{{Short description|US film awards ceremony in 2017}} {{Infobox film awards | number = 32 | award = Independent Spirit Awards | awarded_for = Best in independent film | image = | caption = | date = February 25, 2017 | site = Santa Monica Pier<br>Santa Monica, California, U.S. | preshow = | producer = | director = | host = Nick Kroll<br>John Mulaney | free_award_type = Best Feature | free_award = ''Moonlight'' | most_wins = ''Moonlight'' (6) (5 plus Robert Altman Award) | most_nominations = ''American Honey'' (6) | channel = IFC | duration = | ratings = | last = 31st | next = 33rd }}

The '''32nd Film Independent Spirit Awards''', honoring the best independent films of 2016, were presented by Film Independent on February 25, 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/02/2017-independent-spirit-awards-winners-list-1201786911/ |title=2017 Independent Spirit Awards: Full Winners List |last=Earl |first=William |date=February 25, 2017 |work=IndieWire |access-date=March 4, 2018 |archive-date=January 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230121073414/https://www.indiewire.com/2017/02/2017-independent-spirit-awards-winners-list-1201786911/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/2017-film-independent-spirit-awards-winners-announced/ |title=2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards Winners Announced! |last=Gavieres |first=Jayna |date=February 25, 2017 |publisher=Film Independent |access-date=February 26, 2017 |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328202628/https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/2017-film-independent-spirit-awards-winners-announced/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The nominations were announced on November 22, 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/film-independent-spirit-awards-nominations-announced/ |title=2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards Nominations Announced! |last=Warren |first=Matt |date=November 22, 2016 |publisher=Film Independent |access-date=November 22, 2016 |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328142426/https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/film-independent-spirit-awards-nominations-announced/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2016/11/indie-spirit-award-nominations-2017-1201858752/ |title=Spirit Awards Nominations: 'Moonlight', 'American Honey', 'Manchester' & 'Jackie' Rally |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=November 22, 2016 |work=Deadline Hollywood |access-date=November 22, 2016 |archive-date=November 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123013630/http://deadline.com/2016/11/indie-spirit-award-nominations-2017-1201858752/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The ceremony was hosted by Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, and broadcast live on IFC.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/nick-kroll-john-mulaney-co-host-2017-film-independent-spirit-awards/ |title=Nick Kroll and John Mulaney to Co-Host the 2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards! |last=Warren |first=Matt |date=January 3, 2017 |publisher=Film Independent |access-date=January 3, 2017 |archive-date=March 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170301012655/https://www.filmindependent.org/blog/nick-kroll-john-mulaney-co-host-2017-film-independent-spirit-awards/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/01/2017-independent-spirit-awards-nick-kroll-john-mulaney-co-host-ceremony-1201764230/ |title=2017 Independent Spirit Awards: Nick Kroll and John Mulaney to Co-Host Ceremony |last=Calvario |first=Liz |date=January 3, 2017 |work=IndieWire |access-date=January 3, 2017 |archive-date=January 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104053317/http://www.indiewire.com/2017/01/2017-independent-spirit-awards-nick-kroll-john-mulaney-co-host-ceremony-1201764230/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Online streaming service Sundance Now live-streamed the ceremony concurrently with the telecast with an on-demand version available on Sundance Now.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://variety.com/2017/digital/news/independent-spirit-awards-live-stream-1201980616/ |title=Sundance Now to Live Stream Independent Spirit Awards (EXCLUSIVE) |last=Roettgers |first=Janko |date=February 8, 2017 |work=Variety |access-date=February 8, 2017 |archive-date=February 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209040344/http://variety.com/2017/digital/news/independent-spirit-awards-live-stream-1201980616/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.filmindependent.org/press-releases/2017-film-independent-spirit-awards-presenters-announced/ |title=2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards Presenters Announced |date=February 23, 2017 |publisher=Film Independent |access-date=June 11, 2017}}</ref>

