The annual event honors voices working outside the major studio system, with last year's ceremony dominated by a sweeping victory for Anora.

Invision Celine Song accepts the award for best director for "Past Lives" during the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) ...

The Spirit Awards are intended to "celebrates artist-driven filmmaking." Feb. 23, 2013— -- "Silver Linings Playbook" shone at the Film Independent Spirit Awards, a kind of prelude to ...

But in a season full of honors and awards shows, we have a special place in our hearts for the one with an independent streak. On Saturday the stars came out to celebrate the 33rd Annual ...

Even so, the Independent Spirit Awards continue to represent a certain idea about the persistence of movies outside the studio-driven mainstream standards. But it routinely fails to advertise the ...

Invision Celine Song accepts the award for best director for "Past Lives" during the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) ...