'Can You Ever Forgive Me?,' 'Eighth Grade' and 'Roma' also were among the winners of the trophies, handed out Saturday afternoon inside a tent on the beach in Santa Monica.

If Beale Street Could Talk was the big winner at the 34th annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, which were handed out Saturday afternoon inside a tent on the beach in Santa Monica.

Leading the 2019 Spirit Awards winners was Barry Jenkins' film, which took a total of three trophies: best feature, best director for Jenkins and best supporting female for Regina King.

Can You Ever Forgive Me? followed with a total of two Spirit Awards wins — best supporting male for Richard E. Grant and best screenplay for Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty.

The other acting winners were Glenn Close as best female lead for The Wife and Ethan Hawke (who wasn't there) as best male lead for First Reformed.

Bo Burnham won the Spirit Award for best first screenplay for Eighth Grade, while Boots Riley took the award for best first feature for Sorry to Bother You.

Roma was named best international film at the 2019 Spirit Awards, while Won't You Be My Neighbor? was named best documentary.

Aubrey Plaza hosted the Spirit Awards for the first time. Plaza was the first solo host in a while, after two years of John Mulaney and Nick Kroll serving as hosts.

"I was shocked that they asked," Plaza told The Hollywood Reporter of her emcee gig. "I've hosted live shows at underground theaters in New York, variety shows when I was doing stand-up, but I've really never hosted anything."

In her monologue, she joked about Roma on Netflix, BlacKkKlansman's sole nomination and the lack of an Oscars host.

Heading into the show, We the Animals, documentary filmmaker Jeremiah Zagar's narrative debut about a mixed-race family with three young sons in upstate New York and based on Justin Torres' 2011 debut novel of the same name, led all nominees with a total of five noms. Eighth Grade, First Reformed and You Were Never Really Here followed with four apiece. (Click here to see what the stars are wearing on the blue carpet.)

A full list of 2019 Spirit Awards winners follows.

• Best Feature

  Award given to the producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.

  

  If Beale Street Could Talk (WINNER)
  Producers: Dede Gardner, Barry Jenkins, Jeremy Kleiner, Sara Murphy, Adele Romanski

  Eighth Grade
  Producers: Eli Bush, Scott Rudin, Christopher Storer, Lila Yacoub

  First Reformed
  Producers: Jack Binder, Greg Clark, Gary Hamilton, Victoria Hill, David Hinojosa, Frank Murray, Deepak Sikka, Christine Vachon

  Leave No Trace
  Producers: Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman, Anne Rosellini

  You Were Never Really Here
  Producers: Rosa Attab, Pascal Caucheteux, Rebecca O'Brien, Lynne Ramsay, James Wilson

• Best First Feature

  Award given to the director and producer.

  Sorry to Bother You (WINNER)
  Director: Boots Riley
  Producers: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jonathan Duffy, Charles D. King, George Rush, Forest Whitaker, Kelly Williams

  Hereditary
  Director: Ari Aster
  Producers: Kevin Frakes, Lars Knudsen, Buddy Patrick

  The Tale
  Director/Producer: Jennifer Fox
  Producers: Sol Bondy, Lawrence Inglee, Mynette Louie, Oren Moverman, Simone Pero, Reka Posta, Laura Rister, Regina K. Scully, Lynda Weinman

  We the Animals
  Director: Jeremiah Zagar
  Producers: Andrew Goldman, Christina D. King, Paul Mezey, Jeremy Yaches

  Wildlife
  Director/Producer: Paul Dano
  Producers: Andrew Duncan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riva Marker, Oren Moverman, Ann Ruark, Alex Saks

• John Cassavetes Award

  Given to the best feature made for under $500,000. (Award given to the writer, director and producer. Executive Producers are not awarded.)

  En el Septimo Dia (WINNER)
  Writer/Director/Producer: Jim McKay
  Producers: Alex Bach, Lindsey Cordero, Caroline Kaplan, Michael Stipe

  A Bread Factory
  Writer/Director/Producer: Patrick Wang
  Producers: Daryl Freimark, Matt Miller

  Never Goin' Back
  Writer/Director: Augustine Frizzell
  Producers: Liz Cardenas, Toby Halbrooks, James M. Johnston

  Socrates
  Writer/Director/Producer: Alex Moratto
  Writer: Thayná Mantesso
  Producers: Ramin Bahrani, Jefferson Paulino, Tammy Weiss

  Thunder Road
  Writer/Director: Jim Cummings
  Producers: Natalie Metzger, Zack Parker, Benjamin Weissner
• Best Director

  Barry Jenkins (WINNER)
  If Beale Street Could Talk

  Debra Granik
  Leave No Trace

  Tamara Jenkins
  Private Life

  Lynne Ramsay
  You Were Never Really Here

  Paul Schrader
  First Reformed

• Best Screenplay

  Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty (WINNER)
  Can You Ever Forgive Me?

