The Film Independent Spirit Awards ceremony, which recognizes the 2022 independent films, which will now mean films costing $30 million or less, or $1 million or less for the John Cassavetes Awards, will take place on March 4, 2023, the organization said on Tuesday. And the categories for the Spirit Award nominees and winners look different than ever before.
In fact, the organization has decided to change its awards to Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Supporting Actress, for both film and TV performances, with gender-neutral categories having the same combined number. nominated, namely Best Leading Performance and Best Supporting Performance.
“We are delighted to be joining other festivals and awards shows that are already striving to celebrate great performances, regardless of genre,” said Film Independent’s president. Josh Wells said the statement. “We are also happy to welcome non-binary artists to the Spirit Awards without forcing them to choose to identify as male or female.
Wells continued, “Also, it’s been a long time since we’ve substantially raised the budget cap for eligibility. This new threshold allows us to continue to celebrate the same breadth of work we have had in the past.”
By adopting gender-neutral categories, Film Independent follows in the footsteps of the Grammy Awards, Gotham Awards, British Independent Film Awards and MTV Movie & TV Awards.
While the Best Leading Performance and Best Supporting Performance categories will each have 10 nominations, Best Breakthrough Performance, a new category that is also gender neutral, will only have five.
Given the residual impact of the COVID pandemic on filmmakers and the industry, the organization has once again decided to waive the theatrical release qualification application.
Film nominations for the 2023 Spirit Awards will be announced on November 22, 2022. Television nominations will be announced on December 13, 2022. The 38th Spirit Awards will take place on March 4, 2023.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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