Sono state svelate le nomination agli Independent Spirit Awards 2026, gli annuali riconoscimenti assegnati dall’organizzazione no-profit IFP/West per sostenere e promuovere il cinema indipendente americano e non. L’annuncio di queste candidature, insieme a Gotham Awards, New York Film Critics Circle Awards e National Board of Review, apre di fatto la cosiddetta stagione dei premi, ovvero quel lungo periodo che sfocerà nella cerimonia degli Oscar, in programma il 16 marzo 2026. Fronte cinematografico, spiccano le 5 nomination di Peter Hujar’s Day di Ira Sachs mentre, fronte televisivo, continua il successo di Adolescence, che ottiene 4 candidature così come Forever e Mr. Loverman. La cerimonia di premiazione si terrà il 15 febbraio 2026 a Los Angeles. A seguire, tutte le nomination agli Independent Spirit Awards 2026.

Tutte le nomination agli Independent Spirit Awards 2026

A seguire, categoria per categoria, tutte le nomination agli Independent Spirit Awards 2026:

BEST FEATURE

• Peter Hujar’s Day
• The Plague
• Sorry, Baby
• Train Dreams
• Twinless

BEST FIRST FEATURE

• Blue Sun Palace
• Dust Bunny
• East of Wall
• Lurker
• One of Them Days

BEST DIRECTOR

• Clint Bentley – Train Dreams
• Mary Bronstein – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• Lloyd Lee Choi – Lucky Lu
• Ira Sachs – Peter Hujar’s Day
• Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE

• Everett Blunck – The Plague
• Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
• 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 

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE

• Naomi Ackie – Sorry, Baby 
• Zoey Deutch – Nouvelle Vague 
• Kirsten Dunst – Roofman
• Rebecca Hall – Peter Hujar’s Day 
• Nina Hoss – Hedda 
• Jane Levy – A Little Prayer
• Archie Madekwe – Lurker 
• Kali Reis – Rebuilding 
• Jacob Tremblay – Sovereign 
• Haipeng Xu – Blue Sun Palace 

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

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

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Splitsville – Michael Angelo Covino, Kyle Marvin
• A Little Prayer – Angus MacLachlan
• Twinless – James Sweeney
• Sovereign – Christian Swegal
• Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor

BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY

• Friendship – Andrew DeYoung
• Outerlands – Elena Oxman
• Lurker – Alex Russell
• One of Them Days – Syreeta Singleton
• Blue Sun Palace – Constance Tsang

BEST INTERNATIONAL FILM

• All That’s Left of You
• On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
• A Poet
• The Secret Agent
• Sirât

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Come See Me in the Good Light
• Endless Cookie
• My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 – Last Air in Moscow
• The Perfect Neighbor
• The Tale of Silyan

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Alex Ashe – Peter Hujar’s Day
• Norm Li – Blue Sun Palace
• David J. Thompson – Warfare
• Adolpho Veloso – Train Dreams
• Nicole Hirsch Whitaker – Dust Bunny

BEST EDITING

• Ben Leonberg – Good Boy
• Carson Lund – Eephus
• Fin Oates – Warfare
• Sara Shaw – Splitsville
• Sofía Subercaseaux – The Testament of Ann Lee

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD

• The Baltimorons
• Boys Go to Jupiter
• Eephus
• Esta Isla (This Island)
• Familiar Touch

Tutte le serie tv candidate agli Independent Spirit Awards 2026

A seguire, categoria per categoria, tutte le serie tv candidate agli Independent Spirit Awards 2026:

BEST NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

• Adolescence
• Common Side Effects
• Forever
• Mr. Loverman
• North of North

BEST NEW NON-SCRIPTED OR DOCUMENTARY SERIES

• Citizen Nation
• Hurricane Katrina: Race against Time
• Pee-Wee as Himself
• Seen & Heard: The History of Black Television
• Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

• 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 – Forever
• Michelle Williams – Dying for Sex
• Noah Wyle – The Pitt

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE IN A NEWS SCRIPTED SERIES

• 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 – Forever
• Jenny Slate – Dying for Sex
• Ben Whishaw – Black Doves

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

• Asif Ali – Deli Boys
• Wally Baram – Overcompensating
• Owen Cooper – Adolescence
• Michael Cooper Jr. – Forever
• Ernest Kingsley Junior – Washington Black

BEST ENSEMBLE CAST IN A NEW SCRIPTED SERIES

• Chief of War

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