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The 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards wonderfully returned to an in-person event on Sunday. That was the good news.

Oscar season rolled on as the 37th Independent Spirit Awards took place tonight on IFC and AMC+. Hosted by comedy’s power couple, Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, this year’s ceremony served as a bit of a departure from recent years.

The cast of Mass was honored at the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards at the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday afternoon (March 6) in Santa Monica, Calif.

Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman took aim at Vladimir Putin during their opening monologue at the Spirit Awards.

Isabelle Fuhrman and Amy Forsyth step out on the blue carpet at the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards at the Santa Monica Pier on Sunday afternoon (March 6) in Santa Monica, Calif.

Bob Odenkirk and Rhea Seehorn joked about his heart attack on stage at the Spirit Awards.

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Oscar season rolls on as the 37th Independent Spirit Awards take place tonight on IFC and AMC+. Hosted by comedy’s power couple, Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally, this year’s ceremony serves as a bit of a departure from recent years.

Wilson Chapman editorFilm Independent has announced the presenters for the 37th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards.Kirsten Stewart (“Spencer”) will serve as the Spirit Awards honorary chair this year, in addition to being a presenter. Past honorary chairs for the Spirit Awards have included Shaka King, Lena Waithe, Ava DuVernay, Jessica Chastain and Ang Lee.Along with Stewart, Dianna Agron (“Shiva Baby”), Javier Bardem (“Being the Ricardos”), Jennifer Beals (“The Book of Boba Fett”), Rosario Dawson (“Dopesick”), Daveed Diggs (“Snowpiercer”), Jay Duplass (“The Chair”), Mark Duplass (“Language Lessons”), Daisy Edgar-Jones (“Fresh”), Hannah Einbinder (“Hacks”), Bridget Everett (“Somebody Somewhere”), Andrew Garfield (“Tick, Tick… Boom”), Regina Hall, (“Nine Perfect Strangers”), Lily James (“Pam and Tommy”), Marlee Matlin (“CODA”), Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul”), Sam Richardson (“The Afterparty”), Rhea Seehorn (“Better Call Saul”), Sebastian Stan (“Pam and Tommy”), Sydney Sweeney (“Euphoria”), Taika Waititi (“Our Flag Means Death”), Michelle Yeoh (“Everything Everywhere All At Once”) and Chloé Zhao (“Eternals”) have been announced as presenters for this years show.

“Parks and Recreation” alum Nick Offerman is teaming up with his wife Megan Mullally to host the Film Independent Spirit Awards, the cool, laid-back cousin of awards shows.This year, the show has moved up a few weeks from its traditional post on the Saturday before Oscars and will air live on IFC and AMC+ on March 6 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern.Otherwise, the Spirit Awards are going back to their roots for an afternoon fete in a beachside tent in Santa Monica with a batch of truly independent nominees, from “Zola,” the based-on-a-Twitter-thread tale of a few sex workers on a wild trip to Florida, to “Pig,” in which Nicholas Cage plays a recluse forced back into society to hunt for his stolen truffle hunting companion.Offerman took a few minutes from his home in Los Angeles to speak to The Associated Press about hosting this year, Mullally’s absence from the interview and what to expect from the show.Remarks have been edited for clarity and brevity.———AP: I think you and Megan are the first married couple to host the Spirit Awards.OFFERMAN: Oh that’s a great question.

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As the SAG Awards demonstrated on Sunday, in-person awards telecasts are “really” back. For anyone looking for a distraction from real-world horrors, award season is in full swing.

The Oscars still haven’t announced their host (or hosts), but the Spirit Awards are all set. Film Independent’s venerable showcase is returning to the beach and to two new hosts.

Film Independent has set Alex Camilleri (Luzzu), Lizzie Shapiro (Shiva Baby) and Jessica Beshir (Faya Dayi) as the winners of its Emerging Filmmaker Awards, with each now earning an unrestricted $25,000 Spirit Awards cash grant.

Selome Hailu Film Independent has named the winners of three unrestricted $25,000 Spirit Awards cash grants for emerging filmmakers: Alex Camilleri, Lizzie Shapiro and Jessica Beshir. The announcements were made by Ekwa Msangi (“Farewell Amor”), Gerry Kim (“I’m No Longer Here”) and Elegance Bratton (“Pier Kids”), who received the grants last year.Camilleri, director of “Luzzu,” received the Someone to Watch Award. The award is in its 28th year and recognizes talented filmmakers of singular vision who have not yet received appropriate recognition.

Sian Heder’s family drama CODA broke ground this morning as both the first Apple Original, and the first feature led by a predominantly dead cast to land a Best Picture Oscar nomination.

