like Mikey Madison, Demi Moore and Sebastian Stan will be making a stop the by beach Saturday for the . The annual awards ceremony is the shaggier, more irreverent sister to the Academy Awards, celebrating the best in independent film and television.
Here鈥檚 everything you need to know.
What are the Independent Spirit Awards?
The Film Independent Spirit Awards (sometimes casually referred to as the Indie Spirits) have been celebrating the best in independent film for 40 years. For many years, the show, put on by the nonprofit organization Film Independent, took place the day before the Oscars but it鈥檚 recently shifted timing away from that busy weekend.
Awards are voted on by Film Independent Members, a group that includes filmmakers, industry leaders and passionate fans. The awards limit eligibility to productions with budgets of $30 million or less, meaning more expensive productions like and are not in the running. Television categories were added in 2021.
When and where are the Spirit Awards?
The Spirit Awards will be held on Saturday in Santa Monica, California, in a tent next to the beach. The show begins at 5 p.m. ET.
How to watch the Spirit Awards
The Spirit Awards will be streamed live on IMDb and Film Independent鈥檚 YouTube channels.
Who鈥檚 hosting?
鈥淪aturday Night Live鈥� alum Aidy Bryant is returning to host for the second year. Last year she
Who are the top nominees?
is one of the most nominated films of the night, as is Jane Schoenbrun鈥檚 psychological horror Both got six nominations, including best feature and best director.
Also nominated for best feature film were RaMell Ross鈥� adaptation of Colson Whitehead's Greg Kwedar鈥檚 incarceration drama and Coralie Fargeat鈥檚 body horror
Acting categories for the Spirit Awards are gender neutral and include 10 spots each.
Lead actor nominees are: Amy Adams (鈥淣ightbitch鈥�); Colman Domingo (鈥淪ing Sing鈥�); Mikey Madison (鈥淎nora鈥�); Demi Moore (鈥淭he Substance鈥�); Sebastian Stan (鈥淭he Apprentice鈥�); (鈥淭helma鈥�); Hunter Schafer (鈥淐uckoo鈥�); Keith Kupferer (鈥淕hostlight鈥�); Ryan Destiny (鈥淭he Fire Inside鈥�); and Justice Smith (鈥淚 Saw the TV Glow鈥�).
Supporting acting nominees are: (鈥淎 Real Pain鈥�); (鈥淏etween the Temples鈥�); (鈥淪ing Sing鈥�); (鈥淎 Different Man鈥�); Joan Chen (鈥淒矛di鈥�); Danielle Deadwyler (鈥淭he Piano Lesson鈥�); Jack Haven (鈥淚 Saw the TV Glow鈥�); Kani Kusruti (鈥淕irls Will Be Girls鈥�); (鈥淎nora鈥�); and Karren Karagulian (鈥淎nora鈥�).
The Spirit Awards also recognize new fiction and nonfiction television series, where nominees include the Netflix phenomenon 鈥淏aby Reindeer,鈥� 鈥淪h艒gun鈥� and 鈥淩en Fair.鈥�
How will it impact the Oscars?
The winners will not have any impact on the Oscars, as the voting window closed earlier this week. Some years, the Spirit Awards significantly overlap with eventual Oscar winners, as in Other times, it doesn鈥檛. Last year鈥檚 big awards season champion 鈥淥ppenheimer鈥� was too expensive to qualify, and the top Spirit Awards winners were 鈥淧ast Lives鈥� and 鈥淎merican Fiction.鈥�
Lindsey Bahr, The Associated Press
