Movie Impartial Spirit Awards 2026: See full winners checklist (updating stay)

The 2026 Movie Impartial Spirit Awards are underway, celebrating one of the best indie movies and tv sequence of the final yr.

Right this moment's forty first annual ceremony, hosted by Saturday Evening Dwell alum Ego Nwodim, traded in its standard beachfront venue on the Santa Monica Pier for Los Angeles' Hollywood Palladium, on account of renovations. You possibly can watch the festivities beneath, starting at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT, streaming stay on Movie Impartial's YouTube channel.

Going into tonight's occasion, biographical drama Peter Hujar's Day leads the pack on the movie facet with 5 nominations, together with for director Ira Sachs, and stars Rebecca Corridor and Ben Whishaw (who can be nominated for his efficiency on Netflix's Black Doves). To be eligible for the Spirit Awards, a film's price range can not exceed $30 million after tax incentives. Latest high winners which have aligned with the Oscars' Finest Image victors embody Nomadland, The whole lot In every single place All at As soon as, and Anora.

Within the tv classes, teen drama Ceaselessly, British drama Mr Loverman, andEmmys and Golden Globes darling Adolescence high the nominations with 4 every.

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Two awards had been already revealed previous to the ceremony, with The Long Walk successful the Robert Altman Award, together with 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 Finest Ensemble Forged in a New Scripted Collection going to Jason Momoa's Chief of Warfare, additionally starring Charlie Brumbly, Luciane Buchanan, Cliff Curtis, Brandon Finn, Moses Items, 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 complete checklist of winners for the 2026 Movie Impartial Spirit Awards beneath, updating stay all through the ceremony.

2026 Movie Impartial Spirit Awards winners

Motion pictures

Finest Function

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

Finest 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

Finest First Function

Blue Solar Palace
Mud Bunny
East of Wall
Lurker
One in all Them Days

Finest 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, One in all Them Days
Théodore Pellerin, Lurker
Tessa Thompson, Hedda
Ben Whishaw, Peter Hujar’s Day

Finest Supporting Efficiency

Naomi Ackie, Sorry, Child
Zoey Deutch, Nouvelle Obscure
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

Finest Breakthrough Efficiency

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

Finest Screenplay

A Little Prayer
WINNER: Sorry, Child
Sovereign
Splitsville
Twinless

Finest First Screenplay

Blue Solar Palace
Friendship
Lurker
One in all Them Days
Outerlands

Finest Cinematography

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

Finest Enhancing

Eephus
Good Boy
Splitsville
The Testomony of Ann Lee
Warfare

Finest Documentary

Come See Me within the Good Mild
Infinite Cookie
My Undesirable Mates: Half 1 — Final Air in Moscow
WINNER: The Excellent Neighbor
The Story of Silyan

Finest Worldwide Movie

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

Robert Altman Award

WINNER: The forged, 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

Finest New Scripted Collection

Adolescence
Frequent Facet Results
Ceaselessly
Mr. Loverman
North of North

Finest 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

Finest 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, Ceaselessly
Michelle Williams, Dying for Intercourse
Noah Wyle, The Pitt

Finest Supporting Efficiency in a New Scripted Collection

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, Ceaselessly
Jenny Slate, Dying for Intercourse
Ben Whishaw, Black Doves

Finest Breakthrough Efficiency in a New Scripted Collection

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

Finest Ensemble Forged in a New Scripted Collection

WINNER: Chief of Warfare

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