41st Independent Spirit Awards (2026)
Best Feature
Train Dreams - Michael Heimler, Will Janowitz, Marissa McMahon, Ashley Schlaifer, and Teddy Schwarzman
Peter Hujar's Day - Jonah Disend and Jordan Drake
The Plague - Derek Dauchy, Joel Edgerton, Roy Lee, Lucy McKendrick, Steven Schneider, and Lizzie Shapiro
Sorry, Baby - Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins, and Adele Romanski
Twinless - David Permut and James Sweeney
Best Director
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 Lead Performance
Rose Byrne - If I Had Legs I'd Kick You as Linda
Everett Blunck - The Plague as Ben
Kathleen Chalfant - Familiar Touch as Ruth
Chang Chen - Lucky Lu as Lu Jia Cheng
Joel Edgerton - Train Dreams as Robert Grainier
Dylan O'Brien - Twinless as Roman / Rocky
Keke Palmer - One of Them Days as Dreux
Théodore Pellerin - Lurker as Matthew Morning
Tessa Thompson - Hedda as Hedda Gabler
Ben Whishaw - Peter Hujar's Day as Peter Hujar
Best Supporting Performance
Naomi Ackie - Sorry, Baby as Lydie
Zoey Deutch - Nouvelle Vague as Jean Seberg
Kirsten Dunst - Roofman as Leigh Wainscott
Rebecca Hall - Peter Hujar's Day as Linda Rosenkrantz
Nina Hoss - Hedda as Eileen Lovborg
Jane Levy - A Little Prayer as Tammy
Archie Madekwe - Lurker as Oliver
Kali Reis - Rebuilding as Mila
Jacob Tremblay - Sovereign as Joe Kane
Haipeng Xu - Blue Sun Palace as Didi
Best Screenplay
Sorry, Baby - Eva Victor
Splitsville - Michael Angelo Covino and Kyle Marvin
A Little Prayer - Angus MacLachlan
Twinless - James Sweeney
Sovereign - Christian Swegal
Best Editing
Sofía Subercaseaux - The Testament of Ann Lee
Ben Leonberg - Good Boy
Carson Lund - Eephus
Fin Oates - Warfare
Sara Shaw - Splitsville
Best Cinematography
Adolpho Veloso - Train Dreams
Alex Ashe - Peter Hujar's Day
Norm Li - Blue Sun Palace
David J. Thompson - Warfare
Nicole Hirsch Whitaker - Dust Bunny
Best International Film
The Secret Agent (Brazil) - Kleber Mendonça Filho (director)
All That's Left of You (Palestine, Jordan, Germany, Cyprus) - Cherien Dabis (director)
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl (Zambia, UK, Ireland) - Rungano Nyoni (director)
A Poet (Colombia) - Simón Mesa Soto (director)
Sirāt (Spain) - Oliver Laxe (director)
Best Documentary Feature
The Perfect Neighbor - Geeta Gandbhir (director/producer); Sam Bisbee, Nikon Kwantu, and Alisa Payne (producers)
Come See Me in the Good Light - Ryan White (director/producer); Jessica Hargrave, Tig Notaro, and Stef Willen (producers)
Endless Cookie - Peter Scriver (director); Seth Scriver (director/producer); Daniel Bekerman, Alex Ordanis, Jason Ryle, and Chris Yurkovich (producers)
My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow - Julia Loktev (director/producer)
The Tale of Silyan - Tamara Kotevska (director/producer); Jean Dakar, Anna Hashmi, and Jordanco Petkovski (producers)
Best First Feature
Lurker - Alex Russell (director); Galen Core, Archie Madekwe, Marc Marrie, Charlie McDowell, Francesco Melzi D'Eril, Duncan Montgomery, Alex Orlovsky, Olmo Schnabel, and Jack Selby (producers)
Blue Sun Palace - Constance Tsang (director); Sally Sujin Oh, Eli Raskin, and Tony Yang (producers)
Dust Bunny - Bryan Fuller (director/producer); Basil Iwanyk and Erica Lee (producers)
East of Wall - Kate Beecroft (director/producer); Shannon Moss, Melanie Ramsayer, and Lila Yacoub (producers)
One of Them Days - Lawrence Lamont (director); Deniese Davis, Poppy Hanks, James Lopez, Issa Rae, and Sara Rastogi (producers)
Best Breakthrough Performance
Kayo Martin - The Plague as Jake
Liz Larsen - The Baltimorons as Didi
Misha Osherovich - She's the He as Ethan
SZA - One of Them Days as Alyssa
Tabatha Zimiga - East of Wall as herself
Best First Screenplay
Lurker - Alex Russell
Friendship - Andrew DeYoung
Outerlands - Elena Oxman
One of Them Days - Syreeta Singleton
Blue Sun Palace - Constance Tsang