Film Independent, the non-profit organisation dedicated to fostering independence and inclusivity in visual storytelling, has revealed that the 39th annual Spirit Awards ceremony will take place on Sunday 25 February 2024 in Los Angeles.
The Spirit Awards are Film Independent’s largest annual celebration, making year-round programming for filmmakers and film loving audiences possible while amplifying the voices of independent storytellers and celebrating their diversity, originality and uniqueness of vision.
Celebrating the best in independent film and television, 2023’s Spirit Awards, hosted by comedian Hasan Minhaj, was marked by a number of firsts. Most notable was a switch to gender neutral acting categories, as well as the introduction of a Best Breakthrough Performance award and Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series award. Honorary co-chairs were Sian Heder and Chloe Zhao, both of whom are alumni of Film Independent’s Artist Development programmes which are celebrating their 30th anniversary.
