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Robby Hoffman Clears Up Claim That Spirit Awards Grant Recipients Can “Spend the Money How You Want”: “I Didn’t Read the Script”
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Spirit Awards: Clint Bentley Says ‘Train Dreams’ Is About “All the Small Lives That Keep the World Going”
The Netflix film won best feature at the awards ceremony on Sunday, as well as best director and best cinematography.
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Rose Byrne Wins Spirit Award, Says ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’ Character “Could Only Exist” in an Indie Film
Accepting the award for best lead performance, the actress added, "I'm from Australia, and it's really all independent film there."
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Spirit Awards: ‘Train Dreams’ Director Clint Bentley Credits Films for “Putting Goodness Into the World” While It “Feels Like It’s On Fire”
Bentley won the best director award at the awards show on Sunday.
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Spirit Awards: Winners List
'Train Dreams' won three awards, including best feature. 'Adolescence,' 'The Secret Agent,' 'Sorry, Baby' and 'The Perfect Neighbor' also were among the winners.
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Spirit Awards: ‘Lurker’ Director Alex Russell Likens Indie Film Risk to ‘Ratatouille’ Scene After Best First Screenplay Win
"I want to thank everyone who was willing to look stupid and put even just a sliver of themselves on the line to legitimize all these new filmmakers here tonight," Russell said at the awards ceremony on Sunday.
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‘Sorry, Baby’ Wins Best Screenplay at 2026 Spirit Awards; First-Time Filmmaker Eva Victor Says She Could Only Make It “Independently”
The writer-director-star made her feature debut with the film.
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Ego Nwodim Pokes Fun at Cher’s Luther Vandross Grammys Flub, Addresses “Heartbreaking Times” in Spirit Awards Monologue
"It may feel impossible to see the light right now, but I'm deeply grateful to all of you for helping us understand who we are in the midst of chaos," the former 'SNL' star said.
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Spirit Awards Host Ego Nwodim Jokes About Move From Beach to Hollywood Palladium: “We Don’t Have a Permit”
The show is not taking place in Santa Monica for the first time since 1994.
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‘Rose’ Review: Sandra Hüller Brings Blazing Vitality to a 17th Century Woman in Trousers in Transfixing Gender Performance Tale
Markus Schleinzer’s fine-grained portrait depicts a fictionalized composite character who passes herself off as a hardy male farmer, drawn from hundreds of comparable cases throughout history.
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How to Watch the 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards Livestream
The show recognizing the best in independent film and TV from the past year will stream live on YouTube on Sunday, Feb. 15.
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Box Office: ‘Wuthering Heights’ Predicts $82M Global Bow But ‘GOAT’ Poses Surprise Threat in U.S.
Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi's new movie Valentine's Day/Presidents Day was expected to open to $40 million in North America but Sony Animation and Stephen Curry's 'GOAT' is gaining ground far too quickly for comfort.
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Berlin Hidden Gem: Indonesian Auteur Edwin Takes a Cue from Jordan Peele for Anti-Capitalist Horror-Comedy ‘Sleep No More’
The veteran Indonesian filmmaker returns to the Berlin International Film Festival with a socially conscious horror flick set in a wig factory.
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‘Tutu’ Offers a Joyous Inside Look at a Nobel Prize Winner (Exclusive Video)
Sam Pollard's documentary on Archbishop Desmond Tutu premieres in Berlin on Monday.
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Berlin’s Teddy Award, the First Queer Cinema Honor, at 40: Still Fighting, Still Fabulous
Co-founder Wieland Speck shares insight into the past and future of the award whose winners have included Pedro Almodóvar, Todd Haynes, Tilda Swinton, Derek Jarman, Céline Sciamma, Christine Vachon, Gus Van Sant, John Hurt, and Sophie Hyde.
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Gore Verbinski on His AI Comedy Comeback: “It’s 2026. Good Luck. Have Fun. Don’t Die.”
The blockbuster director pivots to indie filmmaking for a Berlin-premiering sci-fi comedy about artificial intelligence, creative survival and why “women will save the world.”
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