Independent Spirit Awards 2022
FILM
Best Feature
A Chiara
C’mon C’mon
The Lost Daughter – WINNER
The Novice
Zola
Best Director
Janicza Bravo, Zola
Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter – WINNER
Lauren Hadaway, The Novice
Mike Mills, C’mon C’mon
Ninja Thyberg, Pleasure
Best First Feature
7 Days – WINNER
Holler
Queen of Glory
Test Pattern
Wild Indian
Best Female Lead
Isabelle Fuhrman, The Novice
Brittany S. Hall, Test Pattern
Patti Harrison, Together Together
Taylour Paige, Zola – WINNER
Kali Reis, Catch the Fair One
Best Male Lead
Clifton Collins Jr., Jockey
Frankie Faison, The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
Michael Greyeyes, Wild Indian
Udo Kier, Swan Song
Simon Rex, Red Rocket – WINNER
Best Supporting Female
Jessie Buckley, The Lost Daughter
Amy Forsyth, The Novice
Ruth Negga, Passing – WINNER
Revika Anne Reustle, Pleasure
Suzanna Son, Red Rocket
Best Supporting Male
Colman Domingo, Zola
Meeko Gattuso, Queen of Glory
Troy Kotsur, CODA – WINNER
Will Patton, Sweet Thing
Chaske Spencer, Wild Indian
Best Screenplay
C’mon C’mon
The Lost Daughter – WINNER
Swan Song
Together Together
Zola
Best First Screenplay
Cicada
Mass
Pig – WINNER
Test Pattern
Wild Indian
Best Cinematography
A Chiara
Blue Bayou
The Humans
Passing – WINNER
Zola
Best Editing
A Chiara
The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain
The Novice
The Nowhere Inn
Zola – WINNER
Robert Altman Award
The Director, Cast, and Casting Director of Mass
Best Documentary
Ascension
Flee
In the Same Breath
Procession
Summer of Soul – WINNER
Best International Film
Compartment No. 6
Drive My Car – WINNER
Parallel Mothers
Pebbles
Petite Maman
Prayers for the Stolen
Someone to Watch Award
Alex Camilleri, Luzzu – WINNER
Gillian Wallace Horvat, I Blame Society
Michael Sarnoski, Pig
Truer Than Fiction Award
North by Current
Faya Dayi – WINNER
Try Harder!
John Cassavetes Award
Cryptozoo
Jockey
Shiva Baby – WINNER
Sweet Thing
This is Not a War Story
Producers Award
Brad Becker-Parton
Pin-Chun Liu
Lizzie Shapiro – WINNER
TELEVISION
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
Black and Missing – WINNER
The Choe Show
The Lady and the Dale
Nuclear Family
Philly D.A.
Best New Scripted Series
Blindspotting
It’s a Sin
Reservation Dogs – WINNER
The Underground Railroad
We Are Lady Parts
Best Female Performance in a Scripted Series
Thuso Mbedu, The Underground Railroad – WINNER
Anjana Vasan, We Are Lady Parts
Jana Schmieding, Rutherford Falls
Jasmine Cephas Jones, Blindspotting
Deborah Ayorinde, THEM: Covenant
Best Male Performance in a Scripted Series
Ollie Alexander, It’s a Sin
Murray Bartlett, The White Lotus
Michael Greyeyes, Rutherford Falls
Ashley Thomas, THEM: Covenant
Lee Jung-jae, Squid Game – WINNER
Best Ensemble in a New Scripted Series
Reservation Dogs