Prepared for some movie star sightings by the seaside? As a result of the 2025 Movie Impartial Spirit Awards are pitching a tent and taking up the Santa Monica Pier this Saturday, February 22. The annual ceremony will as soon as once more be hosted by “SNL” alum and “Shrill” creator Aidy Bryant, who presided over final 12 months’s occasions, the place she joined a protracted listing of hilarious Spirit Awards emcees that features Hasan Minaj, Aubrey Plaza, Nick Offerman, John Mulaney and Nick Kroll, Kate McKinnon, and Sarah Silverman. This 12 months additionally marks an necessary milestone for Movie Impartial, as that is its fortieth 12 months presenting awards to its neighborhood.
For many who need to have fun at house, the festivities will likely be streamed dwell on IMDB’s YouTube and different social platforms, in addition to by way of Movie Impartial’s YouTube channel beginning at 2:00pm PT/5:00pm ET. See the total listing of Spirit Awards nominees right here.
Whereas final 12 months’s Spirit Awards solely had a couple of crossover wins with the Oscars ceremony that adopted, together with Twine Jefferson receiving Finest Screenplay and Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph claiming Finest Supporting Efficiency, this 12 months there could also be even fewer. The massive ones to observe for are Sean Baker’s “Anora,” which received all three main guild awards’ prime prize, however misplaced the BAFTA, and RaMell Ross’ “Nickel Boys,” which has shortly develop into the favourite for Finest Tailored Screenplay.
Although Brady Corbet did obtain a nomination for Finest Director on the upcoming Spirit Awards, his movie, “The Brutalist,” didn’t handle to safe a spot amongst the Finest Function nominees, which encompass “Anora,” “Nickel Boys,” “I Noticed the TV Glow,” “Sing Sing,” and “The Substance.” Each “Anora” and “I Noticed the TV Glow” lead nominations with 5 every, adopted closed behind by Sean Wang’s coming-of-age dramedy “Dìdi” with 4.
Ever since 2023, the Spirit Awards have enforced a gender-neutral coverage with regard to its appearing classes, however since its implementation, this typically leads to one class being claimed by a feminine performer and the opposite a male. That very same 12 months, Movie Impartial additionally elevated the price range cap for eligible movies, bringing it as much as $30 million. Even so, this positioned many Oscar contenders equivalent to “A Full Unknown,” “Depraved,” “Emilia Pérez,” and “Dune: Half Two” outdoors of the realm of eligibility.
The one crossover between Spirit Awards and Oscar nominations with regard to worldwide options is the Latvian animated journey “Stream,” which has already acquired a lot of accolades together with the Golden Globe for Finest Animated Function Movie and the Annie Award for Finest Animated Function — Impartial. BAFTA winner and Oscar hopeful Mikey Madison can also be seeking to eke out one other win in opposition to most important competitor Demi Moore within the class of Lead Efficiency, however each face stiff competitors from fellow Academy Award nominee Colman Domingo for his function in “Sing Sing.”
As has been identified to occur, Spirit Awards weekend additionally coincides with the Display screen Actors Guild Awards, which will likely be happening Sunday, February 23 beginning at 5:00pm PT/8:00pm ET and streaming on Netflix.