Awards Central
Latest HFAs Oscars Globes SAGs BAFTAs Spirits Critics' Choice

Awards for 2017

Independent Spirit Award

Best Supporting Male

WINNER

Hell or High Water: Ben Foster

NOMINEES

A Bigger Splash: Ralph Fiennes
Manchester by the Sea: Lucas Hedges
American Honey: Shia LaBeouf
Morris from America: Craig Robinson

Best Supporting Female

WINNER

Other People: Molly Shannon

NOMINEES

Free in Deed: Edwina Findley Dickerson
Little Men: Paulina García
Certain Women: Lily Gladstone
American Honey: Riley Keough

Best Director

WINNER

Moonlight: Barry Jenkins

NOMINEES

American Honey: Andrea Arnold
Jackie: Pablo Larraín
Loving: Jeff Nichols
Certain Women: Kelly Reichardt

Best Screenplay

WINNER

Moonlight: Barry Jenkins, Tarell Alvin McCraney

NOMINEES

Manchester by the Sea: Kenneth Lonergan
20th Century Women: Mike Mills
Little Men: Ira Sachs, Mauricio Zacharias
Hell or High Water: Taylor Sheridan

Best First Screenplay

WINNER

The Witch: Robert Eggers

NOMINEES

Other People: Chris Kelly
Barry: Adam Mansbach
Jean of the Joneses: Stella Meghie
Christine: Craig Shilowich

Best Cinematography

WINNER

Moonlight: James Laxton

NOMINEES

Free in Deed: Ava Berkofsky
The Childhood of a Leader: Lol Crawley
The Eyes of My Mother: Zach Kuperstein
American Honey: Robbie Ryan

Best Editing

WINNER

Moonlight: Joi McMillon, Nat Sanders

NOMINEES

Swiss Army Man: Matthew Hannam
Manchester by the Sea: Jennifer Lame
Hell or High Water: Jake Roberts
Jackie: Sebastián Sepúlveda

Best Documentary

WINNER

O.J.: Made in America: Ezra Edelman

NOMINEES

13th: Ava DuVernay
Cameraperson: Kirsten Johnson
I Am Not Your Negro: Raoul Peck
Sonita: Rokhsareh Ghaemmaghami

Best Female Lead

WINNER

Elle: Isabelle Huppert

NOMINEES

20th Century Women: Annette Bening
American Honey: Sasha Lane
Loving: Ruth Negga
Jackie: Natalie Portman
Portman did not attend the ceremony due to her pregnancy.

Best First Feature

WINNER

The Witch: Robert Eggers, Daniel Bekerman, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Jodi Redmond, Rodrigo Teixeira

NOMINEES

The Childhood of a Leader: Brady Corbet, Antoine de Clermont-Tonnerre, Chris Coen, Helena Danielsson, Mona Fastvold, István Major
The Fits: Anna Rose Holmer, Lisa Kjerulff
Other People: Chris Kelly, Sam Bisbee, Adam Scott, Naomi Scott
Swiss Army Man: Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert, Miranda Bailey, Lawrence Inglee, Lauren Mann, Amanda Marshall, Eyal Rimmon, Jonathan Wang

Best International Film

WINNER

Toni Erdmann: Maren Ade

NOMINEES

Aquarius: Kleber Mendonça Filho
Chevalier: Athina Rachel Tsangari
My Golden Days: Arnaud Desplechin
Under the Shadow: Babak Anvari

Best Feature

WINNER

Moonlight: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Adele Romanski

NOMINEES

American Honey: Thomas Benski, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, Lucas Ochoa, Pouya Shahbazian, Alice Weinberg
Chronic: Michel Franco, Gina Kwon, Gabriel Ripstein, Moisés Zonana
Jackie: Darren Aronofsky, Scott Franklin, Ari Handel, Juan de Dios Larraín, Mickey Liddell
Manchester by the Sea: Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward, Kevin J. Walsh

Best Male Lead

WINNER

Manchester by the Sea: Casey Affleck

NOMINEES

Free in Deed: David Harewood
Captain Fantastic: Viggo Mortensen
Other People: Jesse Plemons
Chronic: Tim Roth

John Cassavetes Award

WINNER

Spa Night: Andrew Ahn, David Ariniello, Giulia Caruso, Ki Jin Kim, Kelly Thomas

NOMINEES

Free in Deed: Jake Mahaffy, Michael Bowes, Mike S. Ryan, Brent Stiefel
Hunter Gatherer: Joshua Locy, Michael Angelo Covino, April Lamb, Sara Murphy, Isaiah Smallman
Lovesong: So Yong Kim, Bradley Rust Gray, Dave Hansen, Alex Lipschultz, Johnny Mac
Nakom: T.W. Pittman, Kelly Daniela Norris, Isaac Adakudugu, Giovanni Ximénez

Robert Altman Award

WINNER

Moonlight: Barry Jenkins (director), Yesi Ramirez (casting director), Mahershala Ali, Patrick Decile, Naomie Harris, Alex R. Hibbert, André Holland, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monáe, Jaden Piner, Trevante Rhodes, Ashton Sanders

Truer Than Fiction Award

WINNER

Hooligan Sparrow: Nanfu Wang

NOMINEES

Solitary: Kristi Jacobson
Kiki: Sara Jordenö

Producers Award

WINNER

Jordana Mollick

Someone to Watch Award

WINNER

The Fits: Anna Rose Holmer

NOMINEES

Women Who Kill: Ingrid Jungermann
Embers: Claire Carré
Spa Night: Andrew Ahn

You may report errors and omissions on this page to the IMDb database managers. They will be examined and if approved will be included in a future update. Clicking the 'Edit page' button will take you through a step-by-step process.