Unbiased Spirit Awards get a recent vibe at its new location
The forty first Unbiased Spirit Awards had a brand new vibe yesterday in LA, having moved to Hollywood’s Palladium from its ordinary tent in Santa Monica.
“OK, finances!” former “SNL” star and the awards’ emcee Ego Nwodim exclaimed of the transfer. The comedian added: “What a beautiful day it’s to be inside at an awards present, and the way becoming for a room filled with indie filmmakers… the one time y’all are getting solar is while you want it for b-roll.”
“We don’t have a allow,” the star instructed the gang on the awards for movies that had budgets between $35,000 and $20 million — warning that like a guerilla manufacturing they could must, “scatter and act like y’all are ready for the bus.”
Netflix was a giant winner on the present. The streamer’s “Practice Desires” — which is up for Finest Image on the Academy Awards — gained finest characteristic. The drama’s director Clint Bentley and cinematographer Adolpho Veloso additionally gained Indie Spirits. (The movie can be up for Finest Tailored Screenplay, Finest Cinematography and Finest Unique Tune on the Oscars.)
One other Oscar hopeful, Rose Byrne, gained finest lead efficiency for the recent A24 movie, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You.”
Netflix’s “The Good Neighbor” was named finest documentary — and spies stated that fellow nominee (for “Roofman”) Kirsten Dunst was seen “gushing over” its win and congratulating director Geeta Gandbhir and producer Alisa Payne. The doc can be up for an Oscar.
(In a dramatic second, Dunst was within the rest room when her class — finest supporting efficiency — was introduced, spies instructed P6H.)
Neon’s “The Secret Agent,” which can be up for a Finest Image Oscar, gained finest worldwide movie.
