Independent Spirit Awards 2018 Winners Include ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’ and More

The Film Independent Spirit Awards took place Saturday afternoon, rewarding the best in independent film of 2018. If Beale Street Could Talk walked away with the Best Feature prize, along with Best Director and Best Supporting Actress. The acting prizes went to Ethan Hawke, Glenn Close, Richard E. Grant and Regina King.

Read the full list of Independent Spirit Awards winners in bold, with the nominees directly below.

BEST FEATURE

If Beale Street Could Talk

Eighth Grade
First Reformed
Leave No Trace
You Were Never Really Here

BEST MALE LEAD

Ethan Hawke – First Reformed

John Cho – Searching
Daveed Diggs – Blindspotting
Christian Malheiros – Sócrates
Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here

BEST FEMALE LEAD

Glenn Close – The Wife

Toni Collette – Hereditary
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Regina Hall – Support the Girls
Helena Howard – Madeline’s Madeline
Carey Mulligan – Wildlife

BEST SUPPORTING MALE

Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Raúl Castillo – We the Animals
Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
Josh Hamilton – Eighth Grade
John David Washington – Monsters and Men

BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE

Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk

Kayli Carter – Private Life
Tyne Daly – A Bread Factory
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie – Leave No Trace
J. Smith-Cameron – Nancy

BEST DIRECTOR

Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk

Debra Granik – Leave No Trace
Tamara Jenkins – Private Life
Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here
Paul Schrader – First Reformed

BEST SCREENPLAY

Can You Ever Forgive Me? – Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty

Colette – Richard Glatzer, Rebecca Lenkiewicz and Wash Westmoreland
First Reformed – Paul Schrader
Private Life – Tamara Jenkins
Sorry to Bother You – Boots Riley

BEST FIRST FEATURE

Sorry to Bother You

Hereditary
The Tale
We the Animals
Wildlife

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

Eighth Grade – Bo Burnham

Blame – Quinn Shephard and Laurie Shephard
Nancy – Christina Choe
The Tale – Jennifer Fox
Thoroughbreds – Cory Finley

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Suspiria – Sayombhu Mukdeeprom

Madeline’s Madeline – Ashley Connor
Mandy – Benjamin Loeb
We the Animals – Zak Mulligan
Wildlife – Diego Garcia

BEST EDITING

You Were Never Really Here – Joe Bini

American Animals – Luke Dunkley, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill and Julian Hart
Mid90s – Nick Houy
The Tale – Anne Fabini, Alex Hall and Gary Levy
We the Animals – Keiko Deguchi, Brian A. Kates and Jeremiah Zagar

BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Of Fathers and Sons
On Her Shoulders
Shirkers

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

Roma

Burning
The Favourite
Happy as Lazzaro
Shoplifters

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Film made for under $500,000)

En el Séptimo Día

A Bread Factory
Never Goin’ Back
Sócrates
Thunder Road

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD (Best Ensemble)

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, Renée Soutendijk, Tilda Swinton, Sylvie Testud, Angela Winkle