Aidy Bryant Returning As Host Of Film Independent Spirit Awards

After debuting as host of the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards, SNL vet Aidy Bryant is coming back for the 40th and 2025 edition.

The awards nominees will be announced on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024 at 7:00 am PT at filmindependent.org. Winners will be revealed at the awards show on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025 and will be streamed live on the IMDb and Film Independent YouTube channels, and across other social platforms, beginning at 2:00 pm PT.

“We couldn’t ask for a better host for our 40th anniversary! As we prepare to celebrate this incredible milestone honoring the outstanding achievements and contributions within the independent world, we welcome Aidy back with open arms. After her unforgettable turn last year, we can once again anticipate an evening filled with laughter, inspiration, and recognition of excellence,” said Josh Welsh, President of Film Independent.

Last year’s top winners included A24’s Past Lives for Best Feature and the pic’s Celine Song in Best Director.

Bryant is a ten-year cast member on Saturday Night Live. Since her debut as a featured player in 2012, she earned three Primetime Emmy Awards nominations including two nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series. She is also the co-creator, executive producer and star of Hulu’s Shrill. Her performance in its third and final season earned an Emmy nomination in 2021 for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series. Coming up for Bryant, it was recently announced that she will be joining the cast of Apple TV+’s Platonic opposite Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen for the show’s second season. It was also recently announced that she has joined the all-star stage ensemble for All In: Comedy About Love By Simon Rich from director Alex Timbers and producer Lorne Michaels, which opens December 2024. Bryant has also signed an overall deal with Universal Television, where she is currently in development on multiple projects.  She also lent her voice to Netflix’s animated series Human Resources and has appeared in projects such as I Feel Pretty, The Big Sick, Broad City and Girls.

Past Spirit Awards hosts have included Hasan Minhaj, Megan Mullally and Nick Offerman, Melissa Villaseñor, Aubrey Plaza, Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, Kate McKinnon and Kumail Nanjiani, Fred Armisen and Kristen Bell, Patton Oswalt, Andy Samberg, Rainn Wilson, Joel McHale, Sarah Silverman, Samuel L. Jackson, Queen Latifah and John Waters, just to name a few.

The Spirit Awards is the nonprofit arts organization’s primary fundraiser for its year-round slate of programs that cultivate the careers of emerging filmmakers and promote diversity and inclusion across the film industry. The upcoming show will mark Film Independent’s third collaboration with Emmy Award-winning executive producer and showrunner Eddie Delbridge of Live Digital Entertainment, who has produced events such as Space Launch Live: America Returns to Space, The Tournament of Roses Parade, The Critics’ Choice Awards, The MET Gala Live! and The Macy’s Parade 360 Live. Shawn Davis is returning for his 23rd year with the Spirit Awards, as EP. Also returning are producers Danielle Federico and Andrew Schaff.