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FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS

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    Independent Spirit Award

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    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Wild at Heart

      7.2 (109K)
      Frederick Elmes
    • [object Object]

      King of New York

      6.9 (46K)
      Bojan Bazelli
    • [object Object]

      House Party

      6.5 (17K)
      Peter Deming
    • [object Object]

      Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive

      5.9 (409)
      Amir Mokri
    • [object Object]

      The Plot Against Harry

      6.9 (698)
      Robert M. Young

    Best Director

    • Charles Burnett at an event for The Blues (2003)
      Winner
      • Charles Burnett
      • To Sleep with Anger
    • Reginald Hudlin
      • Reginald Hudlin
      • House Party
    • John McNaughton in Mad Dog and Glory (1993)
      • John McNaughton
      • Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer
    • Allan Moyle in Weirdsville (2007)
      • Allan Moyle
      • Pump Up the Volume
      • Michael Roemer
      • The Plot Against Harry

    Best Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Grifters

      6.9 (32K)
      Robert A. Harris
      Jim Painten
      Martin Scorsese
    • [object Object]

      The Plot Against Harry

      6.9 (698)
      Robert M. Young
      Michael Roemer
    • [object Object]

      Pump Up the Volume

      7.2 (32K)
      Rupert Harvey
      Sandy Stern
    • [object Object]

      To Sleep with Anger

      7.1 (3.2K)
      Caldecot Chubb
      Thomas S. Byrnes
      Darin Scott
    • [object Object]

      Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

      7.0 (43K)
      John McNaughton
      Lisa Dedmond
      Steven A. Jones

    Best Female Lead

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Grifters

      6.9 (32K)
      Anjelica Huston
    • [object Object]

      To Sleep with Anger

      7.1 (3.2K)
      Mary Alice
    • [object Object]

      Bail Jumper

      6.6 (49)
      Eszter Balint
    • [object Object]

      Metropolitan

      7.3 (13K)
      Carolyn Farina
    • [object Object]

      Mr. & Mrs. Bridge

      6.5 (3.8K)
      Joanne Woodward

    Best First Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Metropolitan

      7.3 (13K)
      Whit Stillman(director/producer)
    • [object Object]

      House Party

      6.5 (17K)
      Reginald Hudlin(director)
      Warrington Hudlin(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Lightning Over Braddock: A Rustbowl Fantasy

      7.4 (85)
      Tony Buba(director/producer)
    • [object Object]

      The Natural History of Parking Lots

      7.3 (85)
      Everett Lewis(director)
      Aziz Ghazal(producer)
    • [object Object]

      Twister

      5.2 (2.5K)
      Michael Almereyda(director)
      Wieland Schulz-Keil(producer)

    Best Foreign Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Sweetie

      6.7 (5.7K)
      Jane Campion
      Australia.
    • [object Object]

      Black Rain

      7.8 (4.2K)
      Shôhei Imamura
      Japan.
    • [object Object]

      A City of Sadness

      7.8 (6.6K)
      Hsiao-Hsien Hou
      Taiwan.
    • [object Object]

      The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover

      7.5 (44K)
      Peter Greenaway
      France/Netherlands/UK.
    • [object Object]

      Freeze Die Come to Life

      7.6 (983)
      Vitali Kanevsky
      Soviet Union.

    Best Male Lead

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      To Sleep with Anger

      7.1 (3.2K)
      Danny Glover
    • [object Object]

      The Plot Against Harry

      6.9 (698)
      Martin Priest
    • [object Object]

      House Party

      6.5 (17K)
      Christopher Reid
    • [object Object]

      Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

      7.0 (43K)
      Michael Rooker
    • [object Object]

      Pump Up the Volume

      7.2 (32K)
      Christian Slater

    Best Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      To Sleep with Anger

      7.1 (3.2K)
      Charles Burnett
    • [object Object]

      Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

      7.0 (43K)
      John McNaughton
      Richard Fire
    • [object Object]

      Pump Up the Volume

      7.2 (32K)
      Allan Moyle
    • [object Object]

      The Plot Against Harry

      6.9 (698)
      Michael Roemer
    • [object Object]

      Metropolitan

      7.3 (13K)
      Whit Stillman

    Best Supporting Female

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      To Sleep with Anger

      7.1 (3.2K)
      Sheryl Lee Ralph
    • [object Object]

      Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

      7.0 (43K)
      Tracy Arnold
    • [object Object]

      To Sleep with Anger

      7.1 (3.2K)
      Ethel Ayler
    • [object Object]

      House Party

      6.5 (17K)
      Tisha Campbell
    • [object Object]

      House Party

      6.5 (17K)
      A.J. Johnson

    Best Supporting Male

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Longtime Companion

      7.5 (6.4K)
      Bruce Davison
    • [object Object]

      Wild at Heart

      7.2 (109K)
      Willem Dafoe
    • [object Object]

      House Party

      6.5 (17K)
      Robin Harris
    • [object Object]

      The Plot Against Harry

      6.9 (698)
      Ben Lang
    • [object Object]

      Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

      7.0 (43K)
      Tom Towles

    Special Distinction Award

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    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Dances with Wolves

      8.0 (303K)
      Kevin Costner
      Jim Wilson

    John Cassavetes Award

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    • Jon Jost
      Winner
      • Jon Jost
    • Edward R. Pressman
      Winner
      • Edward R. Pressman

    Friend of Independents Award

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    • Winner
      • Eastman Kodak Company
    • Winner
      • Sovereign Pictures

    Also known as

    • Film Independent's Spirit Awards
    • FINDIE Awards ("Friends of Independents")
    • Independent Spirit Awards

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