39th Independent Spirit Awards
The 39th Film Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best independent films and television series of 2023, were presented by Film Independent on February 25, 2024. The ceremony took place at the Santa Monica Pier in Santa Monica, California, and was hosted by American actress and comedian Aidy Bryant. For the second year in a row, the ceremony was streamed live on the YouTube channels of both IMDb and Film Independent, among other social platforms.
Celine Song, Best Director winner
Jeffrey Wright, Best Lead Performance winner
Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Best Supporting Performance winner
Kaouther Ben Hania, Best Documentary Feature co-winner
American Fiction is a 2023 American black comedy-drama film written and directed by Cord Jefferson in his feature directorial debut. Based on the 2001 novel Erasure by Percival Everett, it follows a frustrated novelist-professor who writes an outlandish satire of stereotypical "Black" books, only for it to be mistaken for serious literature and published to high sales and critical praise. It stars Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, Issa Rae, Sterling K. Brown, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander, Leslie Uggams, Adam Brody and Keith David.
Theatrical release poster
Image: Jeffrey Wright by Gage Skidmore 3
Image: Tracee Ellis Rossby Erik Melvin (1)
Image: John Ortiz 2019