11th Independent Spirit Awards

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