More awards season nonsense took place over this past weekend, so here are the results from those two star-studded events.
INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS
On Saturday 22nd February 2025 , the 40th Film Independent Spirit Awards- recognising films made wholly or partly outside the traditional studio system- took place.
Here's a full list of film winners.
Best Feature: Anora
Best Lead Performance: Mikey Madison (Anora)
Best Supporting Performance: Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
Best Breakthrough Performance: Maisy Stella (My Old Ass)
Best Director: Sean Baker (Anora)
Best Screenplay: Jesse Eisenberg (A Real Pain)
Best First Screenplay: Sean Wang (Didi)
Best Cinematography: Nickel Boyss
Best Editing: September 5
Best First Feature: Didi
Best International Film: Flow
Best Documentary: No Other Land
John Cassavetes Award: Girls Will Be Girls
Robert Altman Award: His Three Daughters
The John Cassavetes Award is given to the creative team of a film budgeted at less than $1 million, whilst the Robert Altman Award is presented to the ensemble cast of the movie, its director, and its casting director(s).
Anora was the big winner of the evening, with three awards. A Real Pain and Didi both won two.
Anora is really starting to make strides; with its wins at both PGA and DGA, and Mikey Madison's surprise BAFTA win, it isn't beyond the realms of possibility that there might be an "upset" come next Sunday.
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SCREEN ACTORS GUILD (SAG) AWARDS
The 31st Screen Actors Guild Awards were held on Sunday 23rd February in a ceremony which streamed live on Netflix, hosted by Kristen Bell.
Here are the film winners:
Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
Conclave
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role
Timothée Chalamet (A Complete Unknown)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
Demi Moore (The Substance)
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role
Kieran Culkin (A Real Pain)
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role
Zoe Saldaña (Emilia Pérez)
Outstanding Action Performance by a Stunt Ensemble in a Motion Picture
The Fall Guy
Unlike last year's Oppenheimer sweep, this had a bit more of an "all shall have prizes" feel about it (which is pretty much the theme of this year's awards season; whilst the same performances might be getting recognised a lot, they're all coming from different places so it's good to have that variety).
I'm really pleased to see Conclave win the Best Cast award, as it is a superb ensemble. Timothée Chalamet's win chucks a nice little curveball, although it feels unlikely that the Academy is going to follow suit (Adrien Brody's probably going to have another Little Naked Gold Man). Best Actress now feels like it's a two-horse race between Mikey Madison and Demi Moore, whilst I think we can safely say the supporting categories are as locked in as they can be.
The stone-cold icon that is Jane Fonda was awarded the Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, and gave a barnstorming acceptance speech in which she said “Empathy is not weak or ‘woke.’ And, by the way, ‘woke’ just means you give a damn about other people”. Yassss, queen!
Congratulations to all winners!
So, we are getting down to the sharp end of awards season 2025, with just the Razzies and the Oscars to go next weekend.
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