Brenda Robinson, an entertainment attorney, producer and partner at film financing and development company Gamechanger Films, has been elected the new chair of the board of directors at Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization behind the Spirit Awards.

After a pandemic hiatus, the Film Independent Spirt Awards will be back on the beach this year. They may not be the day before the Oscars or an afternoon affair, as has been tradition, but judging on this year’s nominations they will be more irreverant than ever.

Producers of the Spirit Awards, and non-profit arts organization, Film Independent, announced the five filmmakers and projects selected for their 21st annual producing Lab. The fellows will participate in a program set up to help develop their skills and further their careers by pairing them with a creative advisor who will advise on both the craft and business of independent producing. 

Academy Awards. “Moonlight,” “Spotlight,” “Birdman” and “12 Years a Slave” all won at the Spirits before taking best picture at the Oscars the next day, though top winners ("The Farewell" won the Spirits' top prize in 2020) have diverged the last few years.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeHeading into Thursday’s Spirit Awards, Film Independent’s inaugural foray into recognizing television had already passed the so-called “smell test.” That’s because, at the very least, HBO’s “I May Destroy You” had already been recognized as best ensemble cast in a new scripted series.And if there was any TV show that embraces the independent spirit, it’s absolutely “I May Destroy You,” the deeply personal series created by and starring Michaela Coel.“I

36th Film Independent Spirit Awards may be breaking from tradition this year — with the ceremony taking place on the Thursday before the Oscars instead of that Saturday — but one thing remains the same: The Spirit Awards is still tapping Hollywood's biggest stars to hand out awards for indie filmmaking.Cate Blanchett, Maria Bakalova, Kumail Nanjiani, Laura Dern, Leslie Odom Jr., Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Dominique Fishback and Don Cheadle will serve as presenters at this year's Spirit Awards, ET can

Judas and the Black Messiah writer-director Shaka King has been named honorary chair at the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards. The news comes a day after Judas and the Black Messiah nabbed six Oscar nominations, including a best original screenplay nom for King.

“Saturday Night Live” star Melissa Villaseñor will host the 2021 Film Independent Spirit Awards on April 22, the organization announced on Monday.She will host the first primetime version of the Spirit Awards, which this year will air on IFC on the Thursday night before the Oscars instead of the traditional Saturday afternoon event near the Santa Monica pier.“As someone who considers herself a pretty dependent person, I’m truly honored to host the Film Independent Spirit Awards,” said

The teen abortion drama “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” landed a leading seven nominations, Chadwick Boseman was posthumously nominated and women dominated the best director category in the Film Independent Spirit Awards nominations announced Tuesday.

Film Independent has unveiled its nominations for the 2021 Independent Spirit Awards, a major stop on this year's virtual awards season. Eliza Hittman's Never Rarely Sometimes Always scored a leading seven nominations, including for best feature, with Lee Isaac Chung's Minari landing six nods and George C.

Michael Schneider Variety Editor at LargeWhen Film Independent announced last fall that it would add several TV categories to this year’s Spirit Awards, perhaps the biggest question was, “What is Indie TV?”Ultimately, with no budgetary cap (unlike the $22.5 million limit in film), and with most TV projects coming from major networks and studios, Film Independent president John Walsh told me at the time that it would come down to a “smell test”: “aesthetic, original provocative subject matter,

It’s becoming increasingly clear that the awards ceremonies delayed way back in 2020 are still going to be seriously hampered due to the pandemic. The Grammy Awards and SAG Awards have already pushed their 2021 dates in hope of safer waters ahead and how the Oscars proceed is still unclear.

Another awards show has shifted gears — again — amid the pandemic. Film Independent said Thursday that its Spirit Awards, which are typically held during the daytime in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica the day before the Oscars, will now "break tradition" and air in a primetime ceremony at 10 p.m.

Dave McNary Film ReporterFilm Independent has added five television categories to the Spirit Awards, to be held on April 24, 2021.The 2021 television categories include best new scripted series, new non-scripted or documentary series, male performance, female performance and ensemble cast.

Willem Dafoe and Giada Colagrande are having fun in the sun.

Also Read: 4 Ways the Oscars in April Could Shake Up This Years Awards SeasonAs with the Oscars and the Spirit Awards, the Critics’ Choice Awards have also changed their eligibility dates, accepting films that are released between Jan. 1, 2020 and Feb.

Willem Dafoe is keeping in good spirits amid the coronavirus pandemic!

The 35th annual Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent cinema, are currently underway in Santa Monica. 

This year's Academy Awards are sure to be awards season's most star-studded ceremony, though the Film Independent Spirit Awards — held the day before the Oscars — are shaping up to be quite a who's who of Hollywood.

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