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26th Feb 2017

WATCH: The hilarious opening speech from the 2017 Spirit Awards goes in hard on everyone from Mel Gibson to Donald Trump

Rory Cashin

Last night the 32nd Film Independent Spirit Awards took place, and were hosted by Nick Kroll and John Mulaney, who were there to help celebrate the more alternative movies the last year presented to us.

Earlier this week, Donald Trump announced he wouldn’t be attended the Correspondent’s Dinner – we can only guess how that might have gone down – but that didn’t stop the Spirit hosts from taking a sharp jab at him, as well as his chief strategist Steve Bannon.

It wasn’t all political though, because there were plenty at pot-shots taken at famous Hollywood faces, with Mel Gibson, Warren Beatty, Danny DeVito, Samuel L Jackson and Casey Affleck all getting a good ribbing.

You can check out the 10-minute opening monologue here:

Oh, and in case you’re interested, here were the big winners for the night.

Best Feature: Moonlight

Best Director: Barry Jenkins for Moonlight

Best First Feature: The Witch

Best Male Lead: Casey Affleck for Manchester by the Sea

Best Female Lead: Isabelle Huppert for Elle

Best Supporting Male: Ben Foster for Hell or High Water

Best Supporting Female: Molly Shannon for Other People

Best Screenplay: Moonlight

Best First Screenplay: The Witch

Best International Film: Toni Erdmann

Best Documentary Feature: O.J.: Made in America

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