Lost Daughter finds success at Spirits

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It was a double success for Maggie Gyllenhaal at the Independent Spirit Awards last night as her début directorial work The Lost Daughter was named Best Picture and won her the Best Director award. This year's list of winners was very varied, with no big names dominating the event, which suggests that the field is still wide open with other major awards ceremonies still to go.

Those film award winners in full:

Best Feature

• The Lost Daughter

Best Director

• Maggie Gyllenhaal, The Lost Daughter

Best First Feature

• 7 Days

Best Female Lead

• Taylour Paige, Zola

Best Male Lead

• Simon Rex, Red Rocket

Best Supporting Female

• Ruth Negga, Passing

Best Supporting Male

• Troy Kotsur, CODA

Best Screenplay

• The Lost Daughter

Best First Screenplay

• Pig

Best Cinematography

• Passing

Best Editing

• Zola

Robert Altman Award

• The Director, Cast, and Casting Director of Mass

Best Documentary

• Summer Of Soul

Best International Film

• Drive My Car

Someone to Watch Award

• Alex Camilleri, Luzzu

Truer Than Fiction Award

• Faya Dayi

John Cassavetes Award

• Shiva Baby

Producers Award

• Lizzie Shapiro