Girls Will Be Girls, directed by Shuchi Talati, received the John Cassavetes Award at the 40th Independent Spirit Awards. Anora was honored with the Best Feature award. The films nominated in this category included I Saw the TV Glow, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing, and The Substance.

Girls Will Be Girls wins at Independent Spirit Awards

The John Cassavetes Award is presented to the finest feature film produced with a budget of less than $1 million. The other films that received nominations in this category included Big Boys, Ghostlight, Jazzy, and The People’s Joker.

Richa Chadha and Ali Fazal's inaugural film production also garnered a nomination for Best Supporting Performance for Kani Kusruti. She was nominated alongside Yura Borisov and Karren Karagulian for Anora, Joan Chen (Dìdi), Danielle Deadwyler (The Piano Lesson), Carol Kane (Between the Temples), Brigette Lundy-Paine (I Saw the TV Glow), Clarence Divine Eye Maclin (Sing Sing), and Adam Pearson (A Different Man). The award was ultimately won by Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain.

About Girls Will Be Girls

Girls Will Be Girls centers on a 16-year-old girl named Mira (Preeti Panigrahi), whose journey of rebellion is closely linked to her mother's (Kani) unfulfilled experiences of growing up. The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, where it garnered two awards in August, along with several accolades at the recent MAMI festival. It was released on Prime Video on December 18.

All We Imagine As Light loses

Payal Kapadia's highly regarded film, All We Imagine As Light, did not secure a win in the Best International Film category. It was nominated alongside Black Dog, Flow, Green Border, and Hard Truths, with Flow ultimately taking the award. The narrative of All We Imagine As Light centers on the lives of two Malayali nurses in Mumbai and their relationships. This Malayalam-Hindi film made history by being the first from India to receive the Grand Prix at the Cannes Film Festival in May of the previous year.

Check the full list here:

BEST FIRST FEATURE: Dìdi

BEST DIRECTOR: Sean Baker — Anora

BEST SCREENPLAY: Jesse Eisenberg — A Real Pain

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY: Sean Wang — Dìdi

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A FILM: Mikey Madison — Anora

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN A FILM: Maisy Stella — My Old Ass

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jomo Fray — Nickel Boys

BEST EDITING: Hansjörg Weissbrich — September 5

ROBERT ALTMAN AWARD – Given to one film’s director, casting director, and ensemble cast: His Three Daughters

BEST DOCUMENTARY: No Other Land

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM: Flow

PRODUCERS AWARD: Sarah Winshall — I Saw the TV Glow

SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD: Sarah Friedland — Familiar Touch

TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD: Rachel Elizabeth Seed — A Photographic Memory

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES: Hollywood Black

BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES: Shōgun

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES: Richard Gadd — Baby Reindeer

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES: Nava Mau — Baby Reindeer

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES: Jessica Gunning — Baby Reindeer

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES: How to Die Alone

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