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