Hasan Minhaj To Host 2023 Impartial Spirit Awards Ceremony – Deadline

Hasan Minhaj has been tapped to host the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards, that are set to happen March 4 in Santa Monica.

The annual indie-focused awards present will stream reside on IMDb, Movie Impartial’s YouTube channel and different platforms starting at 2 p.m. PT.

“Together with his unparalleled potential to carry each humor and notion to the problems round us, Hasan Minhaj is the best host to assist us have a good time these unbiased artists,” Movie Impartial president Josh Welsh mentioned Tuesday. “We are able to’t wait to see what surprises he has in retailer for the Spirit Awards on March 4th.” 

Final yr, Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman co-hosted the ceremony, at which Netflix’s The Misplaced Daughter scored a number one three wins together with Greatest Function. That present aired on reside on IFC and AMC+.

This yr, A24’s All the pieces In every single place All at As soon as, because it did with the Oscar nominations final week, leads the way with nominations on the movie aspect, nabbing eight. The multiverse-spanning hit might be seeking to construct momentum forward of the Oscars on March 12; the Spirits this yr land in the midst of last Oscar voting.

Additionally this yr, Movie Impartial has made their primary appearing classes gender-neutral, with 10 nominees every in Greatest Lead Efficiency and Greatest Supporting Efficiency on each the movie and TV sides. The group added a few new classes as effectively, together with Greatest Breakthrough Efficiency, which has 5 nominees.

Within the TV classes, ABC’s Abbott Elementary, FX’s The Bear, Apple TV+’s Severance and HBO/HBO Max’s Station Eleven lead with three nominations apiece.

Minhaj, the onetime The Every day Present correspondent, is understood for his standup particular Homecoming King and Netflix’s satire collection Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, which gained a Peabody and an Emmy.

Eddie Delbridge of Reside Digital Leisure is producing this yr’s Spirit Awards alongside Danielle Federico and Andrew Schaff. Shawn Davis returns as government producer.