Independent Spirit Awards 2016 - The complete list of winners

The 2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards was held on Saturday February 27 in Santa Monica, California where the best in independent film was honored, hosted by Saturday Night Live‘s Kate McKinnon and Silicon Valley‘s Kumail Nanjiani.

See below the full list of 2016 Independent Spirit Awards winners...

Best Feature
“Anomalisa”
“Beasts of No Nation”
“Carol”
“Spotlight” – WINNER
“Tangerine”

Best Director
Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson, “Anomalisa”
Cary Joji Fukunaga, “Beasts of No Nation”
Todd Haynes, “Carol”
David Robert Mitchell, “It Follows”
Tom McCarthy, “Spotlight” – WINNER
Sean Baker, “Tangerine”

Best Female Lead
Cate Blanchett, “Carol”
Rooney Mara, “Carol”
Bel Powley, “The Diary of a Teenage Girl”
Brie Larson, “Room” – WINNER
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, “Tangerine”

Best Male Lead
Abraham Attah, “Beasts of No Nation” – WINNER
Jason Segel, “The End of the Tour”
Christopher Abbot, “James White”
Koudous Seihon, “Mediterranea”
Ben Mendelsohn, “Mississippi Grind”

Best Supporting Female
Jennifer Jason Leigh, “Anomalisa”
Marin Ireland, “Glass Chin”
Robin Bartlett, “H.”
Cynthia Nixon, “James White”
Mya Taylor, “Tangerine” – WINNER

Best Supporting Male
Idris Elba, “Beasts of No Nation” – WINNER
Richard Jenkins, “Bone Tomahawk”
Paul Dano, “Love & Mercy”
Kevin Corrigan, “Results”
Michael Shannon, “99 Homes”

Best Screenplay
“Anomalisa”
“Bone Tomahawk”
“Carol”
“The End of the Tour”
“Spotlight” – WINNER

Best First Feature
“The Diary of a Teenage Girl” – WINNER
“James White”
“Manos Sucas”
“Mediterranea”
“Songs My Brothers Taught Me”

Best First Screenplay
“The Diary of a Teenage Girl”
“Me and Earl and the Dying Girl”
“Mediterranea”
“The Mend”
“Room” – WINNER

Best Editing
“Beasts of No Nation”
“Heaven Knows What”
“It Follows”
“Room”
“Spotlight” – WINNER

Best Cinematography
“Beasts of No Nation”
“Carol” – WINNER
“It Follows”
“Meadowland”
“Songs My Brothers Taught Me”

Best Documentary
“Best of Enemies”
“Heart of a Dog”
“The Look of Silence” – WINNER
“Meru”
“The Russian Woodpecker”
“(T)error”

Best International Film
“Embrace of the Serpent”
“Girlhood”
“Mustang”
“A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence”
“Son of Saul” – WINNER

John Cassavetes Award
“Advantageous”
“Christmas, Again”
“Heaven Knows What”
“Krisha” – WINNER
“Out of My Hand”

Robert Altman Award
“Spotlight”