  Richard Glatzer (Writer/Story By), Rebecca Lenkiewicz & Wash Westmoreland
  Colette

  Tamara Jenkins
  Private Life

  Boots Riley
  Sorry to Bother You

  Paul Schrader
  First Reformed

• Best First Screenplay

  Bo Burnham (WINNER)
  Eighth Grade

  Christina Choe
  Nancy

  Cory Finley
  Thoroughbreds

  Jennifer Fox
  The Tale

  Quinn Shephard (Writer/Story By), Laurie Shephard (Story By)
  Blame
• Best Cinematography

  Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (WINNER)
  Suspiria

  Ashley Connor
  Madeline's Madeline

  Diego Garcia
  Wildlife

  Benjamin Loeb
  Mandy

  Zak Mulligan
  We the Animals

• Best Editing

  Joe Bini (WINNER)
  You Were Never Really Here

  Keiko Deguchi, Brian A. Kates, Jeremiah Zagar
  We the Animals

  Luke Dunkley, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill, Julian Hart
  American Animals

  Anne Fabini, Alex Hall, Gary Levy
  The Tale

  Nick Houy
  Mid90s

• Best Female Lead

  Glenn Close (WINNER)
  The Wife

  Toni Collette
  Hereditary

  Elsie Fisher
  Eighth Grade

  Regina Hall
  Support the Girls

  Helena Howard
  Madeline's Madeline

  Carey Mulligan
  Wildlife
• Best Male Lead

  Ethan Hawke (WINNER)
  First Reformed

  John Cho
  Searching

  Daveed Diggs
  Blindspotting

  Christian Malheiros
  Socrates

  Joaquin Phoenix
  You Were Never Really Here

• Best Supporting Female

  Regina King (WINNER)
  If Beale Street Could Talk

  Kayli Carter
  Private Life

  Tyne Daly
  A Bread Factory

  Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie
  Leave No Trace

  J. Smith-Cameron
  Nancy

• Best Supporting Male

  Richard E. Grant (WINNER)
  Can You Ever Forgive Me?

  Raul Castillo
  We the Animals

  Adam Driver
  BlackKklansman

  Josh Hamilton
  Eighth Grade

  John David Washington
  Monsters and Men
• Robert Altman Award

  Given to one film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast.

  Suspiria
  Director: Luca Guadagnino
  Casting Directors: Avy Kaufman, Stella Savino
  Ensemble Cast: Malgosia Bela, Ingrid Caven, Lutz Ebersdorf, Elena Fokina, Mia Goth, Jessica Harper, Dakota Johnson, Gala Moody, Chloe Grace Moretz, Renée Soutendijk, Tilda Swinton, Sylvie Testud, Angela Winkler

• Best Documentary

  Award given to the director and producer.

  Won't You Be My Neighbor? (WINNER)
  Director/Producer: Morgan Neville
  Producers: Caryn Capotosto, Nicholas Ma

  Hale County This Morning, This Evening
  Director/Producer: RaMell Ross
  Producers: Joslyn Barnes, Su Kim

  Minding the Gap
  Director/Producer: Bing Liu
  Producer: Diane Quon

  Of Fathers and Sons
  Director: Talal Derki
  Producers: Hans Robert Eisenhauer, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. Siebert

  On Her Shoulders
  Director: Alexandria Bombach
  Producers: Hayley Pappas, Brock Williams

  Shirkers
  Director/Producer: Sandi Tan
  Producers: Jessica Levin, Maya Rudolph

• Best International Film

  Award given to the director

  Roma (WINNER)
  Mexico
  Director: Alfonso Cuaron

  Burning
  South Korea
  Director: Lee Chang-Dong

  The Favourite
  United Kingdom
  Director: Yorgos Lanthimos

  Happy as Lazzaro
  Italy
  Director: Alice Rohrwacher

  Shoplifters
  Japan
  Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu
• Bonnie Award

  Bonnie Tiburzi Caputo joined American Airlines in 1973 at age 24, becoming the first female pilot to fly for a major U.S. airline. In her honor, the second Bonnie Award will recognize a mid-career female director with a $50,000 unrestricted grant, sponsored by American Airlines.

  Debra Granik (WINNER)

  Tamara Jenkins

  Karyn Kusama

• Producers Award

  The 22nd annual Producers Award honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

  Shrihari Sathe (WINNER)

  Jonathan Duffy and Kelly Williams

  Gabrielle Nadig

• Someone to Watch Award

  The 25th annual Someone to Watch Award recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

  Alex Moratto (WINNER)
  Director of Socrates

  Ioana Uricaru
  Director of Lemonade

  Jeremiah Zagar
  Director of We the Animals
• Truer Than Fiction Award

  The 24th annual Truer Than Fiction Award is presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

  Bing Liu (WINNER)
  Director of Minding the Gap

  Alexandria Bombach
  Director of On Her Shoulders

  RaMell Ross
  Director of Hale County This Morning, This Evening