Independent Spirit Awards 2025: Jesse Eisenberg brings Emma Stone to tears in gushing speech

 MOVIES

Best Lead Performance

Amy Adams – Nightbitch

Ryan Destiny – The Fire Inside

Colman Domingo – Sing Sing

Keith Kupferer – Ghostlight

Mikey Madison – Anora

Demi Moore – The Substance

Hunter Schafer – Cuckoo

Justice Smith – I Saw The Tv Glow

June Squibb – Thelma

Sebastian Stan – The Apprentice

Demi Moore earned a nod for her role in the The Substance

Demi Moore earned a nod for her role in the The Substance

Best Supporting Performance

Yura Borisov – Anora

Joan Chen – Dìdi

Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain

Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson

Carol Kane – Between The Temples

Karren Karagulian – Anora

Kani Kusruti – Girls Will Be Girls

Jack Haven – I Saw The Tv Glow

Clarence ‘Divine Eye’ Maclin – Sing Sing

Adam Pearson – A Different Man

Kieran Culkin is nominated for his role in the dark comedy A Real Pain

Kieran Culkin is nominated for his role in the dark comedy A Real Pain

Best Breakthrough Performance 

Isaac Krasner – Big Boys 

Katy O’brian – Love Lies Bleeding

Mason Alexander Park – National Anthem 

René Pérez Joglar – In The Summers

Maisy Stella – My Old Ass — WINNER 

Maisy Stella won Best Breakthrough Performance in a feature for her role in the coming-of-age dramedy My Old Ass

Maisy Stella won Best Breakthrough Performance in a feature for her role in the coming-of-age dramedy My Old Ass

 Best Feature

Anora – Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan

I Saw The Tv Glow – Ali Herting, Luca Intili, Dave Mccary, Emma Stone, Sarah Winshall

Nickel Boys – Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine

Sing Sing – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Monique Walton

The Substance – Tim Bevan, Coralie Fargeat, Eric Fellner

Anora, which follows a young sex worker from Brooklyn, is nominated for Best Feature

Anora, which follows a young sex worker from Brooklyn, is nominated for Best Feature 

Best Documentary

Gaucho Gaucho

Hummingbirds

No Other Land — WINNER

Patrice: The Movie

Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

Best Director

Ali Abbasi – The Apprentice

Sean Baker – Anora

Brady Corbet – The Brutalist

Alonso Ruizpalacios – La Cocina

Jane Schoenbrun – I Saw The TV Glow

Sean Baker received a nomination for his film Anora

Sean Baker received a nomination for his film Anora

Best Screenplay

Scott Beck, Bryan Woods – Heretic

Jesse Eisenberg – A Real Pain — WINNER

Megan Park – My Old Ass

Aaron Schimberg – A Different Man

Jane Schoenbrun – I Saw The Tv Glow

Actor and writer Jesse Eisenberg is nominated for Best Screenplay for A Real Pain

Actor and writer Jesse Eisenberg is nominated for Best Screenplay for A Real Pain

Best First Feature

Dìdi — WINNER 

In the Summers

Janet Planet 

The Piano Lesson

Problemista 

John Cassavetes Award

Big Boys 

Ghostlight 

Girls Will Be Girls — WINNER

Jazzy 

The People’s Joker 

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