Spirit Awards: 'If Beale Street Could Talk' Wins Best Feature; Complete Winners List
'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.
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Best Feature
If Beale Street Could Talk (WINNER)
Producers: Dede Gardner, Barry Jenkins, Jeremy Kleiner, Sara Murphy, Adele RomanskiEighth Grade
Producers: Eli Bush, Scott Rudin, Christopher Storer, Lila YacoubFirst Reformed
Producers: Jack Binder, Greg Clark, Gary Hamilton, Victoria Hill, David Hinojosa, Frank Murray, Deepak Sikka, Christine VachonLeave No Trace
Producers: Anne Harrison, Linda Reisman, Anne RoselliniYou Were Never Really Here
Producers: Rosa Attab, Pascal Caucheteux, Rebecca O'Brien, Lynne Ramsay, James Wilson -
Best First Feature
Sorry to Bother You (WINNER)
Director: Boots Riley
Producers: Nina Yang Bongiovi, Jonathan Duffy, Charles D. King, George Rush, Forest Whitaker, Kelly WilliamsHereditary
Director: Ari Aster
Producers: Kevin Frakes, Lars Knudsen, Buddy PatrickThe Tale
Director/Producer: Jennifer Fox
Producers: Sol Bondy, Lawrence Inglee, Mynette Louie, Oren Moverman, Simone Pero, Reka Posta, Laura Rister, Regina K. Scully, Lynda WeinmanWe the Animals
Director: Jeremiah Zagar
Producers: Andrew Goldman, Christina D. King, Paul Mezey, Jeremy YachesWildlife
Director/Producer: Paul Dano
Producers: Andrew Duncan, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riva Marker, Oren Moverman, Ann Ruark, Alex Saks -
John Cassavetes Award
En el Septimo Dia (WINNER)
Writer/Director/Producer: Jim McKay
Producers: Alex Bach, Lindsey Cordero, Caroline Kaplan, Michael StipeA Bread Factory
Writer/Director/Producer: Patrick Wang
Producers: Daryl Freimark, Matt MillerNever Goin' Back
Writer/Director: Augustine Frizzell
Producers: Liz Cardenas, Toby Halbrooks, James M. JohnstonSocrates
Writer/Director/Producer: Alex Moratto
Writer: Thayná Mantesso
Producers: Ramin Bahrani, Jefferson Paulino, Tammy WeissThunder Road
Writer/Director: Jim Cummings
Producers: Natalie Metzger, Zack Parker, Benjamin Weissner -
Best Director
Barry Jenkins (WINNER)
If Beale Street Could TalkDebra Granik
Leave No TraceTamara Jenkins
Private LifeLynne Ramsay
You Were Never Really HerePaul 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
ColetteTamara Jenkins
Private LifeBoots Riley
Sorry to Bother YouPaul Schrader
First Reformed -
Best First Screenplay
Bo Burnham (WINNER)
Eighth GradeChristina Choe
NancyCory Finley
ThoroughbredsJennifer Fox
The TaleQuinn Shephard (Writer/Story By), Laurie Shephard (Story By)
Blame -
Best Cinematography
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom (WINNER)
SuspiriaAshley Connor
Madeline's MadelineDiego Garcia
WildlifeBenjamin Loeb
MandyZak Mulligan
We the Animals -
Best Editing
Joe Bini (WINNER)
You Were Never Really HereKeiko Deguchi, Brian A. Kates, Jeremiah Zagar
We the AnimalsLuke Dunkley, Nick Fenton, Chris Gill, Julian Hart
American AnimalsAnne Fabini, Alex Hall, Gary Levy
The TaleNick Houy
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Best Female Lead
Glenn Close (WINNER)
The WifeToni Collette
HereditaryElsie Fisher
Eighth GradeRegina Hall
Support the GirlsHelena Howard
Madeline's MadelineCarey Mulligan
Wildlife -
Best Male Lead
Ethan Hawke (WINNER)
First ReformedJohn Cho
SearchingDaveed Diggs
BlindspottingChristian Malheiros
SocratesJoaquin Phoenix
You Were Never Really Here -
Best Supporting Female
Regina King (WINNER)
If Beale Street Could TalkKayli Carter
Private LifeTyne Daly
A Bread FactoryThomasin Harcourt McKenzie
Leave No TraceJ. Smith-Cameron
Nancy -
Best Supporting Male
Richard E. Grant (WINNER)
Can You Ever Forgive Me?Raul Castillo
We the AnimalsAdam Driver
BlackKklansmanJosh Hamilton
Eighth GradeJohn David Washington
Monsters and Men -
Robert Altman Award
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
Won't You Be My Neighbor? (WINNER)
Director/Producer: Morgan Neville
Producers: Caryn Capotosto, Nicholas MaHale County This Morning, This Evening
Director/Producer: RaMell Ross
Producers: Joslyn Barnes, Su KimMinding the Gap
Director/Producer: Bing Liu
Producer: Diane QuonOf Fathers and Sons
Director: Talal Derki
Producers: Hans Robert Eisenhauer, Ansgar Frerich, Eva Kemme, Tobias N. SiebertOn Her Shoulders
Director: Alexandria Bombach
Producers: Hayley Pappas, Brock WilliamsShirkers
Director/Producer: Sandi Tan
Producers: Jessica Levin, Maya Rudolph -
Best International Film
Roma (WINNER)
Mexico
Director: Alfonso CuaronBurning
South Korea
Director: Lee Chang-DongThe Favourite
United Kingdom
Director: Yorgos LanthimosHappy as Lazzaro
Italy
Director: Alice RohrwacherShoplifters
Japan
Director: Kore-eda Hirokazu -
Bonnie Award
Debra Granik (WINNER)
Tamara Jenkins
Karyn Kusama
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Producers Award
Shrihari Sathe (WINNER)
Jonathan Duffy and Kelly Williams
Gabrielle Nadig
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Someone to Watch Award
Alex Moratto (WINNER)
Director of SocratesIoana Uricaru
Director of LemonadeJeremiah Zagar
Director of We the Animals -
Truer Than Fiction Award
Bing Liu (WINNER)
Director of Minding the GapAlexandria Bombach
Director of On Her ShouldersRaMell Ross
Director of Hale County This Morning, This Evening