{"id":74842,"date":"2016-02-27T20:45:29","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T20:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/0de2709a84.nxcli.net\/0-kjasnb\/2016\/02\/27\/idris-elba-abraham-attah-and-may-taylor-among-2016-spirit-awards-winners\/"},"modified":"2018-12-18T03:31:15","modified_gmt":"2018-12-18T03:31:15","slug":"idris-elba-abraham-attah-and-may-taylor-among-2016-spirit-awards-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/idris-elba-abraham-attah-and-may-taylor-among-2016-spirit-awards-winners\/","title":{"rendered":"Idris Elba, Abraham Attah and May Taylor Among 2016 Spirit Awards Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Idris Elba, Abraham Attah and May Taylor Among 2016 Spirit Awards Winners<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n<p>February 27, 2016<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Idris-Elba-at-2016-Spirit-Awards.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-79564\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-79564\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 200 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Idris-Elba-at-2016-Spirit-Awards-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Idris Elba at 2016 Spirit Awards\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produced the Spirit Awards, the LA Film Festival and Film Independent at LACMA, handed out top honors to <strong>Spotlight, Beasts of No Nation<\/strong> and <strong>Room<\/strong> at this afternoon\u2019s 31st Film Independent Spirit Awards. <strong>Carol, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Krisha, The Look of Silence, Son of Saul<\/strong> and <strong>Tangerine<\/strong> also received awards at the 2016 Spirit Awards, which was held in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica.<\/p>\n<p>This year&#8217;s major category winners were\u00a0<i><strong>Spotlight<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/i>which won Best Feature, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Editing;\u00a0<strong><i>Beasts of No Nation<\/i><\/strong>, which won Best Male Lead and Best Supporting Male;\u00a0<strong><i>Room<\/i><\/strong>, which won Best Female Lead and Best First Screenplay;<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><i><strong>Carol<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/i>which won Best Cinematography;\u00a0<i><strong>The Diary of a Teenage Girl<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/i>which won Best First Feature;<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><i><strong>Krisha<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/i>which won the\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">John Cassavetes<\/span>\u00a0Award;\u00a0<i><strong>The Look of Silence<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/i>which won Best Documentary;\u00a0<i><strong>Son of Saul<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/i>which won Best International Film and\u00a0<i><strong>Tangerine<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/i>which won Best Supporting Female.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Mya-Taylor-at-2016-Spirit-Awards.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-79563\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignright size-medium wp-image-79563\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 200 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Mya-Taylor-at-2016-Spirit-Awards-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mya Taylor at 2016 Spirit Awards\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After being snubbed by the Academy, both Idris Elba and Abraham Attah won awards in their respective fields for their roles in Beasts of No Nation.<\/p>\n<p>For actress May Taylor, she made history as the first transgender to win for best supporting actress for the transgender drama \u201cTangerine\u201d for her role as sex worker Alexandra. The film was shot on an iPhone by director Sean Baker.<\/p>\n<div class=\"js-tweet-text-container\">\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\"><strong>\u201cI came from almost nothing,\u201d<\/strong> a beaming Taylor said from the stage following a standing ovation.<strong> \u201cMy life did a total 360.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"TweetTextSize js-tweet-text tweet-text\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Abraham-Attah-at-2016-Spirit-Awards.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-79565\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-expand=\"600\" class=\"lazyload alignleft size-medium wp-image-79565\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg xmlns%3D'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg' viewBox%3D'0 0 199 300'%2F%3E\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Abraham-Attah-at-2016-Spirit-Awards-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Abraham Attah at 2016 Spirit Awards\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The 9th annual\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Robert Altman<\/span>\u00a0Award was given to one film&#8217;s director, casting director and ensemble cast.\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Tom McCarthy&#8217;s<\/span>\u00a0<i>Spotlight<\/i>\u00a0received this award, along with casting directors\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Kerry Barden<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Paul Schnee<\/span>and ensemble cast members\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Cyril Creighton<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Billy Crudup<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Paul Guilfoyle<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Neal Huff<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Brian D&#8217;Arcy James<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Keaton<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Rachel McAdams<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Mark Ruffalo<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Liev Schreiber<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Jamey Sheridan<\/span>,\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">John Slattery<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"xn-person\">Stanley Tucci<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The 2016 Roger and Chaz Ebert Foundation Fellowship, which includes a cash grant of\u00a0<span class=\"xn-money\">$10,000<\/span>, was awarded to Zimbabwean filmmaker Sue-Ellen Chitunya. This annual award is given to a filmmaker currently participating in a Film Independent Artist Development program with the mission of diversity in mind. Chitunya, a participant in Project Involve, is currently in active development as a producer on her first narrative feature film,\u00a0A Hard Place.