Actor Chelsea Peretti (L) and actor/writer/director Jordan Peele attend the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on Saturday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Actors Leslie Bibb (L) and Sam Rockwell attend the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on Saturday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Actor Timothee Chalamet attends the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on Saturday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Director Greta Gerwig attends the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on Saturday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Actor Allison Janney attends the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on March 3. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Kumail Nanjiani (L) and Emily V. Gordon attend the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on March 3. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Actors Bradley Whitford (L) and Daniel Kaluuya attend the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on March 3. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Actor Nick Kroll attends the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on Saturday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Actor Betty Gabriel of "Get Out" attends the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on Saturday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Actor Margot Robbie attends the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on Saturday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Actors Fred Armisen (L) and Carrie Brownstein attend the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on Saturday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Francois-Henri Pinault (L) and actor Salma Hayek attend the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on Saturday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Actor Amanda Seyfried attends the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on Saturday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Director Ava DuVernay attends the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on Saturday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Actor Alison Brie attends the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on Saturday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Actors Chadwick Boseman and Danai Gurira attend the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on Saturday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
Actor Sarah Silverman attends the 33rd annual Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, Calif. on Saturday. Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI
March 3 (UPI) -- The race-themed horror film Get Out was the big winner at the Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica on Saturday.
The low-budget blockbuster earned the top honor of Best Feature and Jordan Peele won the Best Director prize for helming it.
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Frances McDormand picked up the trophy for Best Actress for her work in Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and her co-star Sam Rockwell went home with the award for Best Supporting Actor.
Call Me by Your Name scored the accolades for Best Actor for Timothée Chalamet and Best Cinematography for Sayombhu Mukdeeprom.
The Best Supporting Actress statuette was presented to Allison Janney for I, Tonya, which also won the Best Editing prize for Tatiana S. Riegel.
Greta Gerwig took home the Best Screenplay award for penning Lady Bird and the husband-wife team of Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani scooped up the Best First Screenplay prize for writing The Big Sick.
Sunflower Bean served as the house band for the ceremony, which was hosted by Nick Kroll and John Mulaney.
Call Me by Your Name went into the event with a leading six Spirit Award nominations. Good Time and Get Out earned five nods apiece, while Lady Bird and The Rider were each up for four prizes.