Hosted by indie movie queen Aubrey Plaza, the Spirit Awards 2019 celebrated the best of independent cinema. If Beale Street Could Talk, Roma, and Can You Ever Forgive Me? won big ahead of the Oscars. Check out the winners below.
Best Feature
Winner: If Beale Street Could Talk
Eighth Grade
First Reformed
Leave No Trace
You Were Never Really Here
Best Director
Winner: Barry Jenkins –If Beale Street Could Talk
Debra Granik – Leave No Trace
Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here
Paul Schrader – First Reformed
Tamara Jenkins – Private Life
Best Female Lead
Winner: Glenn Close – The Wife
Carey Mulligan – Wildlife
Elsie Fisher – Eigth Grade
Helena Howard – Madeleine’s Madeleine
Regina Hall – Support the Girls
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Best Supporting Female
Winner: Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
J. Smith Cameron – Nancy
Kayli Carter – Private Life
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie – Leave No Trace
Tyne Daly – A Bread Factory
Best Male Lead
Winner: Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Christian Malheiros – Sócrates
Daveed Diggs – Blindspotting
Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here
John Cho – Searching
Best Supporting Male
Winner: Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
John David Washington – Monsters and Men
Josh Hamilton – Eighth Grade
Raúl Castillo – We the Animals
Best Screenplay
Winner: Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty – Can You Ever Forgive Me
Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You
Paul Schrader – First Reformed
Richard Glatzer, Rebecca Lenkiewicz, Wash Westmoreland – Colette
Tamara Jenkins – Private Life
Best Editing
Joe Binni – You Were Never Really Here
Alex Hall, Anne Fabini, Gary Levy – The Tale
Keiko Deguchi, Brian A. Gates, Jeremiah Zagar – We the Animals
Nick Fenton, Julian Hart, Chris Gill, Luke Dunkley – American Animals
Nick Houy – Mid90s
Best Cinematography
Winner: Sayombhu Mukdeeprom – Suspiria
Ashley Connor – Madeleine’s Madeleine
Benjamin Loeb – Mandy
Diego Garcia – Wildlife
Zak Mulligan – We the Animals
Best First Feature
Winner: Sorry to Bother You
Hereditary
The Tale
We the Animals
Wildlife
Best First Screenplay
Winner: Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
Christian Choe – Nancy
Cory Findley – Thoroughbreds
Jennifer Fox – The Tale
Quinn Shephard, Laurie Shephard – Blame
Best Documentary
Winner: Won’t you be my Neighbor?
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Father and Sons
On Her Shoulders
Shirkers
Best International Film
Winner: Roma
Burning
Happy as Lazzaro
Shoplifters
The Favourite