Film won best film awards, director, screenplay and editing on Saturday.
Award is considered the 'Oscars of the independent film' American.
On Oscar eve, 'Spotlight' takes awards Spirit Awards
Film won best film awards, director, screenplay and editing on Saturday.
Award is considered the 'Oscars of the independent film' American.
Spotlight - Secrets Revealed is one of the contenders for the Oscar this year (Reuters)
Spotlight - Secrets Revealed is one of the main contenders for the Oscar this year (Reuters)
"Spotlight - Secrets Revealed", the film that chronicles a journalistic investigation revealed that sexual abuse of minors by members of the Catholic Church of Boston, was the big winner of the 31th edition of the Spirit Awards, considered the Oscars of the US independent film.
The film got the best film awards, best director (Tom McCarthy), best screenplay (Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer), Best Editing (Tom McArdle) and also the Robert Altman Award - given to the director, the cast and director film production.
Abraham Attah, the boy of "Beasts of the nation", led to the best actor in the first part of his career, while Brie Larsson ( "Room") ratified his Oscar to favorite status by winning in the category of best actress.
Idris Elba, who works with Attah in "Beasts of the nation" (and one of the "forgotten" in the Oscar), won the best supporting actor statuette, and transsexual Mya Taylor made history with the win the best supporting actress award for his work on "Tangerine".
"I come from almost nothing," Taylor said at the party set up by Film Independent organization on the beach of Santa Monica, in California. "My life has a tremendous working."
Michael Sugar, center at podium, and the cast and crew of "Spotlight" accept the award for best feature at the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 in Santa Monica, California (Photo: Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP)
Cast and crew of "Spotlight" receive the Spirit Awards (Photo: Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP)
The best screenplay award was for Emma Donoghue ( "Room") and Ed Lachman received recognition for best picture for "Carol".
"The Look of Silence" was chosen as best documentary and "The Diary of a Teenage Girl", Marielle Heller, as best debut.
But the Hungarian "The Son of Saul" was named best international film, and John Cassavetes trophy, which rewards the best feature film made with a budget of less than US $ 500,000 (about US $ 2 million) was to " Krisha "Trey Edward Shults.
The cast of "Spotlight" (from left :) Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Mark Ruffalo, Rachael McAdams, John Slattery, Michael Keaton and Liev Schreiber, hold Their awards for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture As They backstage at t pose
(Photo: Mike Blake / Reuters)
Cast of "Spotlight", which was also awarded also in the Screen Actors Guild (Photo: Mike Blake / Reuters)
On Oscar eve, 'Spotlight' takes awards Spirit Awards
Film won best film awards, director, screenplay and editing on Saturday.
Award is considered the 'Oscars of the independent film' American.
On Oscar eve, 'Spotlight' takes awards Spirit Awards
Film won best film awards, director, screenplay and editing on Saturday.
Award is considered the 'Oscars of the independent film' American.
Spotlight - Secrets Revealed is one of the contenders for the Oscar this year (Reuters)
Spotlight - Secrets Revealed is one of the main contenders for the Oscar this year (Reuters)
"Spotlight - Secrets Revealed", the film that chronicles a journalistic investigation revealed that sexual abuse of minors by members of the Catholic Church of Boston, was the big winner of the 31th edition of the Spirit Awards, considered the Oscars of the US independent film.
The film got the best film awards, best director (Tom McCarthy), best screenplay (Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer), Best Editing (Tom McArdle) and also the Robert Altman Award - given to the director, the cast and director film production.
Abraham Attah, the boy of "Beasts of the nation", led to the best actor in the first part of his career, while Brie Larsson ( "Room") ratified his Oscar to favorite status by winning in the category of best actress.
Idris Elba, who works with Attah in "Beasts of the nation" (and one of the "forgotten" in the Oscar), won the best supporting actor statuette, and transsexual Mya Taylor made history with the win the best supporting actress award for his work on "Tangerine".
"I come from almost nothing," Taylor said at the party set up by Film Independent organization on the beach of Santa Monica, in California. "My life has a tremendous working."
Michael Sugar, center at podium, and the cast and crew of "Spotlight" accept the award for best feature at the Film Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016 in Santa Monica, California (Photo: Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP)
Cast and crew of "Spotlight" receive the Spirit Awards (Photo: Chris Pizzello / Invision / AP)
The best screenplay award was for Emma Donoghue ( "Room") and Ed Lachman received recognition for best picture for "Carol".
"The Look of Silence" was chosen as best documentary and "The Diary of a Teenage Girl", Marielle Heller, as best debut.
But the Hungarian "The Son of Saul" was named best international film, and John Cassavetes trophy, which rewards the best feature film made with a budget of less than US $ 500,000 (about US $ 2 million) was to " Krisha "Trey Edward Shults.
The cast of "Spotlight" (from left :) Billy Crudup, Brian d'Arcy James, Mark Ruffalo, Rachael McAdams, John Slattery, Michael Keaton and Liev Schreiber, hold Their awards for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture As They backstage at t pose
(Photo: Mike Blake / Reuters)
Cast of "Spotlight", which was also awarded also in the Screen Actors Guild (Photo: Mike Blake / Reuters)