Independent Spirits Awards 2022 Full Winners List

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Troy Kotsur kicked off the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday with his win for Best Supporting Male Actor for his Apple TV+ film CODA.The move solidified his standing as an Oscars frontrunner after his win in the same category late last month at the Screen Actors Guild Awards.Kotsur, who is deaf, stars in the inspiring film as a deaf fisherman who relies on his hearing daughter to help him, his wife and his other son — all deaf — navigate a fishing community that doesn't respect or understand them.

Big win: Troy Kotsur kicked off the 2022 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Sunday with his win for Best Supporting Male Actor for his Apple TV+ film CODAKotsur joked in his acceptance speech that his character wouldn't fit in Santa Monica, because a fisherman from Gloucester, Massachusetts wouldn't be able to afford a beer in the coastal Southern California city.The Independent Spirit Awards were back Santa Monica, California, for the first time in two years as the ceremony returned to celebrating independent cinema.

The next prize was the John Cassavetes Award, which honors the legendary filmmaker by selecting the best film of the year made for under $500,000.

Inspiring: Kotsur, who is deaf, stars in the film as a deaf fisherman who relies on his hearing daughter to help him, his wife and his other son — all deaf — navigate a fishing community that doesn't respect or understand them; seen in CODA with Marlee Matlin (L)Writer and director Emma Seligman's dark comedy Shiva Baby was honored with the low-budget prize.The film stars Rachel Sennott as a young Jewish woman who has been in a relationship with a sugar daddy while in her senior year of college.Their relationship gets even more awkward when she meets him at a.