Spirit Awards Winners List Led by Train Dreams & Adolescence

The winners of the 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards have been revealed. Train Dreams, a period drama movie, and Adolescence, a psychological crime drama thriller series, have received the most wins. The former secured three wins out of four nominations. Meanwhile, the latter scored all four wins out of its four nominations.

Every winner at Film Independent Spirit Awards 2026

Here is the list of each winner at the Film Independent Spirit Awards 2026:

1. Best Feature Winner: Train Dreams
   • Nominees:
     • Peter Hujar’s Day
     • The Plague
     • Sorry, Baby
     • Twinless
2. Best First Feature Winner: Lurker
   • Nominees:
     • Blue Sun Palace
     • Dust Bunny
     • East of Wall
     • One of Them Days
3. John Cassavetes Award Winner: Esta Isla (This Island)
   • Nominees:
     • The Baltimorons
     • Boys Go to Jupiter
     • Eephus
     • Familiar Touch
4. Best Director Winner: Clint Bentley – Train Dreams
   • Nominees:
     • Mary Bronstein – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
     • Lloyd Lee Choi – Lucky Lu
     • Ira Sachs – Peter Hujar’s Day
     • Era Victor – Sorry, Baby
5. Best Screenplay Winner: Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby
   • Nominees:
     • Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin – Splitsville
     • Angus MacLachlan – A Little Prayer
     • James Sweeney – Twinless
     • Christian Swegal – Sovereign
6. Best First Screenplay Winner: Alex Russell – Lurker
   • Nominees
     • Andrew DeYoung – Friendship
     • Elena Oxman – Outerlands
     • Syreeta Singleton – One of Them Days
     • Constance Tsang – Blue Sun Palace
7. Best Lead Performance Winner: Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
   • Nominees
     • Everett Blunck – The Plague
     • 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
8. Best Supporting Performance Winner: Naomi Ackie – Sorry, Baby
   • Nominees:
     • Zoey Deutch – Nouvelle Vague
     • Kirsten Dunst – Roofman
     • Rebecca Hall – Peter Hujar’s Baby
     • Nina Hoss – Hedda
     • Jane Levy – A Little Prayer
     • Archie Madekwe – Lurker
     • Kali Reis – Rebuilding
     • Jacob Tremblay – Sovereign
     • Haipeng Xu – Blue Sun Palace
9. Best Breakthrough Performance Winner: Kayo Martin, The Plague
   • Nominees:
     • Liz Larsen – The Baltimorons
     • Misha Osherovich – She’s the He
     • SZA – One of Them Days
     • Tabatha Zimiga – East of Wall
10. Best Documentary Winner: The Perfect Neighbor
    • Nominees:
      • Come See Me in the Good Light
      • Endless Cookie
      • My Undesirable Friends Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow
      • The Tale of Silyan
11. Best International Film Winner: The Secret Agent
    • All That’s Left of You
    • On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
    • A Poet
    • Sirāt
12. Best Editing Winner: Sofía Subercaseaux – The Testament of Ann Lee
    • Ben Leonberg – Good Boy
    • Carson Lund – Eephus
    • Fin Oates – Warfare
    • Sara Shaw – Splitsville
13. Best Cinematography Winner: Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams
    • Alex Ashe – Peter Hujar’s Day
    • Norm Li – Blue Sun Palace
    • David J. Thompson – Warfare
    • Nicole Hirsch Whitaker – Dust Bunny
14. Best New Scripted Series Winner: Adolescence
    • Nominees
      • Common Side Effects
      • Forever
      • Mr Loverman
      • North of North
15. Best New Non-Scripted/Documentary Series Winner: Pee-wee as Himself
    • Nominees
      • Citizen Nation
      • Hurricane Katrina: Race Against Time
      • Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
      • Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae
16. Best Lead Performance Winner: Stephen Graham – Adolescence
    • Nominees:
      • Sydney Chandler – Alien Earth
      • 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
17. Best Supporting Performance – Erin Doherty – Adolescence
    • Nominees
      • Ariyon Bakare – Mr Loverman
      • Babou Ceesay – Alien: Earth
      • Sharon D Clarke – Mr Loverman
      • Taylor Dearden – The Pitt
      • Stephen McKinley Henderson – A Man on the Inside
      • Poorna Jagannathan – Deli Boys
      • Xosha Roquemore – Forever
      • Jenny Slate – Dying for Sex
      • Ben Whishaw – Black Doves
18. Best Breakthrough Performance – Owen Cooper – Adolescence
    • Nominees:
      • Asif Ali – Deli Boys
      • Wally Baram – Overcompensating
      • Michael Cooper Jr – Forever
      • Ernest Kingsley Junior – Washington Black
19. Best Ensemble Cast in New Series: Sole Nominee and Winner – Chief of War
20. Producers Award Winner: Tony Yang
    • Nominees:
      • Emma Hannaway
      • Luca Intili
21. Someone to Watch Award Winner: Tatti Ribeiro, Valentina
    • Nominees:
      • Neo Sora, Happyend
      • Annapurna Sriram, Fucktoys
22. Truer Than Fiction Award Winner: Rajee Samarsinghe, Your Touch Makes Others Invisible
    • Nominees:
      • Tony Benna, André is an Idiot
      • Brittany Shyne, Seeds

Source: Comingsoon.net