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Oscar favorite ‘Anora’ wins best film, director and actor at the Independent Spirit Awards

The Spirit Awards, held in a beachside tent in Santa Monica, California, is the more irreverent sister to the Academy Awards, celebrating the best in independent film and television
The awards limit eligibility to productions with budgets of $30 million or less, meaning more expensive Oscar nominees like “Wicked” and “Dune: Part Two” were not in the running

By AP · 23 February 2025