Welcome to a re-cap of the 2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards! We here are Geek Girl Soup are members of Film Independent, so we get screeners and vote every year. Always so much fun!

Y’all have been waiting for it. We finally present you the most prestigious awards of them all, our very own Soupie Awards!

We’re doing a little series of hidden gems over the course of 2024, starting with “Polite Society.” Writer and director Nida Manzoor calls portions of this films a “joyful kung fu Bollywood epic.”

This week we are discussing two wildly different films: “The Greatest Night in Pop” (Netflix) and “Aniara” (max).

With the Film Independent Spirit Awards quickly approaching Susan, Cort, and Erik have some recommendations for you to check out. Which actor tops your list for “Best Lead Performance”?  Will American Fiction take top honors for “Best Feature” or will another 2023 film take the prize?