8th Independent Spirit Awards (1993)

Best Feature

	The Player
	Bad Lieutenant
	Gas Food Lodging
	Mississippi Masala
	One False Move

Best Director

	Carl Franklin - One False Move
	Allison Anders - Gas Food Lodging
	Abel Ferrara - Bad Lieutenant
	Tom Kalin - Swoon
	Quentin Tarantino - Reservoir Dogs

Best Male Lead

	Harvey Keitel - Bad Lieutenant
	Craig Chester - Swoon
	Laurence Fishburne - Deep Cover
	Peter Greene - Laws of Gravity
	Michael Rapaport - Zebrahead

Best Female Lead

	Fairuza Balk - Gas Food Lodging
	Edie Falco - Laws of Gravity
	Catherine Keener - Johnny Suede
	Sheryl Lee - Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
	Cynda Williams - One False Move

Best Supporting Male

	Steve Buscemi - Reservoir Dogs
	William Forsythe - The Waterdance
	Jeff Goldblum - Deep Cover
	Wesley Snipes - The Waterdance
	David Strathairn - Passion Fish

Best Supporting Female

	Alfre Woodard - Passion Fish
	Brooke Adams - Gas Food Lodging
	Sara Gilbert - Poison Ivy
	Karen Sillas - Simple Men
	Danitra Vance - Jumpin' at the Boneyard

Best Screenplay

	The Waterdance - Neal Jimenez
	Gas Food Lodging - Allison Anders
	Light Sleeper - Paul Schrader
	A Midnight Clear - Keith Gordon
	One False Move - Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson

Best Cinematography

	Night on Earth - Frederick Elmes
	All the Vermeers in New York - Jon Jost
	Laws of Gravity - Jean de Segonzac
	Light Sleeper - Edward Lachman
	Swoon - Ellen Kuras

Best Original Score

	Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me - Angelo Badalamenti
	All the Vermeers in New York - Jon A. English
	One False Move - Terry Plumeri, Peter Haycock and Derek Holt
	The Tune - Maureen McElheron
	Zebrahead - Taj Mahal

Best International Film

	The Crying Game • UK
	Close to Eden • Soviet Union
	Danzón • Mexico/Spain
	Howards End • UK
	Raise the Red Lantern • China/Hong Kong/Taiwan

Best First Feature

	The Waterdance - Neal Jimenez and Michael Steinberg
	Laws of Gravity
	My New Gun
	Reservoir Dogs - Quentin Tarantino
	Swoon