The 2026 Independent Spirit Awards were held on February 15, streaming live on YouTube. See the full list of film winners below.
Best Feature
Peter Hujar’s Day
The Plague
Sorry, Baby
WINNER: Train Dreams
Twinless
Best Director
WINNER: Clint Bentley, Train Dreams
Mary Bronstein, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Lloyd Lee Choi, Lucky Lu
Ira Sachs, Peter Hujar’s Day
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
Best First Feature
Blue Sun Palace
Dust Bunny
East of Wall
WINNER: Lurker
One of Them Days
Best Lead Performance
Everett Blunck, The Plague
WINNER: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kathleen Chalfant, Familiar Touch
Chang Chen, Lucky Lu
Joel Edgerton, Train Dreams
Dylan O’Brien, Twinless
Keke Palmer, One of Them Days
Théodore Pellerin, Lurker
Tessa Thompson, Hedda
Ben Whishaw, Peter Hujar’s Day
Best Supporting Performance
WINNER: Naomi Ackie, Sorry, Baby
Zoey Deutch, Nouvelle Vague
Kirsten Dunst, Roofman
Rebecca Hall, Peter Hujar’s Day
Nina Hoss, Hedda
Jane Levy, A Little Prayer
Archie Madekwe, Lurker
Kali Reis, Rebuilding
Jacob Tremblay, Sovereign
Haipeng Xu, Blue Sun Palace
Best Breakthrough Performance
Liz Larsen, The Baltimorons
WINNER: Kayo Martin, The Plague
Misha Osherovich, She’s the He
SZA, One of Them Days
Tabatha Zimiga, East of Wall
Best Screenplay
A Little Prayer
WINNER: Sorry, Baby
Sovereign
Splitsville
Twinless
Best First Screenplay
Blue Sun Palace
Friendship
WINNER: Lurker
One of Them Days
Outerlands
Best Cinematography
Blue Sun Palace
Dust Bunny
Peter Hujar’s Day
WINNER: Train Dreams
Warfare
Best Editing
Eephus
Good Boy
Splitsville
WINNER: The Testament of Ann Lee
Warfare
Best Documentary
Come See Me in the Good Light
Endless Cookie
My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 — Last Air in Moscow
WINNER: The Perfect Neighbor
The Tale of Silyan
Best International Film
All That’s Left of You
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
A Poet
WINNER: The Secret Agent
Sirāt
Robert Altman Award
WINNER: The cast, casting director, and director of The Long Walk
Someone to Watch Award
WINNER: Tatti Ribeiro
Neo Sora
Annapurna Sriram
Truer Than Fiction Award
Tony Benna
WINNER: Rajee Samarasinghe
Brittany Shyne
John Cassavetes Award
The Baltimorons
Boys Go to Jupiter
Eephus
WINNER: Esta Isla
Familiar Touch
Producers Award
Emma Hannaway
Luca Intili
WINNER: Tony Yang
