Independent Spirit Awards… 2019 BEST FEATURE A Hidden Life Clemency The Farewell WINNER Marriage Story Uncut Gems BEST FIRST FEATURE Booksmart WINNER The Climb Diane The Last Black Man in San Francisco The Mustang See You Yesterday BEST DIRECTOR Robert Eggers (The Lighthouse) Alma Har’el (Honey Boy) Julius Onah (Luce) Benny Safdie (Uncut Gems) WINNER Lorene Scafaria (Hustlers) BEST MALE LEAD Chris Galust (Give Me Liberty) Kevin Harrison Jr. (Luce) Robert Pattinson (The Lighthouse) Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems) WINNER Matthias Schoenaerts (The Mustang) BEST FEMALE LEAD Karen Allen (Colewell) Hong Chau (Driveways) Elisabeth Moss (Her Smell) Mary Kay Place (Diane) Renée Zellweger (Judy) WINNER Alfre Woodard (Clemency) BEST SUPPORTING MALE Willem Dafoe (The Lighthouse) WINNER Noah Jupe (Honey Boy) Shia LaBeouf (Honey Boy) Jonathan Majors (The Last Back Man in San Francisco) Wendell Pierce (Burning Cane) BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers) Taylor Russell (Waves) Zhao Shuzhen (The Farewell) WINNER Lauren “Lolo” Spencer (Give Me Liberty) Octavia Spencer (Luce) BEST SCREENPLAY Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) High Flying Bird (Tarell Alvin McCraney) Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach) WINNER To Dust (Jason Begue & Shawn Snyder) Uncut Gems (Ronald Bronstein, Benny Safdie & Josh Safdie) BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY Blow the Man Down (Bridget Savage Cole & Danielle Krudy) Driveways (Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen) Greener Grass (Jocelyn Deboer & Dawn Luebbe) See You Yesterday (Fredrica Bailey & Stefon Bristol) WINNER The Vast of Night (James Montague & Craig W. Sanger) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY Honey Boy (Natasha Braier) Hustlers (Todd Banhazl) The Lighthouse (Jarin Blaschke) WINNER Midsommer (Pawel Pogorzelski) The Third Wife (Chananun Chotrungroj) BEST EDITING Give Me Liberty (Kirill Mikhanovsky) The Lighthouse (Louise Ford) Sword of Trust (Tyler L. Cook) The Third Wife (Julie Béziau) Uncut Gems (Ronald Bronstein & Benny Safdie) WINNER BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM Invisible Life (Brazil) Les Misérables (France) Parasite (South Korea) WINNER Portrait of a Lady on Fire (France) Retablo (Peru) The Souvenir (United Kingdom) BEST DOCUMENTARY American Factory WINNER Apollo 11 For Sama Honeyland Island of the Hungry Ghosts TRUER THAN FICTION 17 Blocks (Davy Rothbart) América (Erick Stoll & Chase Whiteside) Black Mother (Khalik Allah) Jaddoland (Nadia Shihab) WINNER JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD Burning Cane Colewell Give Me Liberty WINNER Premature Wild Nights with Emily ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD Marriage Story PIAGET PRODUCERS AWARD Mollye Asher WINNER Krista Parris Ryan Zac SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD Rashaad Ernesto Green (Premature) WINNER Ash Mayfair (The Third Wife) Joe Talbot (The Last Black Man in San Francisco) ANNUAL BONNIE AWARD Marielle Heller Kelly Reichardt WINNER Lulu Wang The 35th Independent Spirit Awards were held Saturday, February 8, 2020 on the beach in Santa Monica and broadcast live exclusively on IFC at 2:00 pm PT/5:00 pm ET. Return to Independent Spirit Awards Share this:TwitterFacebookLinkedInLike this:Like Loading...