Ceremony presentation: Saturday, March 4, 2023
Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles, California
BEST FEATURE
“Bones and All”
MGM / United Artists Releasing
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Producers: Timothée Chalamet, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Luca Guadagnino, David Kajganich, Lorenzo Mieli, Marco Morabito, Gabriele Moratti, Theresa Park, Peter Spears
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”
A24
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Producers: Daniel Kwan, Mike Larocca, Anthony Russo, Joe Russo, Daniel Scheinert, Jonathan Wang
“Our Father, The Devil”
Solid Stripe Films
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Producers: Ellie Foumbi, Joseph Mastantuono
“TÁR”
Focus Features
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Producers: Todd Field, Scott Lambert, Alexandra Milchan
“Women Talking”
MGM / United Artists Releasing
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Producers: Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Frances McDormand
BEST FIRST FEATURE
“Aftersun”
A24
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Director: Charlotte Wells
Producers: Mark Ceryak, Amy Jackson, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski
“Emily the Criminal”
Vertical Entertainment / Roadside Attractions
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Director: John Patton Ford
Producers: Tyler Davidson, Aubrey Plaza, Drew Sykes
“The Inspection”
A24
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Director: Elegance Bratton
Producers: Effie T. Brown, Chester Algernal Gordon
“Murina”
Kino Lorber
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Director: Antoneta Alamat Kusijanović
Producers: Danijel Pek, Rodrigo Teixeira
“Palm Trees and Power Lines”
A Fiesta Island Films production, in association with Neon Heart Productions
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Director/Producer: Jamie Dack
Producer: Leah Chen Baker
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to the best feature made for under $1,000,000)
“The African Desperate”
MUBI
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Director/Writer/Producer: Martine Syms
Writer/Producer: Rocket Caleshu
Producer: Vic Brooks
“The Cathedral”
MUBI
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Director/Writer: Ricky D’Ambrose
Producer: Graham Swon
“Holy Emy“
StudioBauhaus
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Director/Writer: Araceli Lemos
Writer/Producer: Giulia Caruso
Producers: Mathieu Bompoint, Ki Jin Kim, Konstantinos Vassilaros
“A Love Song”
Bleecker Street
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Director/Writer/Producer: Max Walker-Silverman
Producers: Jesse Hope, Dan Janvey
“Something in the Dirt”
XYZ Films
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Director/Writer/Producer: Justin Benson
Director/Producer: Aaron Moorhead
Producer: David Lawson Jr.
BEST DIRECTOR
Todd Field
“TÁR”
Focus Features
Kogonada
“After Yang“
A24
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”
A24
Sarah Polley
“Women Talking”
MGM / United Artists Releasing
Halina Reijn
“Bodies Bodies Bodies“
A24
BEST SCREENPLAY
“After Yang”
Kogonada
A24
“Catherine Called Birdy”
Lena Dunham
Amazon Studios
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert
A24
“TÁR”
Todd Field
Focus Features
“Women Talking”
Sarah Polley
MGM / United Artists Releasing
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
“Bodies Bodies Bodies”
Sarah DeLappe
Story by Kristen Roupenian
A24
“Emergency”
K.D. Dávila
Amazon Studios
“Emily the Criminal”
John Patton Ford
Vertical Entertainment / Roadside Attractions
“Fire Island”
Joel Kim Booster
Searchlight Pictures
“Palm Trees and Power Lines”
Jamie Dack, Audrey Findlay
Story by Jamie Dack
A Fiesta Island Films production, in association with Neon Heart Productions
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE
Cate Blanchett
“TÁR”
Focus Features
Dale Dickey
“A Love Song“
Bleecker Street
Mia Goth
“Pearl“
A24
Regina Hall
“Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.“
Focus Features
Paul Mescal
“Aftersun“
A24
Aubrey Plaza
“Emily the Criminal“
Vertical Entertainment / Roadside Attractions
Jeremy Pope
“The Inspection“
A24
Andrea Riseborough
“To Leslie“
Momentum Pictures
Taylor Russell
“Bones and All“
MGM / United Artists Releasing
Michelle Yeoh
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”
A24
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Jamie Lee Curtis
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”
A24
Brian Tyree Henry
“Causeway“
A24
Nina Hoss
“TÁR”
Focus Features
Brian D’Arcy James
“The Cathedral”
MUBI
Ke Huy Quan
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”
A24
Trevante Rhodes
“Bruiser“
Onyx Collective
Theo Rossi
“Emily the Criminal“
Vertical Entertainment / Roadside Attractions
Mark Rylance
“Bones and All“
