2016 Spirit Awards Winners

Best Feature
Spotlight 

Best Director
Tom McCarthy, Spotlight

Best Screenplay
Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer, Spotlight

Best First Feature

The Diary of a Teenage Girl 

Best First Screenplay
Emma Donoghue, Room 

Best Male Lead
Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation 

Best Female Lead
Brie Larson, Room 

Best Supporting Male
Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation 

Best Supporting Female
Mya Taylor, Tangerine 

Best Documentary
The Look of Silence 

Best International Film
Son of Saul  

Best Cinematography
Carol 

Best Editing
Spotlight 

John Cassavetes Award (Best Feature Under $500,000)
Krisha 

Robert Altman Award (Best Ensemble)

Spotlight

Kiehl’s Someone to Watch Award
Felix Thompson 

Piaget Producers Award 
Mel Eslyn