By ETonline Staff Amazon Studios; Focus Features
The Venn diagram between the Oscars and the Film Independent Spirit Awards is essentially a circle this year, as films like
Ma Rainey s Black Bottom,
Minari and
Ahead of Sunday s Academy Awards, the 36th Independent Spirit Awards honored the best in indie filmmaking and, for the first time, television during Thursday s live primetime ceremony on IFC. (A break from tradition, as the Spirit Awards are usually a daytime fête the day before the Oscars.)
See the full list of winners, in
bold, below.
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