38th Independent Spirit Awards
The 38th Film Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best independent films and television series of 2022, were presented by Film Independent on March 4, 2023. The film nominations were announced live via YouTube on November 22, 2022 by Raúl Castillo and Taylour Paige, while the television nominations were announced on December 13, 2022 by Asia Kate Dillon.
| 38th Independent Spirit Awards | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Best in independent film and independent television |
| Date | March 4, 2023 |
| Site | Santa Monica Pier Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Hosted by | Hasan Minhaj |
| Highlights | |
| Best Feature | Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| Most awards | Everything Everywhere All at Once (7) |
| Most nominations | Everything Everywhere All at Once (8) |
| Television coverage | |
| Network | YouTube (through @filmindependent + @imdb) |
Like last year, the ceremony was separated from its previous longtime berth on the day before the Academy Awards. Instead, there were eight days separating the ceremonies, with the 95th Academy Awards taking place on March 12, 2023. This ceremony occurred during the middle of final Oscar voting, taking place between March 2 and March 7, meaning the winners of this year's Independent Spirit Awards may have had an impact on Oscar voters.
For the first time since 1997, the ceremony wasn't broadcast live on the American basic cable channel IFC but instead streamed live on IMDb's YouTube channel, as well as both Film Independent's YouTube channel and Twitter. American comedian Hasan Minhaj hosted the ceremony.
The A24 absurdist comedy drama Everything Everywhere All at Once won seven awards, including Best Feature, sweeping every category it was nominated for and winning the most awards for a single film in the history of the Independent Spirit Awards.