‘Get Out’ reigned supreme at the 2018 Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday night as the film picked up Best Director and Best Feature.
The love was spread around at the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards, with critical darlings like Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Lady Bird; Call Me by Your Name; Mudbound, I, Tonya; and The Big Sick all getting some time to shine Saturday afternoon on the sands of Santa Monica.
It was Get Out, though — Jordan Peele’s blockbuster social thriller — that reigned supreme, winning Best Feature and Best Director. (Given the Blumhouse-produced, Universal-distributed horror film’s $176 million haul, it’s easy to forget that the film was made for a mere $4 million).
This could possibly spell the start of special weekend for Get Out. The last four films to win Best Film at the Indie Spirit Awards on Saturday (Moonlight, Spotlight, Birdman, and 12 Years a Slave) have all gone on to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards on Sunday.
The film remains an underdog to The Shape of Water and Three Billboards, both Fox Searchlight releases that were Spirit-eligible but left out of the top race. Billboards did triumph in two of the acting races, with Oscar favorites Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell winning Best Female Lead and Best Supporting Male, respectively. Guillermo del Toro’s Shape, which narrowly qualified for consideration with a budget of $19.4 million, didn’t receive a single nomination.
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45 PHOTOS Independent Spirit Awards 2018: Red carpet arrivals See Gallery Independent Spirit Awards 2018: Red carpet arrivals SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Elizabeth Olsen attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Allison Janney attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor-producer Margot Robbie attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Saoirse Ronan attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Kerry Washington attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Kerry Washington, hair detail, attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Allison Williams attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Timothee Chalamet attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Sarah Silverman attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Aubrey Plaza attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Salma Hayek attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic) Actress Danai Gurira arrives for the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California, on March 3,2018. / AFP PHOTO / Jean-Baptiste LACROIX (Photo credit should read JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX/AFP/Getty Images) Actors Chadwick Boseman arrives for the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California, on March 3,2018. / AFP PHOTO / Jean-Baptiste LACROIX (Photo credit should read JEAN-BAPTISTE LACROIX/AFP/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor/screenwriter Kumail Nanjiani (L) and writer/director Emily V. Gordon attend the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Robert Pattinson attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Leslie Bibb attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actress Molly Shannon attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Emily Ratajkowski attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Director Ava DuVernay attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Garrett Hedlund attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Amanda Seyfried attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Chelsea Peretti and actor/director Jordan Peele attend the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor/director Greta Gerwig attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Alison Brie attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Mike Colter attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Zoey Deutch attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Regina Williams attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Jay Ellis attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Eva De Dominici attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by John Shearer/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Producer Jennifer Wexler attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jon Kopaloff/FilmMagic) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor Yolonda Ross attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Director Dee Rees (L) and Sarah Broom attend the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Cinematographer Joshua James Richards attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actors Saoirse Ronan (L) and Beanie Feldstein attend the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Director Chloe Zhao attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actors Ethan Hawke (L) and Maya Hawke attend the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Actor John Cho attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Jason Merritt/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Comedians Fred Armisen (L) and Carrie Brownstein attend the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California. (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images) SANTA MONICA, CA – MARCH 03: Co-host Nick Kroll attends the 2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards on March 3,2018 in Santa Monica, California.
