11th Independent Spirit Awards (1996)

Best Feature

	Leaving Las Vegas
	The Addiction
	Living in Oblivion
	Safe
	The Secret of Roan Inish

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 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 First Feature

	The Brothers McMullen
	Kids
	Little Odessa
	Picture Bride
	River of Grass

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 Debut Performance

	Justin Pierce - Kids
	Jason Andrews - Rhythm Thief
	Lisa Bowman - River of Grass
	Gabriel Casseus - New Jersey Drive
	Rose McGowan - The Doom Generation