2022 Indie Spirit Awards Winners: The Lost Daughter, Passing, More - Netflix Tudum

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    ‘The Lost Daughter’ Carries The 2022 Indie Spirit Awards

    Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut took home the award for Best Feature.

    By Anne Cohen
    March 7, 2022

It was Ladies’ Night at the 37th Film Independent Spirit Awards, Hollywood’s annual celebration of indie cinema held once more in a beachfront tent in Santa Monica. Women-led and directed films dominated in the major film categories, with The Lost Daughter taking home the awards for Best Feature, Best Director and Best Screenplay. In one of her multiple acceptance speeches, director and writer Maggie Gyllenhaal stressed the importance of having different and specific perspectives represented on film. “My film is in an unusual language,” she said. “It’s in the language of the minds of women.”

Rebecca Hall’s Passing also got its moment in the spotlight, with Ruth Negga dedicating her win for Best Supporting Female to the entire cast and crew. “Nothing can be created in isolation,” she said. “This is an award for all of us. I’m so proud to have been part of a beautiful film.” Meanwhile, Edu Grau’s gorgeous use of shadows and light nabbed him the award for Best Cinematography.

Finally, hot off its sweep at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, Squid Game also earned a win, with Lee Jung-jae taking home the award for Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series. 

Ahead you’ll find a list of all of Netflix’s 2022 Spirit Award winners. For the full list of winners, head over to the Film Independent Spirit Awards website here.  

Best Feature 

A Chiara C’mon C’mon The Lost Daughter The Novice Zola

Best Director

Janicza Bravo, Zola Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter Lauren Hadaway, The Novice Mike Mills, C’mon C’mon Ninja Thyberg, Pleasure

Best Screenplay

Nikole Beckwith, Together Together Janicza Bravo, Jeremy O. Harris, Zola Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter Mike Mills, C’mon C’mon Todd Stephens, Swan Song

Best Cinematography

Ante Cheng, Matthew Chuang, Blue Bayou Lol Crawley, The Humans Tim Curtin, A Chiara Edu Grau, Passing Ari Wegner, Zola

Best Supporting Female

Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter Amy Forsyth, The Novice Ruth Negga, Passing Revika Reustle, Pleasure Suzanna Son, Red Rocket

Best Male Performance in a New Scripted Series

Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game Olly Alexander, It’s a Sin Michael Greyeyes, Rutherford Falls Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus Ashley Thomas, THEM: Covenant

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