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The 2026Film Independent Spirit Awards, celebrating the best indie films and television series of the last year, have been announced.
Sunday's 41st annual ceremony, hosted bySaturday Night LivealumEgo Nwodim, traded in its usual beachfront venue at the Santa Monica Pier for Los Angeles' Hollywood Palladium, due to renovations.
Netflix filmTrain Dreamstook the top award, as well as Best Director and Best Cinematography. To be eligible for the Spirit Awards, a movie's budgetcannot exceed $30 millionafter tax incentives. Recent top winners that have aligned with the Oscars' Best Picture victors includeNomadland,Everything Everywhere All at Once, andAnora.
In the television categories, Emmys and Golden Globes darlingAdolescenceswept the awards, winning in each of the four categories in which it was nominated.
Two awards were already revealed prior to the ceremony, withThe Long Walkwinning the Robert Altman Award, including honors for director Francis Lawrence and starsJudy Greer,Mark Hamill,Cooper Hoffman, David Jonsson, Tut Nyuot, Joshua Odjick, Charlie Plummer, Ben Wang, and Garrett Wareing; and Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series, going toJason Momoa'sChief of War,also starring Charlie Brumbly, Luciane Buchanan, Cliff Curtis, Brandon Finn, Moses Goods, Te Ao o Hinepehinga, Benjamin Hoetjes, Siua Ikale'o, Keala Kahuanui-Paleka, Mainei Kinimaka, Kaina Makua, Temuera Morrison, Te Kohe Tuhaka, and James Udom.
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See the full list of winners for the 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards below.
2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards winners
Movies
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Best Feature
Peter Hujar's DayThe PlagueSorry, BabyWINNER:Train DreamsTwinless
Best Director
WINNER: Clint Bentley,Train DreamsMary Bronstein,If I Had Legs I'd Kick YouLloyd Lee Choi,Lucky LuIra Sachs,Peter Hujar's DayEva Victor,Sorry, Baby
Best First Feature
Blue Sun PalaceDust BunnyEast of WallWINNER:LurkerOne of Them Days
Best Lead Performance
Everett Blunck,The PlagueWINNER: Rose Byrne,If I Had Legs I'd Kick YouKathleen Chalfant,Familiar TouchChang Chen,Lucky LuJoel Edgerton,Train DreamsDylan O'Brien,TwinlessKeke Palmer,One of Them DaysThéodore Pellerin,LurkerTessa Thompson,HeddaBen Whishaw,Peter Hujar's Day
Best Supporting Performance
WINNER: Naomi Ackie,Sorry, BabyZoey Deutch,Nouvelle VagueKirsten Dunst,RoofmanRebecca Hall,Peter Hujar's DayNina Hoss,HeddaJane Levy,A Little PrayerArchie Madekwe,LurkerKali Reis,RebuildingJacob Tremblay,SovereignHaipeng Xu,Blue Sun Palace
Best Breakthrough Performance
Liz Larsen,The BaltimoronsWINNER: Kayo Martin,The PlagueMisha Osherovich,She's the HeSZA,One of Them DaysTabatha Zimiga,East of Wall
Best Screenplay
A Little PrayerWINNER:Sorry, BabySovereignSplitsvilleTwinless
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Best First Screenplay
Blue Sun PalaceFriendshipWINNER:LurkerOne of Them DaysOuterlands
Best Cinematography
Blue Sun PalaceDust BunnyPeter Hujar's DayWINNER:Train DreamsWarfare
Best Editing
EephusGood BoySplitsvilleWINNER:The Testament of Ann LeeWarfare
Best Documentary
Come See Me in the Good LightEndless CookieMy Undesirable Friends: Part 1 — Last Air in MoscowWINNER:The Perfect NeighborThe Tale of Silyan
Best International Film
All That's Left of YouOn Becoming a Guinea FowlA PoetWINNER:The Secret AgentSirāt
Robert Altman Award
WINNER: The cast, casting director, and director ofThe Long Walk
Someone to Watch Award
WINNER: Tatti RibeiroNeo SoraAnnapurna Sriram
Truer Than Fiction Award
Tony BennaWINNER: Rajee SamarasingheBrittany Shyne
John Cassavetes Award
The BaltimoronsBoys Go to JupiterEephusWINNER:Esta IslaFamiliar Touch
Producers Award
Emma HannawayLuca IntiliWINNER: Tony Yang
Television
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Best New Scripted Series
WINNER:AdolescenceCommon Side EffectsForeverMr. LovermanNorth of North
Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series
Citizen NationHurricane Katrina: Race Against TimeWINNER:Pee-Wee As HimselfSeen & Heard: The History of Black TelevisionVow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series
Sydney Chandler,Alien: EarthWINNER: Stephen Graham,AdolescenceEthan Hawke,The LowdownLennie James,Mr. LovermanAnna Lambe,North of NorthLola Petticrew,Say NothingSeth Rogen,The StudioLovie Simone,ForeverMichelle Williams,Dying for SexNoah Wyle,The Pitt
Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series
Ariyon Bakare,Mr. LovermanBabou Ceesay,Alien: EarthSharon D. Clarke,Mr. LovermanTaylor Dearden,The PittWINNER: Erin Doherty,AdolescenceStephen McKinley Henderson,A Man on the InsidePoorna Jagannathan,Deli BoysXosha Roquemore,ForeverJenny Slate,Dying for SexBen Whishaw,Black Doves
Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series
Asif Ali,Deli BoysWally Baram,OvercompensatingWINNER: Owen Cooper,AdolescenceMichael Cooper Jr.,ForeverErnest Kingsley Junior,Washington Black
Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series
WINNER:Chief of War
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