The Film Independent Spirit Awards (abbreviated "Spirit Awards" and
originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards),
founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers.
Winners were typically presented with acrylic glass pyramids
containing suspended shoestrings representing the bare budgets of
independent films. Since 2006, winners have received a metal trophy
depicting a bird with its wings spread sitting atop of a pole with the
shoestrings from the previous design wrapped around the pole.In 1986,
the event was renamed the Independent Spirit Awards. Now called the
Film Independent Spirit Awards, the show is produced by Film
Independent, a not-for-profit arts organization that also produces the
LA Film Festival. Film Independent members vote to determine the
winners of the Spirit Awards.The awards show is held inside a tent in
a parking lot at the beach in Santa Monica, California, usually on the
day before the Academy Awards (since 1999; originally the Saturday
before). The show is broadcast live on the IFC network, as well as
Hollywood Suite in Canada and A&E Latin America.
originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards),
founded in 1984, are awards dedicated to independent filmmakers.
Winners were typically presented with acrylic glass pyramids
containing suspended shoestrings representing the bare budgets of
independent films. Since 2006, winners have received a metal trophy
depicting a bird with its wings spread sitting atop of a pole with the
shoestrings from the previous design wrapped around the pole.In 1986,
the event was renamed the Independent Spirit Awards. Now called the
Film Independent Spirit Awards, the show is produced by Film
Independent, a not-for-profit arts organization that also produces the
LA Film Festival. Film Independent members vote to determine the
winners of the Spirit Awards.The awards show is held inside a tent in
a parking lot at the beach in Santa Monica, California, usually on the
day before the Academy Awards (since 1999; originally the Saturday
before). The show is broadcast live on the IFC network, as well as
Hollywood Suite in Canada and A&E Latin America.
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