‘Anora’ Triumphs at Indie Spirit Awards

The film won three awards, including Best Feature and Best Lead Performance for Mikey Madison

Alex Coco, Karren Karagulian, Sean Baker, Vache Tovmasyan, Mikey Madison, Samantha Quan, Mark Eydelshteyn, and Yura Borisov at the 2025 Film Independent Spirit Awards (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)


“Anora” won Best Feature at the the 40th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards, which took place on Saturday afternoon in Santa Monica and was hosted for the second year in a row by Aidy Bryant. “Anora’s” Indie Spirit win follows its recent triumphs at the DGA and PGA awards and boosts its chances for Oscar glory next week. “Anora” also won Best Director for Sean Baker and Best Lead Performance for Mikey Madison. Repeating her victory at the BAFTAs, Madison beat Demi Moore, who had been considered the solid frontrunner.

In many ways, the Indie Spirit Awards followed a pattern it has shown in recent years: Anytime its voters can give a statuette to an Oscar-nominated film or performance, they do.

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