MGM / United Artists Releasing
Jonathan Tucker
“Palm Trees and Power Lines“
A Fiesta Island Films production, in association with Neon Heart Productions
Gabrielle Union
“The Inspection“
A24
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Frankie Corio
“Aftersun”
A24
Gracija Filipović
“Murina”
Kino Lorber
Stephanie Hsu
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”
A24
Lily McInerny
“Palm Trees and Power Lines”
A Fiesta Island Films production, in association with Neon Heart Productions
Daniel Zolghadri
“Funny Pages”
A24
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Aftersun”
Gregory Oke
A24
“Murina”
Hélène Louvart
Kino Lorber
“Neptune Frost”
Anisia Uzeyman
Kino Lorber
“Pearl”
Eliot Rockett
A24
“TÁR”
Monika Willi
Focus Features
BEST EDITING
“Aftersun”
Blair McClendon
A24
“The Cathedral”
Ricky D’Ambrose
MUBI
“Everything Everywhere All At Once”
Paul Rogers
A24
“Marcel the Shell with Shoes On”
Dean Fleischer Camp, Nick Paley
A24
“TÁR”
Monika Willi
Focus Features
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD
“Women Talking”
Director: Sarah Polley
Casting Directors: John Buchan, Jason Knight
Ensemble Cast: Shayla Brown, Jessie Buckley, Claire Foy, Kira Guloien, Kate Hallett, Judith Ivey,
Rooney Mara, Sheila McCarthy, Frances McDormand, Michelle McLeod, Liv McNeil, Ben Whishaw, August Winter
MGM / United Artists Releasing
BEST DOCUMENTARY
“All That Breathes”
Director/Producer: Shaunak Sen
Producers: Teddy Leifer, Aman Mann
HBO Documentary Films
“All the Beauty and the Bloodshed”
Director/Producer: Laura Poitras
Producers: Howard Gertler, Nan Goldin, Yoni Golijov, John Lyons
NEON, Participant, HBO
“A House Made of Splinters”
Director: Simon Lereng Wilmont
Producers: Monica Hellström
Final Cut For Real
“Midwives”
Director/Producer: Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing
Producers: Mila Aung-Thwin, Ulla Lehmann, Bob Moore
Columbia TriStar Television
“Riotsville, U.S.A.”
Director: Sierra Pettengill
Producers: Sara Archambault, Jamila Wignot
Magnolia Pictures
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM
“Corsage”
(Austria/Luxembourg/France/Belgium/Italy/England)
Director: Marie Kreutzer
A24
“Joyland”
Pakistan/USA
Director: Saim Sadiq
Film Constellation
“Leonor Will Never Die”
Philippines
Director: Martika Ramirez Escobar
Music Box Films
“Return to Seoul”
South Korea/France/Belgium/Romania
Director: Davy Chou
Sony Pictures Classics
“Saint Omer”
France
Director: Alice Diop
TELEVISION
BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
“The Bear”
FX
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Creator/Executive Producer: Christopher Storer
Executive Producers: Joanna Calo, Josh Senior, Hiro Murai, Nate Matteson
Co-Executive Producer: Rene Gube
“Pachinko”
Apple TV+
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Creator/Executive Producer: Soo Hugh
Executive Producers: Michael Ellenberg, Lindsey Springer, Theresa Kang-Lowe, Richard Middleton, Justin Chon, Kogonada
Co-Executive Producers: Dani Gorin, Sebastian Lee, David Kim, Ethan Kuperberg
“The Porter”
BET+
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Creators/Executive Producers: Marsha Greene, Annmarie Morais, Arnold Pinnock
Creator/Co-Executive Producer: Bruce Ramsay
Creator: Aubrey Nealon
Executive Producers: Ian Dimerman, Jennifer Kawaja, Charles Officer, R.T. Thorne, Aml Ameen, Bruno Dubé, Alfre Woodard, Rose Catherine Pinkney, Devin Griffin
Co-Executive Producers: Elise Cousineau, Andrea Glinski, Steve Cochrane, Daphne Park
“Severance”
Apple TV+
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Creator/Executive Producer: Dan Erickson
Executive Producers: Ben Stiller, Nicholas Weinstock, Jackie Cohn, Mark Friedman, Andrew Colville, Chris Black, John Cameron
Co-Executive Producers: Jill Footlick, Kari Drake
“Station Eleven”
HBO Max
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Creator/Executive Producer: Patrick Somerville
Executive Producers: Jessica Rhoades, Scott Steindorff, Dylan Russell, Scott Delman, Jeremy Podeswa, Hiro Murai, Nate Matteson
Co-Executive Producers: David Nicksay, Nick Cuse
BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES
“Children Of The Underground”
FX
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Producers: Timothée Chalamet, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Luca Guadagnino, David Kajganich, Lorenzo Mieli, Marco Morabito, Gabriele Moratti, Theresa Park, Peter Spears
Executive Producers: Dan Cogan, Liz Garbus, Jon Bardin, Ted Gesing, Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Kate Barry
Co-Executive Producer: Julie Gaither
“Mind Over Murder”
HBO Max
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Executive Producers: Marc Smerling, Nanfu Wang, Max Heckman, Chad Mumm, Mark W. Olsen, Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller, Sara Rodriguez
“Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?”