<\/p>\n<p>The Full List of 2016 Spirit Awards Winners<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Feature: Spotlight (Open Road Films)<\/strong><br \/>\nProducers: Blye Pagon Faust, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, Michael Sugar<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Director:<\/strong> Tom McCarthy, Spotlight (Open Road Films)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Screenplay:<\/strong> Tom McCarthy, Josh Singer, Spotlight (Open Road Films)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best First Feature:<\/strong> The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Sony Pictures Classics)<br \/>\nDirector: Marielle Heller; Producers: Miranda Bailey, Anne Carey, Bert Hamelinck, Madeline Samit<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best First Screenplay:<\/strong> Emma Donoghue, Room (A24)<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Cassavetes Award<\/strong> (For best feature made under $500,000): <strong>Krisha<\/strong> (A24)<br \/>\nWriter\/Director\/Producer: Trey Edward Shults; Producers: Justin R. Chan, Chase Joliet, Wilson Smith<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Supporting Female:<\/strong> Mya Taylor, Tangerine (Magnolia Pictures)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Supporting Male:<\/strong> Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation (Bleecker Street\/Netflix)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Female Lead:<\/strong> Brie Larson, Room (A24)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Male Lead:<\/strong> Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation (Bleecker Street\/Netflix)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robert Altman Award:<\/strong> Spotlight (Open Road Films)<br \/>\nDirector: Tom McCarthy<br \/>\nCasting Directors: Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee<br \/>\nEnsemble Cast: Billy Crudup, Michael Cyril Creighton, Paul Guilfoyle, Neal Huff, Brian d\u2019Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, Jamey Sheridan, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Cinematography:<\/strong> Ed Lachman, Carol (The Weinstein Company)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Editing:<\/strong> Tom McArdle, Spotlight (Open Road Films)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best International Film:<\/strong> Son of Saul (Hungary \u2013 Sony Pictures Classics)<br \/>\nDirector: L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Nemes<\/p>\n<p><strong>Best Documentary:<\/strong> The Look of Silence (Drafthouse Films\/Participant Media)<br \/>\nDirector: Joshua Oppenheimer; Producer: Signe Byrge S\u00f8rensen<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SpiritAwards?src=hash\">#SpiritAwards<\/a>: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/idriselba\">@IdrisElba<\/a> wins Best Supporting Male, brings Abraham Attah on stage <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/E2hFQ32cDX\">https:\/\/t.co\/E2hFQ32cDX<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y5we3iMnaS\">https:\/\/t.co\/y5we3iMnaS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hollywood Reporter (@THR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/THR\/status\/703707273034465280\">February 27, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Idris Elba, Abraham Attah and May Taylor Among 2016 Spirit Awards WinnersPosted by Wilson Morales February 27, 2016 Film Independent, the nonprofit arts organization that produced the Spirit Awards, the LA Film Festival and Film Independent at LACMA, handed out top honors to Spotlight, Beasts of No Nation and Room at this afternoon\u2019s 31st Film [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blackfilm.com\/read\/idris-elba-abraham-attah-and-may-taylor-among-2016-spirit-awards-winners\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":74882,"comment_status":"1","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,143],"tags":[23589,555,4908,6754,23590,594,23591,5917,792,23592,23593,3143,23594,3082,202,170,23595,807,13524,22743,3052,2511,23596,14537,1645,910,2879,19418,1739,9889,205,23597,10449,2566,3700,6383,4689,20714,23598,5471,22746,7822,1062,22190,3126,2621,23599,7686,818,22192,23600],"reaction":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-74842","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-read","9":"tag-abraham-attah","10":"tag-anthony-mackie","11":"tag-ben-mendelsohn","12":"tag-brie-larson","13":"tag-cary-joji-fukunaga","14":"tag-cate-blanchett","15":"tag-charlie-kaufman","16":"tag-christopher-abbott","17":"tag-cynthia-nixon","18":"tag-david-robert-mitchell","19":"tag-duke-johnson","20":"tag-emilia-clarke","21":"tag-emma-donoghue","22":"tag-freida-pinto","23":"tag-giovanni-ribisi","24":"tag-idris-elba","25":"tag-illeana-douglas","26":"tag-j-k-simmons","27":"tag-jacob-tremblay","28":"tag-jamey-sheridan","29":"tag-jason-bateman","30":"tag-jason-segel","31":"tag-jay-duplass","32":"tag-jennifer-jason-leigh","33":"tag-jessica-biel","34":"tag-jessica-chastain","35":"tag-juno-temple","36":"tag-keegan-michael-key","37":"tag-ken-jeong","38":"tag-liev-schreiber","39":"tag-luke-wilson","40":"tag-marielle-heller","41":"tag-marin-ireland","42":"tag-marisa-tomei","43":"tag-mark-ruffalo","44":"tag-michael-keaton","45":"tag-michael-shannon","46":"tag-miranda-bailey","47":"tag-mya-taylor","48":"tag-nate-parker","49":"tag-neal-huff","50":"tag-patricia-arquette","51":"tag-paul-dano","52":"tag-phyllis-nagy","53":"tag-rachel-mcadams","54":"tag-rami-malek","55":"tag-robin-barlett","56":"tag-sean-baker","57":"tag-sean-penn","58":"tag-todd-haynes","59":"tag-tom-mccarthy"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v19.7 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - 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