The Independent Spirit Awards[2] (abbreviated Spirit Awards and originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards), founded in 1984,[3] are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers.[4][5] Winners were typically presented with acrylic glasspyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the bare budgets of independent films[citation needed]. Since 2006, winners have received a metal trophy depicting a bird with its wings spread sitting atop of a pole with the shoestrings from the previous design wrapped around the pole.
In 1986, the event was renamed the Independent Spirit Awards. Now called the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the show is produced by Film Independent, a not-for-profit arts organization that used to produce the LA Film Festival. Film Independent members vote to determine the winners of the Spirit Awards.[6]
In 2020, new categories were announced for the 36th Independent Spirit Awards, which would honor the best in television productions and performances. These categories included Best New Scripted Series, Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series, Best Male Performance, Best Female Performance, and Best Ensemble Cast.[10] In 2022, it was announced that gender neutral acting categories would be implemented and that the previous gendered film categories — Male Lead, Female Lead, Male Supporting and Female Supporting — would be retired in favor of a Best Lead Performance and a Best Supporting Performance categories, which would feature 10 nominees each. Other new categories added included Best Breakthrough Performance and Best Lead and Supporting Performance in the TV section.[11]
In 1984 the FINDIE Awards (Friends of Independents) were conceived by Independent Features Project/West board member Jeanne Lucas[14] and Independent Features Project/West President Anne Kimmel[15] and director/writer Sam O'Brien was an event producer.[14] The awards are voted on by a nominating committee.
In 1985, Peter Coyote and Jamie Lee Curtis presented winners with a Plexiglas pyramid designed by Carol Bosselman, which contain a suspended shoestring, printed with sprocket holes, representing the shoestring budgets of independent films. The Reel Gold Award, also designed by Bosselman, was given to Steve Wachtel for allowing Independent Features Project/West continuing free use of his screening room. It was associated with Filmex.[3] In 1986, Bosselman designed and sculpted the Independent Spirit Award statue that is still given out today, using a lost wax bronze casting method.
Independent Features Project/West eventually became Film Independent.[16]
Dawn Hudson was director of Independent Features Project/West in 1995.[17]
Barbara Boyle was Independent Features Project/West president from 1994 to 1999.[18]
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^English, James F. (2008), "The Age of Awards", The Economy of Prestige: Prizes, Awards, and the Circulation of Cultural Value, United States of America: Harvard University Press, p. 86, ISBN978-0-674-03043-5, OCLC 221175319, retrieved September 29, 2011 provides alternative start date as 1986, not 1984
^Sickels, Robert (2009), "Coveted Awards", The Business of Entertainment: Movies, United States of America: Greenwood Publishing Group, p. 141, ISBN978-0-275-99840-0, OCLC 644042790, retrieved September 28, 2011
^Steele, Bruce C. (February 28, 2006), "It's Ang Lee vs. Gregg Araki!", The Advocate, Here Media, p. 49, retrieved September 28, 2011
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^D'Alessandro, Anthony (September 29, 2020). "Film Independent Spirit Awards Adds TV Categories For Upcoming 2021 Program". Deadline. Retrieved December 7, 2020.
^Chapman, Wilson (August 23, 2022). "Spirit Awards to Implement Gender Neutral Acting Categories". Variety. Retrieved September 9, 2022.
