Film Independent’s 31st Spirit Award Winners: Spotlight, Tom McCarthy, Abraham Attah, Brie Larson

Best Feature
Spotlight

Best Director
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

Best Female Lead
Brie Larson, Room

Best Male Lead
Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation!!

Best Supporting Female
Mya Taylor, Tangerine!!

Best Supporting Male
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation

Best Cinematography
Ed Lachman, Carol

Best Screenplay
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer, Spotlight

Best Editing
Tom McArdle, Spotlight

Best International Film
Son of Saul

Best Documentary
The Look of Silence

Best First Screenplay
Emma Donoghue, Room

Best First Feature
The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Robert Altman Award
Spotlight

John Cassavettes Award
Krisha

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Earlier:

Open thread for the next 2 hours before the big event begins in Santa Monica. Enjoy these last remaining 120 minutes to hope and dream that any person of color or LGBT story will be honored in cinema this year.

Oh, and while we wait: Donald Trump has a refreshingly gay warm-up message for us.

Winner:
Best Sound Mixing
Best Sound Editing