41st Independent Spirit Awards Offer Deserved Wins and Plenty of Surprises
Independent Spirit Awards Decide Their Winners
Rose Byrne took Best Lead Performance for her work in director Mary Bronstein‘s great film, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You at the Independent Spirit Awards tonight.
There were some wonderful surprises at the 41st Independent Spirit Awards. Ego Nwodim hosted the show and did a good job balancing awkwardness alongside her often humorous jokes. Train Dreams was named the Best Film of the Year by the Independent Spirit Awards. Meanwhile, Academy Award front runner for Best Actress, Rose Byrne, won the Best Lead Performance award for If I Had Legs I’d Kick You which proved her fearless work did not go unnoticed for its bravery and remarkable dramatic precision.
Clint Bentley won the Best Director award for Train Dreams which was an admirable dramatic Netflix film that featured great work from accomplished actor, Joel Edgerton. Train Dreams also won Best Cinematography this evening. Train Dreams was an often heavy movie that did a great job showing the journey of a man through his ups and downs in both his personal and work lives. Edgerton was superb in his performance within the film.
An exceptional young actor, Kayo Martin, won for the Best Breakthrough Performance for his stellar work in the teen bullying drama, The Plague. The Perfect Neighbor won Best Documentary. On the television side, Pee-wee as Himself took Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series. Adolescence won a few awards itself and proved to be quite successful tonight as well.
Sorry, Baby ended up receiving some much deserved award wins tonight after being snubbed for nominations of any kind from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Eva Victor won the Best Screenplay Award for the Sundance fave, Sorry, Baby, and Naomi Ackie won the Best Supporting performance for her work on the same Victor-helmed gem as well. Lurker won the awards for Best First Screenplay and Best First Film.
The Testament of Ann Lee earned Best Editing which was a well-deserved accolade for the Amanda Seyfried-led musical drama. The Secret Agent took honors for the Best International Film and is widely predicted to take home the Academy Awards’ honor in the same category come March 15th.
The Long Walk, a great Stephen King adaptation, was presented with the Robert Altman award and Francis Lawrence, the film’s director and cast members such as Judy Greer and Mark Hamill came on stage to receive the Independent Spirit award honor bestowed upon the film.
Train Dreams is widely predicted to win something at the Academy Awards and its win tonight will certainly help its cause although it will probably win in a technical category as opposed to winning in the top category of Best Picture. Rose Byrne faces competition for Best Actress at the Oscars in the form of Jessie Buckley (Hamnet) for her turn as a different type of struggling mother than the one Byrne played in Bronstein’s daring film. While we’re rooting for Byrne, Buckley is also a strong candidate, making the Oscar’s decision one of the most important categories to decide come March 15th.
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