The 39th FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS Winners!

BEST FEATURE: PAST LIVES

BEST DIRECTOR: CELINE SONG - PAST LIVES

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE: JEFFREY WRIGHT - AMERICAN FICTION

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE: DA'VINE JOY RANDOLPH - THE HOLDOVERS

BEST SCREENPLAY: AMERICAN FICTION

BEST FIRST FEATURE: A THOUSAND AND ONE

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY: MAY DECEMBER

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: DOMINIC SESSA - THE HOLDOVERS

BEST DOCUMENTARY: FOUR DAUGHTERS

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: ANATOMY OF A FALL

BEST FILM EDITING: HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: THE HOLDOVERS

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD: FREMONT

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD: MONICA SORELLE - MOUNTAINS

PRODUCERS AWARD: MONIQUE WALTON

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD: SET HERNANDEZ

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD: SHOWING UP

BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES: BEEF

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES: ALI WONG - BEEF

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES: NICK OFFERMAN - THE LAST OF US

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES: KEIVONN MONTREAL WOODARD - THE LAST OF US

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES: JURY DUTY

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES: DEAR MAMA

There were protesters outside the show with a "Free Palestine" recording being blasted over a bullhorn. It started about half an hour in. I suspect that might mean this is the last time the show is in a tent on the beach. Definitely added an awkwardness to the ceremony. 

Aidy Bryant did a great job, however. She felt perfectly aligned with what this show is supposed to be. 

Get rid of the TV categories. 

Decent winners overall. Three of my favorites of the year - Past Lives, A Thousand and One, How To Blow Up a Pipeline - all won awards.