Spirit Awards 2016 Winners List - 'Spotlight' Wins Best Feature
"Spotlight" took home the top prize of Best Feature at the 2016 Spirit Awards. It also won best director, best screenplay, best editing and best ensemble.
Spirit Awards 2016: Complete Winners List
Best Feature
Anomalisa Beasts of No Nation Carol Spotlight — Winner Tangerine
Best Director
Sean Baker, Tangerine Cary Joji Fukunaga, Beasts of No Nation Todd Haynes, Carol Charlie Kaufman & Duke Johnson, Anomalisa Tom McCarthy, Spotlight — Winner David Robert Mitchell, It Follows
Best Screenplay
Charlie Kaufman, Anomalisa Donald Margulies, The End of the Tour Phyllis Nagy, Carol Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer, Spotlight — Winner S. Craig Zahler, Bone Tomahawk
Best First Feature
The Diary of a Teenage Girl — Winner James White Manos Sucias Mediterranea Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Best First Screenplay
Jesse Andrews, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl Jonas Carpignano, Mediterranea Emma Donoghue, Room — Winner Marielle Heller, The Diary of a Teenage Girl John Magary, Russell Harbaugh, Myna Joseph, The Mend
Best Male Lead
Christopher Abbott, James White Abraham Attah, Beasts of No Nation — Winner Ben Mendelsohn, Mississippi Grind Jason Segel, The End of the Tour Koudous Seihon, Mediterranea
Best Female Lead
Cate Blanchett, Carol Brie Larson, Room — Winner Rooney Mara, Carol Bel Powley, The Diary of A Teenage Girl Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Tangerine
Best Supporting Male
Kevin Corrigan, Results Paul Dano, Love & Mercy Idris Elba, Beasts of No Nation — Winner Richard Jenkins, Bone Tomahawk Michael Shannon, 99 Homes
Best Supporting Female
Robin Bartlett, H. Marin Ireland, Glass Chin Jennifer Jason Leigh, Anomalisa Cynthia Nixon, James White Mya Taylor, Tangerine — Winner
Best Documentary
(T)error Best of Enemies Heart of a Dog The Look of Silence — Winner Meru The Russian Woodpecker
Best International Film
A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence
Embrace of the Serpent Girlhood Mustang Son of Saul — Winner
Best Cinematography
Beasts of No Nation Carol — Winner It Follows Meadlowland Songs My Brothers Taught Me
Best Editing
Heaven Knows What It Follows Manos Sucias Room Spotlight — Winner
John Cassavetes Award (Best Feature Under $500,000)
Advantageous Christmas, Again Heaven Knows What Krisha — Winner Out of My Hand
Robert Altman Award (Best Ensemble)
Spotlight
Kiehl’s Someone to Watch Award
Chloe Zhao Felix Thompson — Winner Robert Machoian & Rodrigo Ojeda-Beck
Piaget Producers Award
Darren Dean Mel Eslyn — Winner Rebecca Green and Laura D. Smith