All the winners from this year's Independent Spirit Awards

Who came out on top at this year's ceremony?
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"The Lost Daughter" grabbed three big awards. Credit: YANNIS DRAKOULIDIS/NETFLIX

The Lost Daughter, was the biggest winner at 2022's Independent Spirit Awards, which celebrate the best in independent film. Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut picked up awards for Best Feature, Best Screenplay, and Best Director.

Other winners included Taylour Paige, who was recognized for her leading performance in Zola, and Troy Kotsur, who was recognized for his supporting performance in CODA. Kotsur made history this year as the first Deaf male actor to be nominated for an Academy Award. After his win here, and his earlier win at this year's SAG Awards, he's cemented his status as an Oscar frontrunner.

In the television categories, Reservation Dogs won the award for Best New Scripted Series and Best Ensemble Cast. Thuso Mbedu of The Underground Railroad and Lee Jung-jae of Squid Game were also recognized for their leading performances.


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Read on for the complete list of winners.

Film Categories

Best Feature

A Chiara

C'mon C'mon

The Lost Daughter — WINNER

The Novice

Zola

Best First Feature

7 Days — WINNER

Holler

Queen Glory

Test Pattern

Wild Indian

Best Female Lead

Isabelle Fuhrman, The Novice

Brittany S. Hall, Test Pattern

Patti Harrison, Together Together

Taylour Paige, Zola — WINNER

Kali Reis, Catch the Fair One

Best Male Lead

Clifton Collins Jr., Jockey

Frankie Faison, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

Michael Greyeyes, Wild Indian

Udo Kier, Swan Song

Simon Rex, Red Rocket — WINNER

Best Director

Janicza Bravo, Zola

Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter — WINNER

Lauren Hadaway, The Novice

Mike Mills, C’mon C’mon

Ninja Thyberg, Pleasure

Best Documentary

Ascension

Flee

In the Same Breath

Procession

Summer of Soul — WINNER

Best Supporting Female

Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter

Amy Forsyth, The Novice

Ruth Negga, Passing — WINNER

Revika Anne Reustle, Pleasure

Suzanna Son, Red Rocket

Best Supporting Male

Colman Domingo, Zola

Meeko Gattuso, Queen of Glory

Troy Kotsur, CODA — WINNER

Will Patton, Sweet Thing

Chaske Spencer, Wild Indian

Best Screenplay

C’mon C’mon

The Lost Daughter — WINNER

Swan Song

Together Together

Zola

Best First Screenplay

Wild Indian 

Cicada

Test Pattern 

Mass 

Pig — WINNER

Best Editing

A Chiara

The Nowhere Inn

The Novice

Zola — WINNER

The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain

Best Cinematography

Blue Bayou

The Humans

A Chiara

Passing — WINNER

Zola

Best International Film

Compartment No. 6

Drive My Car — WINNER

Parallel Mothers

Pebbles

Petite Maman

Prayers for the Stolen

Robert Altman Award

Mass — WINNER

John Cassavetes Award

Cryptozoo

Jockey

Shiva Baby — WINNER

Sweet Thing

This is Not a War Story

Producers Award

Brad Becker-Parton

Pin-Chun Liu

Lizzie Shapiro — WINNER

Someone To Watch Award

Alex Camilleri, Luzzu — WINNER

Michael Sarnoski, Pig

Gillian Wallace Horvat, I Blame Society

Truer Than Fiction Award

Angelo Madsen Minax, North By Current

Jessica Beshir, Faya Dayi — WINNER

Debbie Lum, Try Harder!

TV Categories

Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series

Black and Missing — WINNER

The Choe Show

The Lady and the Dale

Nuclear Family

Philly D.A.

Best New Scripted Series

Blindspotting

It's a Sin

Reservation Dogs — WINNER

The Underground Railroad

We Are Lady Parts

Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series

Thuso Mbedu, The Underground Railroad — WINNER

Anjana Vasan, We Are Lady Parts

Jana Schmieding, Rutherford Falls

Jasmine Cephas Jones, Blindspotting

Deborah Ayorinde, THEM: Covenant 

Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series

Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game — WINNER

Olly Alexander, It’s a Sin

Michael Greyeyes, Rutherford Falls

Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus

Ashley Thomas, THEM: Covenant

Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series

Reservation Dogs — WINNER

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Belen Edwards
Entertainment Reporter

Belen Edwards is an Entertainment Reporter at Mashable. She covers movies and TV with a focus on fantasy and science fiction, adaptations, animation, and more nerdy goodness. She is a member of the Critics Choice Association and the Television Critics Association, as well as a Tomatometer-approved critic.

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