With the Academy Awards dogged by the #OscarsSoWhite controversy, the Independent Spirit Awards set out to add a little more diversity to its nominating field and its winners' circle. So though Spotlight took the main prize, there were trophies for the likes of Idris Elba, Abraham Attah and Tangerine's Mya Taylor.
Spotlight took home the most awards, winning Best Director for Tom McCarthy, who also shared the Screenplay prize with co-writer Josh Singer, Editing for Tom McArdle and the Robert Altman Award for its ensemble.
Elsewhere, Brie Larson won another award for her performance in Room (which also saw Emma Donoghue awarded Best First Screenplay) Marielle Heller took Best First Feature for The Diary Of A Teenage Girl and Ed Lachman won the cinematography prize for Carol.
The full list is below.
Best Feature
Spotlight
Anomalisa
Beasts Of No Nation
Carol
Tangerine
Best Director
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight
Cary Joji Fukunaga, Beasts Of No Nation
Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson, Anomalisa
David Robert Mitchell, It Follows
Sean Baker, Tangerine
Todd Haynes, Carol
Best Screenplay
Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer, Spotlight
Charlie Kaufman, Anomalisa
Donald Margulies, The End Of The Tour
Phyllis Nagy, Carol
S. Craig Zahler, Bone Tomahawk
Best First Screenplay
Emma Donoghue, Room
Jesse Andrews, Me And Earl And The Dying Girl
John Magary, Russell Harbaugh, Myna Joseph, The Mend
Jonas Carpignano, Mediterranea
Marielle Heller, The Diary Of A Teenage Girl
Best First Feature
The Diary Of A Teenage Girl
James White
Manos Sucias
Mediterranea
Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Best Female Lead
Brie Larson, Room
Bel Powley, The Diary Of A Teenage Girl
Cate Blanchett Carol
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Tangerine
Rooney Mara, Carol
Best Male Lead
Abraham Attah, Beasts Of No Nation
Ben Mendelsohn, Mississippi Grind
Christopher Abbott, James White
Jason Segel, The End Of The Tour
Koudous Seihon, Mediterranea
Best Supporting Female
Mya Taylor, Tangerine
Cynthia Nixon, James White
Jennifer Jason Leigh, Anomalisa
Marin Ireland, Glass Chin
Robin Bartlett, H.
Best Supporting Male
Idris Elba, Beasts Of No Nation
Kevin Corrigan, Results
Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
Richard Jenkins, Bone Tomahawk
Best Documentary
The Look Of Silence
(T)error
Best Of Enemies
Heart Of A Dog
Meru
The Russian Woodpecker
Best Cinematography
Ed Lachman, Carol
Cary Joji Fukunaga, Beasts Of No Nation
Joshua James Richards, Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Michael Gioulakis, It Follows
Reed Morano, Meadowland
Best Editing
Tom McArdle, Spotlight
Julo C. Perez IV, It Follows
Kristan Sprague, Manos Sucias
Nathan Nugent, Room
Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie, Heaven Knows What
Best International Film
Son Of Saul
A Pigeon Sat On A Branch Reflecting On Existence
Embrace Of The Serpent
Girlhood
Mustang
John Cassavetes Award
Krisha
Advantageous
Christmas, Again
Heaven Knows What
Out Of My Hand
Robert Altman Award
Spotlight
Kiehl's Someone To Watch Award
Felix Thompson, King Jack
Chloe Zhao, Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Robert Machoian and Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck, God Bless The Child
Piaget Producers Award
Mel Eslyn
Darren Dean
Rebecca Green & Laura D. Smith
Truer Than Fiction
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, Incorruptible
Alex Sichel and Elizabeth Giamatti, A Woman Like Me
Hemal Trivedi and Mohammed Ali Naqvi, Among The Believers