38th Independent Spirit Awards

[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] Like last year, the ceremony was separated from its previous longtime berth on the day before the Academy Awards.

Additionally, a retired film category was re-introduced: Best Breakthrough Performance; it was discontinued in 2005, but is limited to only five nominees.

The budget cap for the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award, presented to a film's writer, director and producer, also increased from $500K to $1 million.

[1][2][3][20][21][22] Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Evelyn Wang Ke Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Waymond Wang Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once Aftersun John Patton Ford – Emily the Criminal All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Joyland ( Pakistan /  USA) Florian Hoffmeister – Tár Paul Rogers – Everything Everywhere All at Once The Bear (FX on Hulu) The Rehearsal (HBO) Quinta Brunson – Abbott Elementary as Janine Teagues (ABC) Ayo Edebiri – The Bear as Sydney Adamu (FX on Hulu) Pachinko – Soji Arai, Jin Ha, Inji Jeong, Minha Kim, Kaho Minami, Lee Minho, Steve Sanghyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson, and Yuh-jung Youn (The award is given to the best feature made for under $1,000,000; award given to the writer, director, and producer) The Cathedral (The award is given to the film's director, casting director, and ensemble cast) The award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films.

The award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition.