# 38th Independent Spirit Awards

The 38th Film Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best independent films and television series of 2022, were presented by Film Independent on March 4, 2023. The film nominations were announced live via YouTube on November 22, 2022 by Raúl Castillo and Taylour Paige, while the television nominations were announced on December 13, 2022 by Asia Kate Dillon.
Like last year, the ceremony was separated from its previous longtime berth on the day before the Academy Awards. Instead, there were eight days separating the ceremonies, with the 95th Academy Awards taking place on March 12, 2023. This ceremony occurred during the middle of final Oscar voting, taking place between March 2 and March 7, meaning the winners of this year's Independent Spirit Awards may have had an impact on Oscar voters.
For the first time since 1997, the ceremony wasn't broadcast live on the American basic cable channel IFC but instead streamed live on IMDb's YouTube channel, as well as both Film Independent's YouTube channel and Twitter. American comedian Hasan Minhaj hosted the ceremony.
The A24 absurdist comedy drama Everything Everywhere All at Once won seven awards, including Best Feature, sweeping every category it was nominated for and winning the most awards for a single film in the history of the Independent Spirit Awards.

## Changes

This year, gender-neutral categories were introduced. The organization has switched the traditionally separated male and female lead and supporting categories for film and television, and instead combined them with ten nominations each in two new categories: Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance. The same has become true for the television categories with Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series as well as the newly added award for Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series. Additionally, a retired film category was re-introduced: Best Breakthrough Performance; it was discontinued in 2005, but is limited to only five nominees. Film Independent has also increased the budget cap for eligible films to $30 million to account for the rising cost of production. Over the years, the budget cap has increased incrementally from $20 million in 2006 to $22.5 million in 2019. The budget cap for the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award, presented to a film's writer, director and producer, also increased from $500K to $1 million. In response to the continuing effects of COVID-19 on filmmakers and the industry, Film Independent once again waived the theatrical run typically required for eligibility, ensuring more opportunities for independent filmmakers to be recognized and celebrated.

## Winners and nominees
### Film

| Best Feature | Best Director |
| Everything Everywhere All at Once Bones and All Our Father, the Devil Tár Women Talking | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once Todd Field – Tár Kogonada – After Yang Sarah Polley – Women Talking Halina Reijn – Bodies Bodies Bodies |
| Best Lead Performance | Best Supporting Performance |
| Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Evelyn Wang Cate Blanchett – Tár as Lydia Tár Dale Dickey – A Love Song as Faye Mia Goth – Pearl as Pearl Regina Hall – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. as Trinitie Childs Paul Mescal – Aftersun as Calum Paterson Aubrey Plaza – Emily the Criminal as Emily Jeremy Pope – The Inspection as Ellis French Andrea Riseborough – To Leslie as Leslie Rowlands Taylor Russell – Bones and All as Maren Yearly | Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Waymond Wang Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Deirdre Beaubeirdre Brian Tyree Henry – Causeway as James Aucoin Nina Hoss – Tár as Sharon Goodnow Brian d'Arcy James – The Cathedral as Richard Damrosch Trevante Rhodes – Bruiser as Porter Theo Rossi – Emily the Criminal as Youcef Mark Rylance – Bones and All as Sully Jonathan Tucker – Palm Trees and Power Lines as Tom Gabrielle Union – The Inspection as Inez French |
| Best Breakthrough Performance | Best Screenplay |
| Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki Frankie Corio – Aftersun as Sophie Paterson Gracija Filipović – Murina as Julija Lily McInerny – Palm Trees and Power Lines as Lea Daniel Zolghadri – Funny Pages as Robert | Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once Lena Dunham – Catherine Called Birdy Todd Field – Tár Kogonada – After Yang Sarah Polley – Women Talking |
| Best First Feature | Best First Screenplay |
| Aftersun Emily the Criminal The Inspection Murina Palm Trees and Power Lines | John Patton Ford – Emily the Criminal Joel Kim Booster – Fire Island Jamie Dack and Audrey Findlay, story by Jamie Dack – Palm Trees and Power Lines K.D. Dávila – Emergency Sarah DeLappe, story by Kristen Roupenian – Bodies Bodies Bodies |
| Best Documentary Feature | Best International Film |
| All the Beauty and the Bloodshed All That Breathes A House Made of Splinters Midwives Riotsville, U.S.A. | Joyland ( Pakistan / USA) Corsage ( Austria / Belgium / England / France / Italy / Luxembourg) Leonor Will Never Die ( Philippines) Return to Seoul ( Belgium / France / Romania / South Korea) Saint Omer ( France) |
| Best Cinematography | Best Editing |
| Florian Hoffmeister – Tár Hélène Louvart – Murina Gregory Oke – Aftersun Eliot Rockett – Pearl Anisia Uzeyman – Neptune Frost | Paul Rogers – Everything Everywhere All at Once Dean Fleischer Camp and Nick Paley – Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Ricky D'Ambrose – The Cathedral Blair McClendon – Aftersun Monika Willi – Tár |

#### Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Film |
| 8 | Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| 7 | Tár |
| 5 | Aftersun |
| 4 | Emily the Criminal |
| 4 | Palm Trees and Power Lines |
| 3 | Bones and All |
| 3 | The Cathedral |
| 3 | The Inspection |
| 3 | Murina |
| 3 | Women Talking |
| 2 | After Yang |
| 2 | Bodies Bodies Bodies |
| 2 | Holy Emy |
| 2 | Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. |
| 2 | A Love Song |
| 2 | Pearl |
Films that won multiple awards :
| Awards | Film |
| 7 | Everything Everywhere All at Once |

### Television

| Best New Scripted Series | Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series |
| The Bear (FX on Hulu) Pachinko (Apple TV+) The Porter (BET+ / CBC Television) Severance (Apple TV+) Station Eleven (HBO Max) | The Rehearsal (HBO) Children of the Underground (FX) Mind Over Murder (HBO) Pepsi, Where's My Jet? (Netflix) We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime) |
| Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series | Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series |
| Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary as Janine Teagues (ABC) Aml Ameen – The Porter as Junior Massey (BET+ / CBC Television) Mohammed Amer – Mo as Mo Najjar (Netflix) Bridget Everett – Somebody Somewhere as Sam (HBO Max) KaMillion – Rap Sh!t as Mia Knight (HBO Max) Melanie Lynskey – Yellowjackets as Shauna Shipman (Showtime) Himesh Patel – Station Eleven as Jeevan Chaudhary (HBO Max) Sue Ann Pien – As We See It as Violet Wu (Prime Video) Adam Scott – Severance as Mark Scout (Apple TV+) Ben Whishaw – This Is Going to Hurt as Adam Kay (AMC+ / BBC One) | Ayo Edebiri – The Bear as Sydney Adamu (FX on Hulu) Danielle Deadwyler – Station Eleven as Miranda Carroll (HBO Max) Jeff Hiller – Somebody Somewhere as Joel (HBO Max) Gbemisola Ikumelo – A League of Their Own as Clance Morgan (Prime Video) Janelle James – Abbott Elementary as Ava Coleman (ABC) Ebon Moss-Bachrach – The Bear as Richard "Richie" Jerimovich (FX on Hulu) Frankie Quiñones – This Fool as Luis (Hulu) Sheryl Lee Ralph – Abbott Elementary as Barbara Howard (ABC) Molly Shannon – I Love That for You as Jackie Stilton (Showtime) Tramell Tillman – Severance as Seth Milchick (Apple TV+) |
| Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series ||
| Pachinko – Soji Arai, Jin Ha, Inji Jeong, Minha Kim, Kaho Minami, Lee Minho, Steve Sanghyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson, and Yuh-jung Youn ||

#### Series with multiple nominations and awards

Series that received multiple nominations :
| Nominations | Series |
| 3 | Abbott Elementary |
| 3 | The Bear |
| 3 | Severance |
| 3 | Station Eleven |
| 2 | The Porter |
| 2 | Somebody Somewhere |
Series that won multiple awards :
| Wins | Series |
| 2 | The Bear |

## Special awards
### John Cassavetes Award

(The award is given to the best feature made for under $1,000,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer)
The Cathedral
* The African Desperate
* Holy Emy
* A Love Song
* Something in the Dirt

### Robert Altman Award

(The award is given to the film's director, casting director, and ensemble cast)
* Women Talking – Sarah Polley (director), John Buchan (casting director), Jason Knight (casting director), Shayla Brown, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Kira Guloien, Kate Hallett, Judith Ivey, Rooney Mara, Sheila McCarthy, Frances McDormand, Michelle McLeod, Liv McNeil, Ben Whishaw, and August Winter

## Emerging Filmmakers Awards
### Producers Award

The award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films.
* Tory Lenosky
** Liz Cardenas
** David Grove Churchill Viste

### Someone to Watch Award

The award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.
* Nikyatu Jusu – Nanny
** Adamma Ebo – Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.
** Araceli Lemos – Holy Emy

### Truer than Fiction Award

The award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition.
* Reid Davenport – I Didn't See You There
** Isabel Castro – Mija
** Rebeca Huntt – Beba