The Independent Spirit Awards are dedicated to independent filmmakers. Presented by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers, winners are announced the night before the annual Academy Awards.
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Best Feature American Honey, eVideo; DVD 18311 |
Best Director Andrea Arnold, American Honey; eVideo; DVD 18311 Barry Jenkins, Moonlight; eVideo; DVD 18538; Pablo Larraín, Jackie; DVD 18569 |
Best Male Lead Casey Affleck, Manchester by the Sea; David Harwood, Free In Deed; DVD 19536 Viggo Mortensen, Captain Fantastic; eVideo; |
Best Female Lead Annette Bening, 20th Century Women; DVD 18667 Isabelle Huppert, Elle; DVD 18608 Sasha Lane, American Honey; eVideo; DVD 18311 |
Best Supporting Male Ralph Fiennes, A Bigger Splash; DVD 18298 Ben Foster, Hell or High Water; DVD 18265 Lucas Hedges, Manchester by the Sea; DVD 18517; |
Best Supporting Female Edwina Findley, Free In Deed; DVD 19536 Paulina Garcia, Little Men; DVD 18320 Lily Gladstone, Certain Women; DVD 19013 |
Best First Feature |
Best Screenplay |
Best Documentary 13th I Am Not Your Negro, eVideo; DVD 18748 |
Best International Film My Golden Days (France), DVD 17726 |
Best Feature Bad Lieutenant-DVD 97; HDDVD 180 The Player-DVD 388 |
Best Director Allison Anders, Gas Food Lodging-DVD 8986 Abel Ferrara, Bad Lieutenant-DVD 97; HDDVD 180 Carl Franklin, One False Move-DVD 15622 Tom Kalin, Swoon |
Best Male Lead Craig Chester, Swoon Laurence Fishburne, Deep Cover Peter Greene, Laws of Gravity Harvey Keitel, Bad Lieutenant-DVD 97; HDDVD 180 Michael Rapaport, Zebrahead |
Best Female Lead Fairuza Balk, Gas Food Lodging-DVD 8986 Edie Falco, Laws of Gravity Catherine Keener, Johnny Suede Sheryl Lee, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me-DVD 4994 Cynda Williams, One False Move-DVD 15622 |
Best Supporting Male Steve Buscemi, Reservoir Dogs-eVideo; DVD 172; William Forsythe, The Waterdance Jeff Goldblum, Deep Cover Wesley Snipes, The Waterdance David Strathairn, Passion Fish-DVD 4733 |
Best Supporting Female Brooke Adams, Gas Food Lodging-DVD 8986 Sara Gilbert, Poison Ivy Karen Sillas, Simple Men Danitra Vance, Jumpin' at the Boneyard Alfre Woodard, Passion Fish-DVD 4733 |
Best First Feature Laws of Gravity My New Gun Reservoir Dogs-eVideo; DVD 172; HDDVD 253 Swoon The Waterdance |
Best Screenplay Light Sleeper The Waterdance |
Best Cinematography All the Vermeers in New York Laws of Gravity Light Sleeper Night on Earth-DVD 3985; HDDVD 702 Swoon |
Best Foreign Film Close to Eden (Soviet Union)-VHS 3631 The Crying Game (UK)-eVideo; DVD 7575 Danzón (Mexico/Spain)-DVD 8411 |
Best Feature City of Hope Hangin' with the Homeboys Rambling Rose-DVD 9957 |
Best Director Martha Coolidge, Rambling Rose-DVD 9957 Richard Linklater, Slacker-DVD 1511 Gus Van Sant, My Own Private Idaho-DVD 1663 Joseph Vásquez, Hangin' with the Homeboys |
Best Male Lead Doug E. Doug, Hangin' with the Homeboys Robert Duvall, Rambling Rose-DVD 9957 Gary Oldman, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern River Phoenix, My Own Private Idaho-DVD 1663 William Russ, Pastime |
