The 2026 Movie Impartial Spirit Awards nominations are right here.

As buzz builds by way of awards season forward of March's Oscars ceremony, key contenders scored main nominations Wednesday amid this yr's 2026 Indie Spirit nominations in each movie and tv classes.

Main the pack for many movie nominations is Ira Sachs' Peter Hujar's Day, with 5 total nods together with for stars Rebecca Corridor and Ben Whishaw (who additionally scored a second performing nomination on the TV aspect for his efficiency within the Netflix collection Black Doves).

Keke Palmer and Grammy-winning recording artist SZA additionally earned standout notices for his or her work within the popular comedy One of Them Days, with each actress scoring nominations within the Issa Rae-produced mission that additionally earned a nod for Greatest First Function.

On the TV aspect, it was a three-way tie for many nominations, with Adolescence, Endlessly, and Mr. Loverman scoring 4 nods apiece, whereas Noah Wyle (The Pitt), Seth Rogen (The Studio), and Ethan Hawke (The Lowdown) earned performing nominations for his or her roles on their respective collection.

Other than the nominations, award recipients had been additionally revealed in the course of the announcement ceremony. The Lengthy Stroll solid (together with Cooper Hoffman, David Johnson, Judy Greer, and Mark Hamill) and filmmaker (Francis Lawrence) will obtain the Robert Altman Award, given to 1 movie’s director, casting director, and ensemble, whereas Jason Momoa's Chief of Conflict was named Greatest Ensemble Forged in a New Scripted Collection.

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Absent from the listing are some notable movie awards titles that had been doubtless ineligible as a result of Indie Spirits' $30 million funds cap on nominees and/or being main studio productions, together with One Battle After Another, Sinners, Frankenstein, Wicked: For Good, and extra.

Nonetheless, some main Oscar contenders — significantly among the many performing classes — confirmed up on the Indie Spirits listing, together with lead movie actors Rose Byrne (If I Had Legs I'd Kick You) and Joel Edgerton (Practice Goals).

Throughout the final 5 years, the Indie Spirits' high movie winner has aligned with the Oscars' Greatest Image winner 3 times, with Nomadland, All the pieces All over the place All at As soon as, and Anora profitable the best aggressive prize at each ceremonies, whereas 2024's Previous Lives acquired a Greatest Image nomination from the Academy, along with profitable on the Indie Spirits in the identical class.

The Movie Impartial Spirit Award nominations come someday after one other main precursor awards physique, the New York Movie Critics Circle, voted to find out its annual listing of winners, with One Battle After One other popping out on high because the group's Greatest Movie of 2025. Wagner Moura (The Secret Agent), Byrne, Benicio del Toro (One Battle After One other), and Amy Madigan (Weapons) received within the performing classes.

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Winners of the forty first annual Spirit Awards can be introduced on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026. See the complete listing of nominees for the 2026 Movie Impartial Spirit Awards under.

2026 Movie Impartial Spirit Awards nominations

Motion pictures

Greatest Function

Peter Hujar’s Day
The Plague
Sorry, Child
Practice Goals
Twinless

Greatest Director

Clint Bentley, Practice Goals
Mary Bronstein, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Lloyd Lee Choi, Fortunate Lu
Ira Sachs, Peter Hujar’s Day
Eva Victor, Sorry, Child

Greatest First Function

Blue Solar Palace
Mud Bunny
East of Wall
Lurker
Considered one of Them Days

Greatest Lead Efficiency

Everett Blunck, The Plague
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Kathleen Chalfant, Acquainted Contact
Chang Chen, Fortunate Lu
Joel Edgerton, Practice Goals
Dylan O’Brien, Twinless
Keke Palmer, Considered one of Them Days
Théodore Pellerin, Lurker
Tessa Thompson, Hedda
Ben Whishaw, Peter Hujar’s Day

Greatest Supporting Efficiency

Naomi Ackie, Sorry, Child
Zoey Deutch, Nouvelle Imprecise
Kirsten Dunst, Roofman
Rebecca Corridor, Peter Hujar’s Day
Nina Hoss, Hedda
Jane Levy, A Little Prayer
Archie Madekwe, Lurker
Kali Reis, Rebuilding
Jacob Tremblay, Sovereign
Haipeng Xu, Blue Solar Palace

Greatest Breakthrough Efficiency

Liz Larsen, The Baltimorons
Kayo Martin, The Plague
Misha Osherovich, She’s the He
SZA, Considered one of Them Days
Tabatha Zimiga, East of Wall

Greatest Screenplay

A Little Prayer
Sorry, Child
Sovereign
Splitsville
Twinless

Greatest First Screenplay

Blue Solar Palace
Friendship
Lurker
Considered one of Them Days
Outerlands

Greatest Cinematography

Blue Solar Palace
Mud Bunny
Peter Hujar’s Day
Practice Goals
Warfare

Greatest Modifying

Eephus
Good Boy
Splitsville
The Testomony of Ann Lee
Warfare

Greatest Documentary

Come See Me within the Good Gentle
Countless Cookie
My Undesirable Associates: Half 1 — Final Air in Moscow
The Good Neighbor
The Story of Silyan

Greatest Worldwide Movie

All That’s Left of You
On Turning into a Guinea Fowl
A Poet
The Secret Agent
Sirāt

Robert Altman Award

The solid, casting director, and director of The Lengthy Stroll

Somebody to Watch Award

Tatti Ribeiro
Neo Sora
Annapurna Sriram

More true Than Fiction Award

Tony Benna
Rajee Samarasinghe
Brittany Shyne

John Cassavetes Award

The Baltimorons
Boys Go to Jupiter
Eephus
Esta Isla
Acquainted Contact

Producers Award

Emma Hannaway
Luca Intili
Tony Yang

Tv

Greatest New Scripted Collection

Adolescence
Frequent Facet Results
Endlessly
Mr. Loverman
North of North

Greatest New Non-Scripted or Documentary Collection

Citizen Nation
Hurricane Katrina: Race In opposition to Time
Pee-Wee As Himself
Seen & Heard: The Historical past of Black Tv
Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae

Greatest Lead Efficiency in a New Scripted Collection

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, Endlessly
Michelle Williams, Dying for Intercourse
Noah Wyle, The Pitt

Greatest Supporting Efficiency in a New Scripted Collection

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

Greatest Breakthrough Efficiency in a New Scripted Serie

Asif Ali, Deli Boys
Wally Baram, Overcompensating
Owen Cooper, Adolescence
Michael Cooper Jr., Endlessly
Ernest Kinglsey Junior, Washington Black

Greatest Ensemble Forged in a New Scripted Collection

Chief of Conflict

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