenant

Best Male Performance In A Scripted Series:

Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game (WINNER)

Olly Alexander, It’s A Sin

Michael Greyeyes, Rutherford Falls

Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus

Ashley Thomas, THEM: Covenant

Best International Film (Award given to the director):

Drive My Car (Japan), Director: Ryusuke Hamaguchi (WINNER)

Compartment No. 6 (Finland/Russia), Director: Juho Kuosmanen

Parallel Mothers (Spain), Director: Pedro Almodóvar

Pebbles (India), Director: P S Vinothraj

Petite Maman (France), Director: Céline Sciamma

Prayers for the Stolen (Mexico), Director: Tatiana Huezo

Best Editing:

Joi McMillon, Zola (WINNER)

Affonso Gonçalves, A Chiara 

Ali Greer, The Nowhere Inn

Lauren Hadaway, Nathan Nugent, The Novice 

Enrico Natale, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

Best Cinematography:

Edu Grau, Passing (WINNER)

Tim Curtin, A Chiara

Ante Cheng, Matthew Chuang, Blue Bayou

Lol Crawley, The Humans

Ari Wegner, Zola

Producers Award:

Lizzie Shapiro (WINNER)

Brad Becker-Parton

Pin-Chun Liu

Best Ensemble Cast In A New Scripted Series:

Reservation Dogs (Devery Jacobs, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, Lane Factor, Paulina Alexis, Sarah Podemski, Zahn McClarnon, Lil Mike, FunnyBone) (WINNER)

Best New Non-Scripted Or Documentary Series (Given to the creator, executive producer, co-executive producer):

Black And Missing (WINNER)

The Choe Show

The Lady And The Dale

Nuclear Family 

Philly D.A.

Best New Scripted Series (Given to the creator, executive producer, co-executive producer):

Reservation Dogs (WINNER)

Blindspotting

It’s A Sin

The Underground Railroad

We Are Lady Parts

Robert Altman Award (Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast):

Mass (WINNER)

Best Screenplay:

Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter (WINNER)

Mike Mills, C’mon, C’mon

Todd Stephens, Swan Song

Nikole Beckwith, Together Together

Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris, Zola

Truer Than Fiction Award:

Jessica Beshir, Faya Dayi (WINNER)

Angelo Madsen Minax, North By Current

Debbie Lum, Try Harder!

Best First Feature (Given to director and producer):

7 Days (WINNER)

Holler

Queen of Glory

Test Pattern

Wild Indian

Best First Screenplay:

Michael Sarnoski; story by Vanessa Block, Pig (WINNER)

Lyle Mitchell Corbine, Jr., Wild Indian

Matt Fifer; Story by Sheldon D. Brown, Cicada

Shatara Michelle Ford, Test Pattern

Fran Kranz, Mass

Best Documentary:

Summer Of Soul (WINNER)

Ascension

Flee

In The Same Breath

Procession

Someone To Watch Award:

Alex Camilleri, Luzzu (WINNER)

Michael Sarnoski, Pig

Gillian Wallace Horvat, I Blame Society

John Cassavetes Award (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000):

Shiva Baby (WINNER)

Cryptozoo

Jockey

Sweet Thing