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^ abFOX, DAVID J. (March 27, 1992). "The Little Award Show That Could : Film: Since it started in the '80s, the Independent Spirit Awards, sort of an offbeat Oscar, has gained big-name supporters. Saturday's ceremony is sold out". Los Angeles Times. from the original on October 23, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
^FOX, DAVID J. (March 30, 1992). "'Rose' and 'Idaho' Get the Spirit : Movies: Each takes three trophies in the offbeat independent counterpoint to tonight's Academy Awards". Los Angeles Times. from the original on May 18, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
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The Independent Spirit Awards 2 abbreviated Spirit Awards and originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards founded in 1984 3 are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers 4 5 Winners were typically presented with acrylic glass pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the bare budgets of independent films citation needed Since 2006 winners have received a metal trophy depicting a bird with its wings spread sitting atop of a pole with the shoestrings from the previous design wrapped around the pole Independent Spirit AwardsCurrent 38th Independent Spirit AwardsAwarded forExcellence in the independent film industryCountryUnited StatesPresented byFilm Independent 1 First awardedMarch 3 1984 38 years agoWebsitewww wbr filmindependent wbr org wbr spirit awards wbr In 1986 the event was renamed the Independent Spirit Awards Now called the Film Independent Spirit Awards the show is produced by Film Independent a not for profit arts organization that used to produce the LA Film Festival Film Independent members vote to determine the winners of the Spirit Awards 6 The awards show is held inside a tent in a parking lot at the beach in Santa Monica California usually on the day before the Academy Awards since 1999 originally the Saturday before 7 The show is broadcast live on the IFC network 8 as well as Hollywood Suite in Canada and A amp E Latin America 9 In 2020 new categories were announced for the 36th Independent Spirit Awards which would honor the best in television productions and performances These categories included Best New Scripted Series Best New Non Scripted or Documentary Series Best Male Performance Best Female Performance and Best Ensemble Cast 10 In 2022 it was announced that gender neutral acting categories would be implemented and that the previous gendered film categories Male Lead Female Lead Male Supporting and Female Supporting would be retired in favor of a Best Lead Performance and a Best Supporting Performance categories which would feature 10 nominees each Other new categories added included Best Breakthrough Performance and Best Lead and Supporting Performance in the TV section 11 Contents 1 Categories 2 History 3 Ceremonies 4 See also 5 ReferencesCategories EditCurrent categories Best Feature Film Best Director Best First Feature Film Best Lead Performance Best Supporting Performance Best Breakthrough Performance Best Screenplay Best First Screenplay Best International Feature Film Best Documentary Feature Film Best Cinematography Best Editing Best New Scripted Series Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series Best New Non Scripted or Documentary Series Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series John Cassavetes Award Piaget Producers Award Robert Altman Award Someone to Watch Award Truer than Fiction Award Retired categories Best Female Lead Best Male Lead Best Supporting Female Best Supporting Male Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series Bonnie AwardHistory EditThe Independent Features Project West was founded by Gregory Nava and Anna Thomas 12 13 In 1984 the FINDIE Awards Friends of Independents were conceived by Independent Features Project West board member Jeanne Lucas 14 and Independent Features Project West President Anne Kimmel 15 and director writer Sam O Brien was an event producer 14 The awards are voted on by a nominating committee In 1985 Peter Coyote and Jamie Lee Curtis presented winners with a Plexiglas pyramid designed by Carol Bosselman which contain a suspended shoestring printed with sprocket holes representing the shoestring budgets of independent films The Reel Gold Award also designed by Bosselman was given to Steve Wachtel for allowing Independent Features Project West continuing free use of his screening room It was associated with Filmex 3 In 1986 Bosselman designed and sculpted the Independent Spirit Award statue that is still given out today using a lost wax bronze casting method Independent Features Project West eventually became Film Independent 16 Dawn Hudson was director of Independent Features Project West in 1995 17 Barbara Boyle was Independent Features Project West president from 1994 to 1999 18 Independent Features Project eventually became Independent Filmmaker Project Ceremonies Edit Date Year Honored Best Film Best First Feature Host s 1st March 22 1986 1985 After Hours Peter Coyote2nd March 28 1987 1986 Platoon She s Gotta Have It Buck Henry3rd February 11 1988 1987 River s Edge Dirty Dancing4th March 25 1989 1988 Stand and Deliver Mystic Pizza5th March 24 1990 1989 Sex Lies and Videotape Heathers6th March 23 1991 1990 The Grifters