31st Independent Spirit Awards (2016)

Best Feature

	Spotlight
	Anomalisa
	Beasts of No Nation
	Carol
	Tangerine

Best Director

	Tom McCarthy - Spotlight
	Sean Baker - Tangerine
	Cary Joji Fukunaga - Beasts of No Nation
	Todd Haynes - Carol
	Charlie Kaufman and Duke Johnson - Anomalisa
	David Robert Mitchell - It Follows

Best Male Lead

	Abraham Attah - Beasts of No Nation as Agu
	Christopher Abbott - James White as James White
	Ben Mendelsohn - Mississippi Grind as Gerry
	Jason Segel - The End of the Tour as David Foster Wallace
	Koudous Seihon - Mediterranea as Ayiva

Best Female Lead

	Brie Larson - Room as Joy "Ma" Newsome
	Cate Blanchett - Carol as Carol Aird
	Rooney Mara - Carol as Therese Belivet
	Bel Powley - The Diary of a Teenage Girl as Minnie Goetze
	Kitana Kiki Rodriguez - Tangerine as Sin-Dee Rella

Best Supporting Male

	Idris Elba - Beasts of No Nation as Commandant
	Kevin Corrigan - Results as Danny
	Paul Dano - Love & Mercy as Brian - Past
	Richard Jenkins - Bone Tomahawk as Deputy Chicory
	Michael Shannon - 99 Homes as Rick Carver

Best Supporting Female

	Mya Taylor - Tangerine as Alexandra
	Robin Bartlett - H. as Helen
	Marin Ireland - Glass Chin as Ellen Doyle
	Jennifer Jason Leigh - Anomalisa as Lisa Hesselman
	Cynthia Nixon - James White as Gail White

Best Screenplay

	Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer - Spotlight
	Charlie Kaufman - Anomalisa
	Donald Margulies - The End of the Tour
	Phyllis Nagy - Carol
	S. Craig Zahler - Bone Tomahawk

Best Editing

	Tom McArdle - Spotlight
	Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie - Heaven Knows What
	Nathan Nugent - Room
	Julio C. Perez IV - It Follows
	Kristan Sprague - Manos sucias

Best Cinematography

	Edward Lachman - Carol
	Cary Joji Fukunaga - Beasts of No Nation
	Mike Gioulakis - It Follows
	Reed Morano - Meadowland
	Joshua James Richards - Songs My Brothers Taught Me

Best International Film

	Son of Saul (Saul fia) (Hungary)
	Embrace of the Serpent (El abrazo de la serpiente) (Colombia)
	Girlhood (Bande de filles) (France)
	Mustang (France / Germany / Turkey)
	A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence (En duva satt på en gren och funderade på tillvaron) (Sweden)

Best Documentary Feature

	The Look of Silence
	Best of Enemies
	Heart of a Dog
	Meru
	The Russian Woodpecker
	(T)error

Best First Feature

	The Diary of a Teenage Girl
	James White
	Manos sucias
	Mediterranea
	Songs My Brothers Taught Me

Best First Screenplay

	Emma Donoghue - Room
	Jesse Andrews - Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
	Jonas Carpignano - Mediterranea
	Marielle Heller - The Diary of a Teenage Girl
	John Magary, Russell Harbaugh, and Myna Joseph - The Mend