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The 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards are underway, celebrating the best indie films and television series of the last year.

Today’s 41st annual ceremony, hosted by Saturday Night Live alum Ego Nwodim, traded in its usual beachfront venue at the Santa Monica Pier for Los Angeles’ Hollywood Palladium, due to renovations. You can watch the festivities below, beginning at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT, streaming live on Film Independent’s YouTube channel.

Going into tonight’s event, biographical drama Peter Hujar’s Day leads the pack on the film side with five nominations, including for director Ira Sachs, and stars Rebecca Hall and Ben Whishaw (who is also nominated for his performance on Netflix’s Black Doves). To be eligible for the Spirit Awards, a movie’s budget cannot exceed $30 million after tax incentives. Recent top winners that have aligned with the Oscars’ Best Picture victors include Nomadland, Everything Everywhere All at Once, and Anora.

In the television categories, teen drama Forever, British drama Mr Loverman, and Emmys and Golden Globes darling Adolescence top the nominations with four each.

Two awards were already revealed prior to the ceremony, with The Long Walk winning the Robert Altman Award, including honors for direcor Francis Lawrence and stars Judy 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 to Jason Momoa’s Chief 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, updating live throughout the ceremony.

2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards winners

Movies

Best Feature

Peter Hujar’s Day
The Plague
Sorry, Baby
Train Dreams
Twinless

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 First Feature

Blue Sun Palace
Dust Bunny
East of Wall
Lurker
One of Them Days

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 Screenplay

A Little Prayer
WINNER: Sorry, Baby
Sovereign
Splitsville
Twinless

Best First Screenplay

Blue Sun Palace
Friendship
Lurker
One of Them Days
Outerlands

Best Cinematography

Blue Sun Palace
Dust Bunny
Peter Hujar’s Day
Train Dreams
Warfare

Best Editing

Eephus
Good Boy
Splitsville
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

Tatti Ribeiro
Neo Sora
Annapurna Sriram

Truer Than Fiction Award

Tony Benna
Rajee Samarasinghe
Brittany Shyne

John Cassavetes Award

The Baltimorons
Boys Go to Jupiter
Eephus
Esta Isla
Familiar Touch

Producers Award

Emma Hannaway
Luca Intili
Tony Yang

Television

Best New Scripted Series

Adolescence
Common Side Effects
Forever
Mr. Loverman
North of North

Best New Non-Scripted or Documentary Series

Citizen Nation
Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time
Pee-Wee As Himself
Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae

Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series

Sydney Chandler, Alien: Earth
Stephen Graham, Adolescence
Ethan Hawke, The Lowdown
Lennie James, Mr. Loverman
Anna Lambe, North of North
Lola Petticrew, Say Nothing
Seth Rogen, The Studio
Lovie Simone, Forever
Michelle Williams, Dying for Sex
Noah Wyle, The Pitt

Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series

Ariyon Bakare, Mr. Loverman
Babou Ceesay, Alien: Earth
Sharon D. Clarke, Mr. Loverman
Taylor Dearden, The Pitt
WINNER: Erin Doherty, Adolescence
Stephen McKinley Henderson, A Man on the Inside
Poorna Jagannathan, Deli Boys
Xosha Roquemore, Forever
Jenny Slate, Dying for Sex
Ben Whishaw, Black Doves

Best Breakthrough Performance in a New Scripted Series

Asif Ali, Deli Boys
Wally Baram, Overcompensating
WINNER: Owen Cooper, Adolescence
Michael Cooper Jr., Forever
Ernest Kingsley Junior, Washington Black

Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series

WINNER: Chief of War