Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by Neon and A24
It’s a brand-new year for the Independent Spirit Awards in 2022. Traditionally, the Spirits have operated as a kind of alterna-Oscars, lurking out on the beach in Santa Monica and taking place on the Saturday before the Oscars. That calendar pattern shifts this year, with the Spirits now taking place on March 6, three weeks before the Oscars. There was speculation that this change signaled a bid for the Spirits to be seen more as Oscar precursors/influencers rather than as doing their own indie thing, but when nominations were announced, those fears would put to rest with a decidedly indie-heavy lineup that only barely overlapped with hyped Oscar contenders.
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