Ahead of Oscars 2023, Everything Everywhere All At Once sweeps Independent Spirit Awards

“Everything Everywhere All At Once” continued its awards sweep at Film Independent Spirit Awards on its path to Oscars next weekend. multiverse-hopping adventure collected awards for best picture, directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, actors Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu, screenplay and editing.

“Thank you to everyone who makes crazy, weird independent movies,” Scheinert said.

Awards were handed out Saturday afteron in a tent on beach in Santa Monica, Calif., and show was streamed live on YouTube and Twitter.

First-time Spirit Awards host Hasan Minhaj opened show saying, “Of all awards shows, this is by far, one of m.”

Minhaj went hard on everything, from entertainment trade website Deadline (“At this point, Deadline is half gossip, half Ezra Miller crime tracker,” he said) to show’s lack of a broadcast partner.

“ Independent Film Channel did t want Independent Film Awards,” he said, ting that channel chose to show poorly reviewed Will Ferrell movie “Semi-Pro” instead.

“Awards shows are dead,” he added. “My 2-year-old watches slime videos with more viewers than Oscars.”

first prize of afteron went to Quan for best supporting actor for “Everything Everywhere All At Once,” which his co-star Jamie Lee Curtis was also minated for. This is first year Spirit Awards embraced neutral acting awards – both lead and supporting performance categories had 10 minees. Quan, who is expected to win supporting actor Oscar next week, chose to devote his speech to many of crew who worked on film, from stunt coordinators to production assistants.

Hsu later collected prize for best breakthrough performance for film.

“This is my first ever individual award and it feels incredibly appropriate that it’s in this room. I feel so hored” she said. “I really want to thank Daniels so much. Thank you so much for finding me and believing in my art and seeing me and championing me.”

Hsu said she hoped award would act as a talisman to “protect that freak flag” and desire to tell stories.

“I kinda like neutral thing, it’s kind of tight,” said “Abbott Elementary’s” Quinta Brunson who won for leading performance in a new scripted series.

Brunson said she felt like least independent person re, as her show is supported by Warner Bros. and Disney, but that spirit of it felt right.

Laura Poitras’s “All Beauty and Bloodshed” won best documentary. film looks at life of photographer and activist Nan Goldin.

“It would take me entire day to fully express my gratitude to Nan for her collaboration and for her trust,” Poitras said. “She’s taught me so many things in making this film, most importantly role of art and artists to change t only society but how we understand world we live in.”

“Women Talking” was previously anunced as winner of Robert Altman Award, celebrating director Sarah Polley, casting directors John Buchan and Jason Knight, and ensemble cast including Jessie Buckley, Rooney Mara, Claire Foy, Ben Whishaw and Frances McDormand.

“It’s so fitting way that you’re being recognized for beautiful, supportive, loving ensemble that you are,” Polley said.

She also called her film “Women Are Talking” in a d to Mark Wahlberg’s slip-up at Screen Actors Guild Award s last week.

“Sorry, Marky Mark just gets in my head,” she said.

Apple TV+’s “Pachinko” got corresponding award on television side.

Nathan Fielder had crowd laughing accepting his award for n-scripted series for his HBO show “ Rehearsal” and detailing contents of lunch boxes at everyone’s seats.

“ bean salad was great,” he said. “re were a few grapes also. Delicious. y weren’t rotten. ne were rotten.”

Looking down at his award, he said, “I guess y’ll add name to it later?”

“Nanny” director Nikyatu Jusu won Someone to Watch award.

“Thank god Charlotte Wells was t in this category because all year ‘Aftersun’ has been whooping my ass,” Jusu said.

“Aftersun” did win best first feature later in afteron.

“Here’s to second feature,” Wells said.

Or winners included “Joyland” (best international film), “ Bear” (new scripted series and supporting actor Ayo Edebiri), “ Cadral” ( John Cassavetes Award), John Patton Ford (first screenplay for “Emily Criminal”) and “Tár” cinematographer Florian Hoffmeister.

Winners are voted on by members of n-profit organization Film Independent. budget cap for eligible films was recently raised from $22.5 million to $30 million.

Kwan closed show with some words of inspiration to dream big.

“We are in middle of an identity crisis, industry at large is confused as to what’s happening next and it’s really scary especially for independent world, but I want to offer up a reframe: This is an opportunity,” Kwan said.

“When things are shaking and it gets turbulent and cracks form in foundation, that’s best time to plant seeds. It is our job t just to adapt to future but also to actively dream up what kind of future we want to rewrite and what kind of future we want to be working and living in,” Kwan continued. I urge us all to dream really big. What we do here is going to flow upstream to rest of industry.”