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11th Independent Spirit Awards

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23 March 1996

Other ceremonies
  
1995, 1997

The 1995 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1995, were announced on March 23, 1996. It was hosted by Samuel L. Jackson.

Contents

Best Feature

Leaving Las Vegas

  • The Addiction
  • Living in Oblivion
  • Safe
  • The Secret of Roan Inish

    • Best First Feature

    The Brothers McMullen

  • Kids
  • Little Odessa
  • Picture Bride
  • River of Grass

    • Best Director

    Mike Figgis – Leaving Las Vegas

  • Michael Almereyda – Nadja
  • Ulu Grosbard – Georgia
  • Todd Haynes – Safe
  • John Sayles – The Secret of Roan Inish

    • Best Male Lead

    Sean Penn – Dead Man Walking

  • Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas
  • Tim Roth – Little Odessa
  • Jimmy Smits – My Family
  • Kevin Spacey – Swimming with Sharks

    • Best Female Lead

    Elisabeth Shue – Leaving Las Vegas

  • Jennifer Jason Leigh – Georgia
  • Elina Löwensohn – Nadja
  • Julianne Moore – Safe
  • Lili Taylor – The Addiction

    • Best Supporting Male

    Benicio del Toro – The Usual Suspects

  • James LeGros – Living in Oblivion
  • David Morse – The Crossing Guard
  • Max Perlich – Georgia
  • Harold Perrineau – Smoke

    • Best Supporting Female

    Mare Winningham – Georgia

  • Jennifer Lopez – My Family
  • Vanessa Redgrave – Little Odessa
  • Chloë Sevigny – Kids
  • Celia Weston – Dead Man Walking

    • Best Screenplay

    The Usual Suspects – Christopher McQuarrie

  • Leaving Las Vegas – Mike Figgis
  • Living in Oblivion – Tom DiCillo
  • Safe – Todd Haynes
  • The Secret of Roan Inish – John Sayles

    • Best First Screenplay

    Smoke – Paul Auster

  • Kids – Harmony Korine
  • Little Odessa – James Gray
  • Post Cards from America – Steve McLean
  • River of Grass – Kelly Reichardt

    • Best Cinematography

    Leaving Las Vegas – Declan Quinn

  • Little Odessa – Tom Richmond
  • Nadja – Jim Denault
  • The Underneath – Elliot Davis
  • The Usual Suspects – Newton Thomas Sigel

    • Best Foreign Film

    Before the Rain • Macedonia

  • The City of Lost Children • France
  • Exotica • Canada
  • I Am Cuba • Soviet Union
  • Through the Olive Trees • Iran

    • Best Debut Performance

    Justin Pierce – Kids

  • Jason Andrews – Rhythm Thief
  • Lisa Bowman – River of Grass
  • Gabriel Casseus – New Jersey Drive
  • Rose McGowan – The Doom Generation

    • Someone to Watch Award

    Christopher Münch – Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day

  • Tim McCann – Desolation Angels
  • Jennifer Montgomery – Art for Teachers of Children
  • Kelly Reichardt – River of Grass
  • Rafal Zielinski – Fun

    • Special Distinction Award

  • Samuel Fuller

    • References

    11th Independent Spirit Awards Wikipedia
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