Metropolitan7th March 28 1992 1991 Rambling Rose Straight Out of Brooklyn8th March 27 1993 1992 The Player Reservoir Dogs9th March 19 1994 1993 Short Cuts El Mariachi Robert Townsend10th March 25 1995 1994 Pulp Fiction Spanking the Monkey Kevin Pollak11th March 23 1996 1995 Leaving Las Vegas The Brothers McMullen Samuel L Jackson12th March 22 1997 1996 Fargo Sling Blade13th March 21 1998 1997 The Apostle Eve s Bayou John Turturro14th March 20 1999 1998 Gods and Monsters The Opposite of Sex Queen Latifah15th March 25 2000 1999 Election Being John Malkovich Over 500 000 The Blair Witch Project Under 500 000 Jennifer Tilly16th March 24 2001 2000 Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon You Can Count on MeChuck amp Buck Under 500 000 John Waters17th March 23 2002 2001 Memento In the Bedroom18th March 22 2003 2002 Far from Heaven The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys19th February 28 2004 2003 Lost in Translation Monster20th February 26 2005 2004 Sideways Garden State Samuel L Jackson21st March 4 2006 2005 Brokeback Mountain Crash Sarah Silverman22nd February 24 2007 2006 Little Miss Sunshine Sweet Land23rd February 23 2008 2007 Juno The Lookout Rainn Wilson24th February 21 2009 2008 The Wrestler Synecdoche New York Steve Coogan25th March 5 2010 2009 Precious Crazy Heart Eddie Izzard26th February 26 2011 2010 Black Swan Get Low Joel McHale27th February 25 2012 2011 The Artist Margin Call Seth Rogen28th February 23 2013 2012 Silver Linings Playbook The Perks of Being a Wallflower Andy Samberg29th March 1 2014 2013 12 Years a Slave Fruitvale Station Patton Oswalt30th February 21 2015 2014 Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance Nightcrawler Fred Armisen Kristen Bell31st February 27 2016 2015 Spotlight The Diary of a Teenage Girl Kate McKinnon Kumail Nanjiani32nd February 25 2017 2016 Moonlight The Witch Nick Kroll John Mulaney33rd March 3 2018 2017 Get Out Ingrid Goes West34th February 23 2019 2018 If Beale Street Could Talk Sorry to Bother You Aubrey Plaza35th February 8 2020 2019 The Farewell Booksmart36th April 22 2021 2020 Nomadland Sound of Metal Melissa Villasenor37th March 6 2022 2021 The Lost Daughter 7 Days Megan Mullally Nick Offerman38th March 4 2023 2022 See also EditAmerican Cinematheque FilmexReferences Edit Film Independent filmindependent org Archived from the original on June 9 2017 Retrieved June 12 2017 History Film Independent Filmindependent org Archived from the original on October 18 2017 Retrieved October 17 2017 a b Collins Keith February 25 2005 Independence days variety com Archived from the original on October 18 2017 Retrieved June 12 2017 Picker David V 2004 The Film Company as Financier Distributor in Jason E Squire ed The movie business book Simon amp Schuster ISBN 978 0 7432 1937 2 OCLC 53953524 retrieved September 29 2011 English James F 2008 The Age of Awards The Economy of Prestige Prizes Awards and the Circulation of Cultural Value United States of America Harvard University Press p 86 ISBN 978 0 674 03043 5 OCLC 221175319 retrieved September 29 2011 provides alternative start date as 1986 not 1984 Sickels Robert 2009 Coveted Awards The Business of Entertainment Movies United States of America Greenwood Publishing Group p 141 ISBN 978 0 275 99840 0 OCLC 644042790 retrieved September 28 2011 Steele Bruce C February 28 2006 It s Ang Lee vs Gregg Araki The Advocate Here Media p 49 retrieved September 28 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards IFC archived from the original on May 22 2011 retrieved September 28 2011 Citation supporting televised on IFC in 2011 A amp E Latinoamerica mx canalaetv com Archived from the original on June 3 2017 Retrieved June 12 2017 D Alessandro Anthony September 29 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards Adds TV Categories For Upcoming 2021 Program Deadline Retrieved December 7 2020 Chapman Wilson August 23 2022 Spirit Awards to Implement Gender Neutral Acting Categories Variety Retrieved September 9 2022 Familiar names top Indie awards Roger Ebert s Journal Rogerebert com Archived from the original on May 17 2017 Retrieved June 12 2017 Page Anna Thomas Tribute August 10 2009 A Tribute to Anna Thomas Biography for Anna Thomas annathomastribute blogspot com Archived from the original on October 14 2017 Retrieved June 12 2017 a b FOX DAVID J March 27 1992 The Little Award Show That Could Film Since it started in the 80s the Independent Spirit Awards sort of an offbeat Oscar has gained big name supporters Saturday s ceremony is sold out Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on October 23 2015 Retrieved June 12 2017 FOX DAVID J March 30 1992 Rose and Idaho Get the Spirit Movies Each takes three trophies in the offbeat independent counterpoint to tonight s Academy Awards Los Angeles Times Archived from the original on May 18 2015 Retrieved June 12 2017 Archived copy Archived from the original on July 11 2017 Retrieved June 12 2017 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link The Oscars Upstaged Almost The New York Times March 19 1995 Archived from the original on October 18 2017 Retrieved June 12 2017 Producer Barbara Boyle to Head UCLA Department of Film Television and Digital Media Businesswire com Archived from the original on October 18 2017 Retrieved June 12 2017 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