The annual event honors voices working outside the major studio system, with last year's ceremony dominated by a sweeping victory for Anora.

The Spirit Awards, held in a beachside tent in Santa Monica, California, is the shaggier, more irreverent sister to the Academy Awards, celebrating the best in independent film and television.

The Spirit Awards honors smaller budget, independent films and is known for its starry, freewheeling ceremony that's part of the awards season leading to the Academy Awards. It joins several ...

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At the Spirit Awards, indie-hood can be a badge of honor. In Saturday's ceremony, none could top writer-director Trey Edward Shults, who won the John Cassavetes Award for first feature made for ...