==Winners and nominees== <div style="float:right;clear:right"> [[File:Barry Jenkins (cropped).jpg|right|thumb|150px|Barry Jenkins, Best Director winner and Best Screenplay co-winner]] [[File:Casey Affleck at the Manchester by the Sea premiere (30199719155) (cropped).jpg|right|thumb|150px|Casey Affleck, Best Male Lead winner]] [[File:Isabelle Huppert Cannes 2017 2.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Isabelle Huppert, Best Female Lead winner]] [[File:Ben Foster by Gage Skidmore.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Ben Foster, Best Supporting Male winner]] [[File:Molly Shannon by David Shankbone.jpg|right|thumb|150px|Molly Shannon, Best Supporting Female winner]] [[File:Tarell McCraney (32303406504).jpg|right|thumb|150px|Tarell Alvin McCraney, Best Screenplay co-winner]] [[File:Robert Eggers - The Witch,Fantastic Fest 2015-1667 (28894993650) (cropped).jpg|right|thumb|150px|Robert Eggers, Best First Screenplay winner]] </div>

{| class=wikitable style="width=100%" |- !style="width=50%"| Best Feature !style="width=50%"| Best Director |- | valign="top"| '''''Moonlight''''' * ''American Honey'' * ''Chronic'' * ''Jackie'' * ''Manchester by the Sea'' | valign="top"| '''Barry Jenkins – ''Moonlight''''' * Andrea Arnold – ''American Honey'' * Pablo Larraín – ''Jackie'' * Jeff Nichols – ''Loving'' * Kelly Reichardt – ''Certain Women'' |- !style="width=50%"| Best Male Lead !style="width=50%"| Best Female Lead |- | valign="top"| '''Casey Affleck – ''Manchester by the Sea'' as Lee Chandler''' * David Harewood – ''Free in Deed'' as Abe Wilkins * Viggo Mortensen – ''Captain Fantastic'' as Ben Cash * Jesse Plemons – ''Other People'' as David Mulcahey * Tim Roth – ''Chronic'' as David Wilson | valign="top"| '''Isabelle Huppert – ''Elle'' as Michèle Leblanc''' * Annette Bening – ''20th Century Women'' as Dorothea Fields * Sasha Lane – ''American Honey'' as Star * Ruth Negga – ''Loving'' as Mildred Loving * Natalie Portman – ''Jackie'' as Jackie Kennedy |- !style="width=50%"| Best Supporting Male !style="width=50%"| Best Supporting Female |- | valign="top"| '''Ben Foster – ''Hell or High Water'' as Tanner Howard''' * Ralph Fiennes – ''A Bigger Splash'' as Harry Hawkes * Lucas Hedges – ''Manchester by the Sea'' as Patrick Chandler * Shia LaBeouf – ''American Honey'' as Jake * Craig Robinson – ''Morris from America'' as Curtis Gentry | valign="top"| '''Molly Shannon – ''Other People'' as Joanne Mulcahey''' * Edwina Findley – ''Free in Deed'' as Melva Neddy * Paulina García – ''Little Men'' as Leonor Calvelli * Lily Gladstone – ''Certain Women'' as Jamie * Riley Keough – ''American Honey'' as Krystal |- !style="width=50%"| Best Screenplay !style="width=50%"| Best First Screenplay |- | valign="top"| '''Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney – ''Moonlight''''' * Kenneth Lonergan – ''Manchester by the Sea'' * Mike Mills – ''20th Century Women'' * Ira Sachs and Mauricio Zacharias – ''Little Men'' * Taylor Sheridan – ''Hell or High Water'' | valign="top"| '''Robert Eggers – ''The Witch''''' * Chris Kelly – ''Other People'' * Adam Mansbach – ''Barry'' * Stella Meghie – ''Jean of the Joneses'' * Craig Shilowich – ''Christine'' |- !style="width=50%"| Best First Feature !style="width=50%"| Best Documentary Feature |- | valign="top"| '''''The Witch''''' * ''The Childhood of a Leader'' * ''The Fits'' * ''Other People'' * ''Swiss Army Man'' | valign="top"| '''''O.J.: Made in America''''' * ''13th'' * ''Cameraperson'' * ''I Am Not Your Negro'' * ''Sonita'' * ''Under the Sun'' |- !style="width=50%"| Best Cinematography !style="width=50%"| Best Editing |- | valign="top"| '''James Laxton – ''Moonlight''''' * Ava Berkofsky – ''Free in Deed'' * Lol Crawley – ''The Childhood of a Leader'' * Zach Kuperstein – ''The Eyes of My Mother'' * Robbie Ryan – ''American Honey'' | valign="top"| '''Joi McMillon and Nat Sanders – ''Moonlight''''' * Matthew Hannam – ''Swiss Army Man'' * Jennifer Lame – ''Manchester by the Sea'' * Jake Roberts – ''Hell or High Water'' * Sebastián Sepúlveda – ''Jackie'' |- ! colspan="2" style="width=50%"| Best International Film |- | colspan="2" valign="top"| '''''Toni Erdmann'' (Germany / Romania)''' * ''Aquarius'' (Brazil) * ''Chevalier'' (Greece) * ''My Golden Days (Trois souvenirs de ma jeunesse) '' (France) * ''Under the Shadow (Zeer-e sāye)'' (Iran / UK) |}

