Indie Spirit Awards' 2026
Best Feature
“Peter Hujar’s Day”
“The Plague”
“Sorry, Baby”
“Train Dreams”
“Twinless”
Best First Feature
“Blue Sun Palace”
“Dust Bunny”
“East of Wall”
“Lurker”
“One of Them Days”
John Cassavetes Award
“The Baltimorons”
“Boys Go to Jupiter”
“Eephus''
“Esta Isla (This Island)”
“Familiar Touch”
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 Screenplay
Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin, “Splitsville”
Angus MacLachlan, “A Little Prayer”
James Sweeney, “Twinless”
Christian Swegal, “Sovereign”
Eva Victor, “Sorry, Baby”
Best First Screenplay
Constance Tsang, “Blue Sun Palace”
Andrew DeYoung, “Friendship”
Alex Russell, “Lurker”
Syreeta Singleton, “One of Them Days”
Elena Oxman, “Outerlands”
Best Lead Performance
Everett Blunck, “The Plague”
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
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”
Kayo Martin, “The Plague”
Misha Osherovich, “She’s the He”
SZA, “One of Them Days”
Tabatha Zimiga, “East of Wall”
Best Cinematography
Norm Li, “Blue Sun Palace”
Nicole Hirsch Whitaker, “Dust Bunny”
Alex Ashe, “Peter Hujar’s Day”
Adolpho Veloso, “Train Dreams”
David J. Thompson, “Warfare”
Best Editing
Carson Lund, “Eephus”
Ben Leonberg, “Good Boy”
Sara Shaw, “Splitsville”
Sofía Subercaseaux, “The Testament of Ann Lee”
Fin Oates, “Warfare”
Robert Altman Award
“The Long Walk”
Best Documentary
“Come See Me in the Good Light”
“Endless Cookie”
“My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow”
“The Perfect Neighbor”
“The Tale of Silyan”
Best International Film
“All That’s Left of You” (Palestine, Jordan, Germany, Cyprus)
“On Becoming a Guinea Fowl” (Zambia, UK, Ireland)
“A Poet” (Colombia)
“The Secret Agent” (Brazil)
“Sirat” (Spain)