Film Independent Spirit Awards

The 41st Spirit Awards

February 22, 2026  •  Hollywood Palladium, Los Angeles  •  Hosted by Ego Nwodim

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Winners announced
Train Dreams — Best Feature & Best Director (Clint Bentley)
Winners & Nominees
Best Feature
Winner
Train Dreams
IMDb
Clint Bentley, dir.
Peter Hujar’s Day
The Plague
Sorry, Baby
Twinless
Best Director
Winner
Clint Bentley
IMDbX
Train Dreams
Ira SachsIMDb— Peter Hujar’s Day
Mary BronsteinIMDb— If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Lloyd Lee Choi— Lucky Lu
Eva VictorIMDb— Sorry, Baby
Best Lead Performance
Winner
Rose Byrne
IMDbX
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Everett Blunck— The Plague
Kathleen Chalfant— Familiar Touch
Chang Chen— Lucky Lu
Joel EdgertonIMDb— Train Dreams
Dylan O’BrienIMDb— Twinless
Keke PalmerIMDb— One of Them Days
Théodore Pellerin— Lurker
Tessa ThompsonIMDb— Hedda
Ben WhishawIMDb— Peter Hujar’s Day
Best Supporting Performance
Winner
Naomi Ackie
IMDbX
Sorry, Baby
Zoey DeutchIMDb— Nouvelle Vague
Kirsten DunstIMDb— Roofman
Rebecca HallIMDb— Peter Hujar’s Day
Nina HossIMDb— Hedda
Jane LevyIMDb— A Little Prayer
Archie MadekweIMDb— Lurker
Jacob TremblayIMDb— Sovereign
Best Screenplay
Winner
Eva Victor
IMDbX
Sorry, Baby
Michael Angelo Covino & Kyle Marvin— Splitsville
Angus MacLachlan— A Little Prayer
James Sweeney— Twinless
Christian Swegal— Sovereign
Best International Film
Winner
The Secret Agent
IMDb
Season sweep — Foreign film: Golden Globes • Critics Choice
All We Imagine as Light
Flow
I’m Still Here
The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Kneecap
Best Documentary
Winner
The Perfect Neighbor
IMDb
No Other Land
Sugarcane
Soundtrack to a Coup d’État
Porcelain War
Best Cinematography
Winner
Adolpho Veloso
IMDb
Train Dreams
Alex Ashe— Peter Hujar’s Day
Norm Li— Blue Sun Palace
David J. Thompson— Warfare
Nicole Hirsch Whitaker— Dust Bunny
Best Editing
Winner
Sofía Subercaseaux
IMDb
The Testament of Ann Lee
Ben Leonberg— Good Boy
Carson Lund— Eephus
Fin Oates— Warfare
Sara Shaw— Splitsville