===Films with multiple nominations and awards=== {{col-float}}

{| class="wikitable" rowspan=2 border=2 style="text-align:center;" |+ Films that received multiple nominations |- ! scope="col" width="50"|Nominations ! scope="col" width="250"|Film |- | 6 | ''American Honey'' |- | rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| 5 | ''Manchester by the Sea'' |- | ''Moonlight'' |- | rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"| 4 | ''Jackie'' |- | ''Other People'' |- | rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"| 3 | ''Free in Deed'' |- | ''The Fits'' |- | ''Hell or High Water'' |- | rowspan=10 style="text-align:center;"| 2 | ''20th Century Women'' |- | ''Certain Women'' |- | ''The Childhood of a Leader'' |- | ''Christine'' |- | ''Chronic'' |- | ''Little Men'' |- | ''Loving'' |- | ''Swiss Army Man'' |- | ''The Witch'' |}

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{| class="wikitable" rowspan=2 border=2 style="text-align:center;" |+ Films that won multiple awards |- ! scope="col" width="50"|Awards ! scope="col" width="250"|Film |- | 6<!-- PLEASE note that the film did win 6 awards, including the Robert Altman Award, as listed below --> | ''Moonlight'' |- | 2 | ''The Witch'' |}

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==Special awards==

===John Cassavetes Award=== * '''''Spa Night''''' ** ''Free in Deed'' ** ''Hunter Gatherer'' ** ''Lovesong'' ** ''Nakom''

===Robert Altman Award=== (The award is given to its film director, casting director, and ensemble cast)

* '''''Moonlight''''' – Barry Jenkins, Yesi Ramirez, Mahershala Ali, Patrick Decile, Naomie Harris, Alex Hibbert, André Holland, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monáe, Jaden Piner, Trevante Rhodes and Ashton Sanders

===Kiehl's Someone to Watch Award=== Recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Kiehl's since 1851.

* '''Anna Rose Holmer – ''The Fits''''' ** Andrew Ahn – ''Spa Night'' ** Claire Carré – ''Embers'' ** Ingrid Jungermann – ''Women Who Kill''

===Piaget Producers Award=== Honors emerging producers who, despite highly limited resources, demonstrate the creativity, tenacity and vision required to produce quality, independent films. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant funded by Piaget.

* '''Jordana Mollick – ''Hello, My Name Is Doris''''' ** Lisa Kjerulff – ''The Fits'' ** Melody C. Roscher and Craig Shilowich – ''Christine''

===Truer than Fiction Award=== Presented to an emerging director of non-fiction features who has not yet received significant recognition. The award includes a $25,000 unrestricted grant.

* '''Nanfu Wang – ''Hooligan Sparrow''''' ** Kristi Jacobson – ''Solitary'' ** Sara Jordenö – ''Kiki''

==References== {{reflist|2}}

==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.filmindependent.org/spirit-awards/|Official website}}

{{IS Awards Chron}}

2016 Independent Spirit Awards