Best Female Lead Judy Davis, Impromptu-DVD 9103 Patsy Kensit, Twenty-One Mimi Rogers, The Rapture Lili Taylor, Bright Angel Lily Tomlin, The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe |
Best Supporting Male William H. Macy, Homicide-DVD 8855 John Malkovich, Queens Logic George T. Odom, Straight Out of Brooklyn Glenn Plummer, Pastime David Strathairn, City of Hope |
Best Supporting Female Diane Ladd, Rambling Rose-DVD 9957 Sheila McCarthy, Bright Angel Deirdre O'Connell, Pastime Emma Thompson, Impromptu-DVD 9103 Mary B. Ward, Hangin' with the Homeboys |
Best First Feature Chameleon Street The Rapture Straight Out of Brooklyn |
Best Screenplay Hangin' with the Homeboys The Rapture |
Best Cinematography Kafka-DVD 4579 Pastime Rambling Rose-DVD 9957 |
Best Foreign Film An Angel at My Table (Australia/New Zealand/UK)- (France/Poland/Norway)-DVD 3102 Life Is Sweet (UK) Requiem for Dominic (Austria/France/Romania) Taxi Blues (Soviet Union)-eVideo; DVD 16195 |
Best Feature Patti Rocks Stand and Deliver-eVideo; DVD 18867 The Thin Blue Line-DVD 1843; HDDVD 406 Torch Song Trilogy-DVD 4167 |
Best Director David Burton Morris, Patti Rocks Ramón Menéndez, Stand and Deliver-eVideo; DVD 18867 Errol Morris, The Thin Blue Line-DVD 1843; Oliver Stone, Talk Radio John Waters, Hairspray-DVD 2226 |
Best Male Lead Eric Bogosian, Talk Radio Harvey Fierstein, Torch Song Trilogy-DVD 4167 Chris Mulkey, Patti Rocks Edward James Olmos, Stand and Deliver-eVideo; James Woods, The Boost |
Best Female Lead Jodie Foster, Five Corners Ricki Lake, Hairspray-DVD 2226 Nobu McCarthy, The Wash Julia Roberts, Mystic Pizza-DVD 10531 Meg Ryan, Promised Land |
Best Supporting Male Ernest Borgnine, Spike of Bensonhurst John Lone, The Moderns Lou Diamond Phillips, Stand and Deliver-eVideo; John Turturro, Five Corners |
Best Supporting Female Bonnie Bedelia, The Prince of Pennsylvania Rosana De Soto, Stand and Deliver-eVideo; DVD 471 Debbie Harry, Hairspray-DVD 2226 Amy Madigan, The Prince of Pennsylvania Patti Yasutake, The Wash |
Best First Feature Border Radio The Prince of Pennsylvania The Wash |
Best Screenplay Five Corners The Moderns Patti Rocks Stand and Deliver-eVideo; DVD 18867 |
Best Cinematography The Moderns Patti Rocks Stand and Deliver-eVideo; DVD 18867 Talk Radio The Unbearable Lightness of Being-DVD 4693 |
Best Foreign Film Bagdad Cafe (West Germany)-DVD 10973 The Kitchen Toto (UK) Wings of Desire (West Germany)-DVD 1672 A World Apart (UK) Yeelen (Mali)-DVD 3519 |
Best Feature |
Best Director Joel Coen, Blood Simple (tie)-DVD 5314; Joyce Chopra, Smooth Talk-DVD 14038 |
Best Male Lead Rubén Blades, Crossover Dreams Tom Bower, Wildrose |
Best Female Lead Rosanna Arquette, After Hours-DVD 1819 Laura Dern, Smooth Talk-DVD 14038 Geraldine Page, The Trip to Bountiful-eVideo; VHS 206 Lori Singer, Trouble in Mind |
Best Cinematography Blood Simple-DVD 5314; HDDVD 849 Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart Trouble in Mind |
Best Screenplay |
Special Distinction Award Dreamchild The Hit |