The 40th Independent Spirit Awards (2025) took place on February 22, 2025 (Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA, USA). Anora won Best Feature and 2 more awards. Every winner and nominee in all 12 categories is below.
Anora won Best Feature against 4 other nominees. Sean Baker (Best Director), Mikey Madison (Best Lead Performance) and Kieran Culkin (Best Supporting Performance) took the main individual prizes.
Best Feature Best Feature
2024 · Comedy, Drama, Romance · Echo Score 79 · $57.4M worldwide
3 wins from 4 nominations at the 40th Independent Spirit Awards (2025)
A young woman working in Brooklyn unexpectedly marries the son of a Russian oligarch, setting off a whirlwind romance. However, the fairytale quickly unravels when his parents travel to New York determined to annul the marriage.
About Anora
Anora won 3 awards from 4 nominations. 8 films won at least once, while I Saw the TV Glow went home empty-handed from 5 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.
12 categories and 68 nominations; Best Lead Performance had the most nominees (10). 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.
12 categories · 68 nominations
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All 5 Best Feature nominees at the 40th Independent Spirit Awards (2025), back to back: 10 hours 24 minutes.
Drama led with 47 nominations across 24 films and won 9. A film with several genres counts for each one.
The other 18 ceremonies of 2025, with the winner of each top prize. Anora also won the top prize at 5 of them.
· 15 categories · 80 nominations
Best Picture – Drama: The Brutalist
· 1 category · 4 nominations
· 10 categories · 18 nominations
· 15 categories · 61 nominations · Winners not recorded
· 3 categories · 13 nominations · Winners not recorded
· 3 categories · 15 nominations
Outstanding Directing – Feature Film: Anora
· 3 categories · 20 nominations
Darryl F. Zanuck Award: Anora
· 7 categories · 41 nominations
· 8 categories · 27 nominations
· 3 categories · 14 nominations
Best Original Screenplay: Anora
· 6 categories · 30 nominations
Outstanding Cast: Conclave
· 7 categories · 13 nominations
People's Choice Award: Hamnet
The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Spirit Awards page has every year back to 1986.
· 12 categories · 59 nominations
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· 12 categories · 69 nominations
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· 13 categories · 65 nominations
Best Feature: The Lost Daughter
· 13 categories · 66 nominations
Best Feature: The Farewell
· 13 categories · 67 nominations
Best Feature: If Beale Street Could Talk
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The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 40th Independent Spirit Awards (2025), answered from the results on this page.
Anora (2024) won Best Feature. The other nominees were I Saw the TV Glow, Nickel Boys, Sing Sing and The Substance.
About AnoraAnora (2024) won the most: 3 awards from 4 nominations. Dìdi and A Real Pain followed with 2 wins each.
I Saw the TV Glow (2024) led with 5 nominations and won none of them.
Best Director: Sean Baker for Anora. Best Lead Performance: Mikey Madison for Anora. Best Supporting Performance: Kieran Culkin for A Real Pain.
The 40th Independent Spirit Awards (2025) took place on February 22, 2025 (Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA, USA). The database has 12 categories and 68 nominations for it.
