Spirit Awards: Winners List (Updating Live)

Ego Nwodim is hosting the show, which kicks off at 2 p.m. PT at a new venue this year, the Hollywood Palladium, after 40 years in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica. Courtesy of Film Independent Share on Facebook Share on X Google Preferred Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on Reddit Post a Comment Share on Whats App Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Print the Article Share on Tumblr The 2026 Film Independent Spirit Awards are being handed out Sunday. Ego Nwodim is hosting the show, which kicks off at 2 p.m. PT at a new venue this year, the Hollywood Palladium, after 40 years in a tent on the beach in Santa Monica. The show will be streamed live on the Film Independent and IMDb YouTube channels and other social platforms. Heading into the show, Peter Hujar’s Day tops the film nominees with five nods, followed by Blue Sun Palace; Lurker; One of Them Days and Sorry, Baby with four apiece. Train Dreams. Lucky Lu, The Plague and Twinless have three nods each. In the TV categories, Adolescence, Forever and Mr Loverman lead with four nominations apiece. Since 2023, the Spirit Awards has recognized performers in gender-neutral categories. This year’s Spirit Awards nominees come from 18 different countries and their budgets range from $35,000 to $20 million. Forty one percent of this year’s nominees are women and 33 percent are Black, Indigenous or people of color. Last month, awards were presented at a brunch in three categories. The Producers Award went to Tony Yang, the Truer Than Fiction Award went to Rajee Samarasinghe, and the Someone to Watch Award went to Tatti Ribeiro. See below for a list of nominees, which will be updated with the winners announced live. Refresh for the latest. Best Feature Peter Hujar’s DayProducers: Jonah Disend, Jordan Drake The PlagueProducers: Derek Dauchy, Joel Edgerton, Roy Lee, Lucy McKendrick, Steven Schneider, Lizzie Shapiro Sorry, BabyProducers: Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski Train DreamsProducers: Michael Heimler, Will Janowitz, Marissa McMahon, Ashley Schlaifer, Teddy Schwarzman TwinlessProducers: David Permut, James Sweeney