Independent Spirit Awards 2025 Winners - Complete List

The winners of the 40th anniversary Film Independent Spirit Awards have been announced during a ceremony hosted by Aidy Bryant. "Anora" was the big winner, taking home the trophies for Best Feature, Director (Sean Baker) and Lead Performance (Mikey Madison).

The dramedy "A Real Pain" won two awards, for Best Screenplay (Jesse Eisenberg) and Supporting Performance (Kieran Culkin). Sean Wang's coming-of-age dramedy "Didi" also scored two wins: Best First Feature and First Screenplay.

In the television categories, Netflix's "Baby Reindeer" scored three awards for Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series (Richard Gadd), Breakthrough Performance (Jessica Gunning) and Supporting Performance (Nava Mau). FX's "Shōgun" won Best New Scripted Series.

Read full list of 2025 Independent Spirit Awards winners after the jump.

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BEST FEATURE  (Award given to the producer)
Anora
Producers: Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE
Mikey Madison
Anora

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Richard Gadd
Baby Reindeer

BEST DIRECTOR
Sean Baker
Anora

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM (Award given to the director)
Flow
Latvia, France, Belgium
Director: Gints Zilbalodis

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Kieran Culkin
A Real Pain

BEST EDITING
Hansjörg Weissbrich
September 5

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Jomo Fray
Nickel Boys

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Sean Wang
Dìdi

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES (Award given to the creator, executive producer and co-executive producer)
Hollywood Black
Executive Producers: Shayla Harris, Dave Sirulnick, Stacey Reiss, Jon Kamen, Justin Simien, Kyle Laursen, Forest Whitaker, Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jeffrey Schwarz, Amy Goodman Kass, Michael Wright, Jill Burkhart
Co-Executive Producers: David C. Brown, Laurens Grant

BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES (Award given to the creator, executive producer and co-executive producer)
Shōgun
Creators/Executive Producers: Rachel Kondo, Justin Marks
Executive Producers: Edward L. McDonnell, Michael De Luca, Michaela Clavell
Co-Executive Producers: Shannon Goss, Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich

BEST SCREENPLAY
Jesse Eisenberg
A Real Pain

BEST FIRST FEATURE (Award given to director and producer)
Dìdi
Director/Producer: Sean Wang
Producers: Valerie Bush, Carlos López Estrada, Josh Peters

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Jessica Gunning
Baby Reindeer

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES
Nava Mau
Baby Reindeer

BEST DOCUMENTARY
No Other Land
Directors/Producers: Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Producers: Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Maisy Stella
My Old Ass

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES (Previously announced)
How to Die Alone
Ensemble Cast: Melissa DuPrey, Jaylee Hamidi, KeiLyn Durrel Jones, Arkie Kandola, Elle Lorraine, Michelle McLeod, Chris “CP” Powell, Conrad Ricamora, Natasha Rothwell, Jocko Sims

PRODUCERS AWARD  (Honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality independent films; previously announced)
Sarah Winshall

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD (Presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition; previously announced)
Rachel Elizabeth Seed
Director of A Photographic Memory

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD  (Best feature made for under $1 million; award given to the writer, director and producer)
Girls Will Be Girls
Writer/Director/Producer: Shuchi Talati
Producers: Richa Chadha, Claire Chassagne

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Given to one film’s director, casting director, and ensemble cast; previously announced)
His Three Daughters
Director: Azazel Jacobs
Casting Director: Nicole Arbusto
Ensemble Cast: Jovan Adepo, Jasmine Bracey, Carrie Coon, Jose Febus, Rudy Galvan, Natasha Lyonne, Elizabeth Olsen, Randy Ramos Jr., Jay O. Sanders

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD  (Recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition; previously announced)
Sarah Friedland
Director of Familiar Touch

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