The Lost Daughter, was the biggest winner at 2022’s Independent Spirit Awards, which celebrate the best in independent film. Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut picked up awards for Best Feature, Best Screenplay, and Best Director.
Other winners included Taylour Paige, who was recognized for her leading performance in Zola, and Troy Kotsur, who was recognized for his supporting performance in CODA. Kotsur made history this year as the first Deaf male actor to be nominated for an Academy Award. After his win here, and his earlier win at this year’s SAG Awards, he’s cemented his status as an Oscar frontrunner.
In the television categories, Reservation Dogs won the award for Best New Scripted Series and Best Ensemble Cast. Thuso Mbedu of The Underground Railroad and Lee Jung-jae of Squid Game were also recognized for their leading performances.
Read on for the complete list of winners.
Film Categories
Best Feature
A Chiara
C’mon C’mon
The Lost Daughter — WINNER
The Novice
Zola
Best First Feature
7 Days — WINNER
Holler
Queen Glory
Test Pattern
Wild Indian
Best Female Lead
Isabelle Fuhrman, The Novice
Brittany S. Hall, Test Pattern
Patti Harrison, Together Together
Taylour Paige, Zola — WINNER
Kali Reis, Catch the Fair One
Best Male Lead
Clifton Collins Jr., Jockey
Frankie Faison, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Michael Greyeyes, Wild Indian
Udo Kier, Swan Song
Simon Rex, Red Rocket — WINNER
Best Director
Janicza Bravo, Zola
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter — WINNER
Lauren Hadaway, The Novice
Mike Mills, C’mon C’mon
Ninja Thyberg, Pleasure
Best Documentary
Ascension
Flee
In the Same Breath
Procession
Summer of Soul — WINNER
Best Supporting Female
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Amy Forsyth, The Novice
Ruth Negga, Passing — WINNER
Revika Anne Reustle, Pleasure
Suzanna Son, Red Rocket
Best Supporting Male
Colman Domingo, Zola
Meeko Gattuso, Queen of Glory
Troy Kotsur, CODA — WINNER
Will Patton, Sweet Thing
Chaske Spencer, Wild Indian
Best Screenplay
C’mon C’mon
The Lost Daughter — WINNER
Swan Song
Together Together
Zola
Best First Screenplay
Wild Indian
Cicada
Test Pattern
Mass
Pig — WINNER
Best Editing
A Chiara
The Nowhere Inn
The Novice
Zola — WINNER
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Best Cinematography
Blue Bayou
The Humans
A Chiara
Passing — WINNER
Zola
Best International Film
Compartment No. 6
Drive My Car — WINNER
Parallel Mothers
Pebbles
Petite Maman
Prayers for the Stolen
Robert Altman Award
Mass — WINNER
John Cassavetes Award
Cryptozoo
Jockey
Shiva Baby — WINNER
Sweet Thing
This is Not a War Story
Producers Award
Brad Becker-Parton
Pin-Chun Liu
Lizzie Shapiro — WINNER
Someone To Watch Award
Alex Camilleri, Luzzu — WINNER
Michael Sarnoski, Pig
Gillian Wallace Horvat, I Blame Society
Truer Than Fiction Award
Angelo Madsen Minax, North By Current
Jessica Beshir, Faya Dayi — WINNER
Debbie Lum, Try Harder!
TV Categories
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
Black and Missing — WINNER
The Choe Show
The Lady and the Dale
Nuclear Family
Philly D.A.
Best New Scripted Series
Blindspotting
It’s a Sin
Reservation Dogs — WINNER
The Underground Railroad
We Are Lady Parts
Best Female Performance in a New Scripted Series
Thuso Mbedu, The Underground Railroad — WINNER
Anjana Vasan, We Are Lady Parts
Jana Schmieding, Rutherford Falls
Jasmine Cephas Jones, Blindspotting
Deborah Ayorinde, THEM: Covenant
Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series
Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game — WINNER
Olly Alexander, It’s a Sin
Michael Greyeyes, Rutherford Falls
Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus
Ashley Thomas, THEM: Covenant
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
Reservation Dogs — WINNER
