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35th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2020)
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Spirit Awards 2020 Winners & Nominees

The 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2020) took place on February 8, 2020. The Farewell won Best Feature. Uncut Gems won the most, 3 of its 5 nominations. Every winner and nominee in all 13 categories is below.

All 13 categories Most wins
categories
13
nominations
66
films nominated
40
winners
13
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Best Feature
The Farewell
Headline winners

Spirit Awards 2020: The Winners

The Farewell won Best Feature against 4 other nominees. Adam Sandler (Best Male Lead), Renée Zellweger (Best Female Lead) and Willem Dafoe (Best Supporting Male) took the main individual prizes.

The Farewell (2019) movie poster Best Feature

Best Feature

The Farewell

2019 · Drama, Comedy · Echo Score 86 · $23.1M worldwide

1 win from 2 nominations at the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2020)

Billli returns to China with her family, facing a difficult choice: celebrating her grandmother’s impending farewell while concealing a devastating secret. To grant her grandmother’s wish, the family stages a wedding, creating a joyful atmosphere filled with tradition and celebration. Billi grapples with cultural differences and long-held family secrets, finding comfort in the rediscovered customs and the enduring strength of her grandmother's spirit and their unbreakable familial connections.

About The Farewell
Scoreboard

Spirit Awards 2020: Which Films Won the Most

Uncut Gems won 3 awards from 5 nominations. 10 films won at least once, while Honey Boy went home empty-handed from 4 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Uncut Gems (2019) movie poster
    Uncut Gems 3 / 5
    2019 · Drama, Mystery · 3 wins from 5 nominations
  2. The Lighthouse (2019) movie poster
    The Lighthouse 2 / 5
    2019 · Drama, Mystery · 2 wins from 5 nominations
  3. Hustlers (2019) movie poster
    Hustlers 1 / 3
    2019 · Drama, Thriller · 1 win from 3 nominations
  4. Driveways (2020) movie poster
    Driveways 1 / 2
    2020 · Drama · 1 win from 2 nominations
  5. The Farewell (2019) movie poster
    The Farewell 1 / 2
    2019 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 2 nominations
  6. Marriage Story (2019) movie poster
    Marriage Story 1 / 2
    2019 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 2 nominations
  7. Judy (2019) movie poster
    Judy 1 / 1
    2019 · Biography, Drama · 1 win from 1 nomination
  8. Booksmart (2019) movie poster
    Booksmart 1 / 1
    2019 · Comedy · 1 win from 1 nomination
  9. American Factory (2019) movie poster
    American Factory 1 / 1
    2019 · Documentary · 1 win from 1 nomination
  10. Parasite (2019) movie poster
    Parasite 1 / 1
    2019 · Drama, Thriller · 1 win from 1 nomination
Full results

All 13 Spirit Awards 2020 Categories: Winners & Nominees

13 categories and 66 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

13 categories · 66 nominations

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Movie marathon

The Spirit Awards 2020 Best Feature Marathon

All 5 Best Feature nominees at the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2020), back to back: 10 hours 58 minutes.

Total running time 10h 58m 10 hours 58 minutes All 5 films
Longest
A Hidden Life 2h 54m
Shortest
The Farewell 1h 40m
By genre

The Genres Behind the Spirit Awards 2020 Winners

Drama led with 56 nominations across 32 films and won 11. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 11 wins · 56 nominations · 20%
  2. Comedy 8 wins · 22 nominations · 36%
  3. Mystery 5 wins · 14 nominations · 36%
  4. Thriller 5 wins · 13 nominations · 38%
  5. Crime 4 wins · 9 nominations · 44%
  6. Romance 2 wins · 7 nominations · 29%
  7. Fantasy 2 wins · 6 nominations · 33%
  8. Horror 2 wins · 6 nominations · 33%
  9. Documentary 1 win · 5 nominations · 20%
  10. History 1 win · 3 nominations · 33%
2020 season

How the Rest of the 2020 Awards Season Voted

The other 15 ceremonies of 2020, with the winner of each top prize. 1917 won the most of them: 3.

All 2020 awards
Earlier years

Previous Spirit Awards Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Spirit Awards page has every year back to 1986.

Every Spirit Awards ceremony

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Spirit Awards 2020: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2020), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Feature at the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2020)?

The Farewell (2019) won Best Feature. The other nominees were Clemency, A Hidden Life, Marriage Story and Uncut Gems.

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Which film won the most awards at the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2020)?

Uncut Gems (2019) won the most: 3 awards from 5 nominations. The Lighthouse was next with 2 wins.

Which film had the most nominations at the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2020)?

Uncut Gems (2019) and The Lighthouse (2019) led with 5 nominations each.

Who won the acting awards at the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2020)?

Best Male Lead: Adam Sandler for Uncut Gems. Best Female Lead: Renée Zellweger for Judy. Best Supporting Male: Willem Dafoe for The Lighthouse. Best Supporting Female: Jennifer Lopez for Hustlers.

When was the 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2020)?

The 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2020) took place on February 8, 2020. The database has 13 categories and 66 nominations for it.