Aubrey Plaza, the host of this year’s Spirit Awards, opened the ceremony with a star-studded short where she human-sacrificed Stranger Things “four-quadrant cutie” Finn Wolfhard (watch opening below). There were special appearances by Spirit Awards legend John Waters and drag favorite Shangela singing a medley about the Best Feature nominees and other fun surprises.
Watch the film awards coverage from the opening monologue to acceptance speeches below
2019 Indie Spirit Awards Winners: Complete List
BEST FEATURE – If Beale Street Could Talk (Producers: Dede Gardner, Barry Jenkins, Jeremy Kleiner, Sara Murphy, Adele Romanski)
BEST DIRECTOR – Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
BEST FEMALE LEAD – Glenn Close, The Wife
BEST MALE LEAD – Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE – Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
BEST SUPPORTING MALE – Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
BEST SCREENPLAY – Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
BEST EDITING – Joe Bini, You Were Never Really Here
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE – Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (Directors: Morgan Neville; Producer: Caryn Capotosto, Nicholas Ma)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY –Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Suspiria
BEST FIRST FEATURE – Sorry to Bother You (Director: Boots Riley; Producers:Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jonathan Duffy, Charles D. King, George Rush, Forest Whitaker, Kelly Williams)
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY – Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD – En el Séptimo Día (Director: Jim McKay; Producers:Alex Bach, Lindsey Cordero, Caroline Kaplan, Michael Stipe)
ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – Suspiria (Director: Luca Guadagnino; Casting Directors: Avy Kaufman, Stella Savino; Ensemble Cast: Malgosia Bela, Ingrid Caven, Lutz Ebersdorf, Elena Fokina, Mia Goth, Jessica Harper, Dakota Johnson, Gala Moody, Chloë Grace Moretz, Fabrizia Sacchi, Renée Soutendijk, Tilda Swinton, Sylvie Testud, Angela Winkler)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM – Roma, Mexico (Director: Alfonso Cuarón)
PRODUCERS AWARD – Shrihari Sathe
SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD – Alex Moratto, Sócrates
TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD – Bing Liu, Minding the Gap
BONNIE AWARD – Debra Granik
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