2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best First Screenplay Winner and Nominees

Room

Emma Donoghue

Held captive for 7 years in an enclosed space, a woman and her young son finally gain their freedom, allowing the boy to experience the outside world for the first time.

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Jesse Andrews

Mediterranea

Jonas Carpignano

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Marielle Heller

The Mend

John Magary