Netflix
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Executive Producers: Nick Boak, Andrew Renzi, Andrew D. Corkin, Theo James, Andrew Fried, Jordan Wynn, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma
Co-Executive Producer: Jeremiah Murphy
“The Rehearsal”
HBO Max
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Creator/Executive Producer: Nathan Fielder
Executive Producers: Dave Paige, Dan McManus, Christie Smith
Co-Executive Producers: Carrie Kemper, Eric Notarnicola
“We Need To Talk About Cosby”
Showtime
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Executive Producers: W. Kamau Bell, Andrew Fried, Katie A. King, Vinnie Malhotra, Dane Lillegard, Sarina Roma, Jordan Wynn
Co-Executive Producer: Geraldine L. Porras
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Aml Ameen
“The Porter”
BET+
Mohammed Amer
“Mo“
Netflix
Quinta Brunson
“Abbott Elementary”
ABC
Bridget Everett
“Somebody Somewhere”
HBO
KaMillion
“Rap Sh!t”
HBO Max
Melanie Lynskey
“Yellowjackets“
Showtime
Himesh Patel
“Station Eleven“
HBO Max
Sue Ann Pien
“As We See It“
Amazon Prime Video
Adam Scott
“Severance“
Apple TV+
Ben Whishaw
“This Is Going to Hurt“
AMC+
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Danielle Deadwyler
“Station Eleven”
HBO Max
Ayo Edebiri
“The Bear“
FX
Jeff Hiller
“Somebody Somewhere”
HBO
Gbemisola Ikumelo
“A League of Their Own”
Amazon Prime Video
Janelle James
“Abbott Elementary”
ABC
Ebon Moss-Bachrach
“The Bear“
FX
Frankie Quiñones
“This Fool”
Hulu
Sheryl Lee Ralph
“Abbott Elementary“
ABC
Molly Shannon
“I Love That For You“
Showtime
Tramell Tillman
“Severance“
Apple TV+
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
“Pachinko”
Ensemble Cast including Soji Arai, Jin Ha, Inji Jeong, Minha Kim, Kaho Minami, Lee Minho,
Steve Sanghyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson, Yuh-jung Youn
Creator/Executive Producer: Soo Hugh
Executive Producers: Michael Ellenberg, Lindsey Springer, Theresa Kang-Lowe, Richard Middleton, Justin Chon, Kogonada
Co-Executive Producers: Dani Gorin, Sebastian Lee, David Kim, Ethan Kuperberg
Apple TV+
SPECIAL HONORS
PRODUCERS AWARD
presented by Bulleit Frontier Whiskey
The Producers Award, now in its 26th year, honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films.
Liz Cardenas
“A Ghost Story,” “Never Goin’ Back,” “7 Days”
Tory Lenosky
“Resurrection,” “The Hater”
David Grove Churchill Viste
“Adopt a Highway,” “The Voyeurs”
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
The Someone to Watch Award, now in its 29th year, recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition.
Adamma Ebo
“Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul.”
Nikyatu Jusu
“Nanny”
Araceli Lemos
“Holy Emy”
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
The Truer Than Fiction Award, now in its 28th year, is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition.
Isabel Castro
“Mija”
Reid Davenport
“I Didn’t See You There”
Rebeca Huntt
“Beba”
About the Film Independent
In 1981, Gregory Nava and a small band of directors, writers and producers began gathering regularly to share creative ideas and discuss ways to increase resources for independent filmmakers.
The non-profit, member-driven organization Independent Feature Project (IFP)/West soon emerged from these meetings with the mission to cultivate the careers of independent filmmakers, build larger audiences for independent film and champion diversity in the entertainment industry. National recognition quickly followed when the organization took on production of the Spirit Awards in the late 1980s and the LA Film Festival in 2000. In time, IFP/West became Film Independent — a more accurate banner for the spectrum of services and programs the organization had expanded to include.
Today, Film Independent encompasses a broad community of individuals who appreciate and sustain artist-driven filmmaking.
