The Film Independent Spirit Awards are planning to move their 2022 ceremony to earlier in March and away from its traditional date on the Saturday immediately before the Oscars.
The 2022 Spirit Awards, entering its 37th year, will now take place March 6 as a means of branching out to a wider audience and separating from the Oscars, which are set for three weeks later on March 27. It’s also an opportunity for the Spirits to stake out a larger place in the awards calendar given the absence of the Golden Globes in 2022.
The move also puts it ahead of the Oscar nominees luncheon and when final balloting for Oscar voting begins, suggesting that the winners at the ceremony could have a better chance of influencing Academy Awards voters.