13th Independent Spirit Awards (1998)
Best Feature
The Apostle
Chasing Amy
Loved
Ulee's Gold
Waiting for Guffman
Best Director
Robert Duvall - The Apostle
Larry Fessenden - Habit
Victor Nuñez - Ulee's Gold
Paul Schrader - Touch
Wim Wenders - The End of Violence
Best Male Lead
Robert Duvall - The Apostle
Peter Fonda - Ulee's Gold
Christopher Guest - Waiting for Guffman
Philip Baker Hall - Hard Eight
John Turturro - Box of Moonlight
Best Female Lead
Julie Christie - Afterglow
Stacy Edwards - In the Company of Men
Alison Folland - All Over Me
Lisa Harrow - Sunday
Robin Wright Penn - Loved
Best Supporting Male
Jason Lee - Chasing Amy
Efrain Figueroa - Star Maps
Samuel L. Jackson - Hard Eight
Ajay Naidu - SubUrbia
Roy Scheider - The Myth of Fingerprints
Best Supporting Female
Debbi Morgan - Eve's Bayou
Farrah Fawcett - The Apostle
Amy Madigan - Loved
Miranda Richardson - The Apostle
Patricia Richardson - Ulee's Gold
Best Screenplay
Chasing Amy - Kevin Smith
The Apostle - Robert Duvall
Touch - Paul Schrader
Ulee's Gold - Victor Nuñez
Waiting for Guffman - Christopher Guest and Eugene Levy
Best Cinematography
Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love - Declan Quinn
The Bible and Gun Club - Alex Vendler
Habit - Frank G. DeMarco
Hard Eight - Robert Elswit
Sunday - Michael F. Barrow and John Foster
Best International Film
The Sweet Hereafter • Canada
Happy Together • Hong Kong
Mouth to Mouth • Spain
Nenette and Boni • France
Underground • Yugoslavia/France/Germany
Best First Feature
Eve's Bayou
The Bible and Gun Club
Hard Eight
In the Company of Men
Star Maps
Best First Screenplay
In the Company of Men - Neil LaBute
The Bible and Gun Club - Daniel J. Harris
Critical Care - Steven Schwartz
Hard Eight - Paul Thomas Anderson
Star Maps - Miguel Arteta
Best Debut Performance
Aaron Eckhart - In the Company of Men
Tyrone Burton, Eddie Cutanda and Phuong Duong - Squeeze
Lysa Flores - Star Maps
Darling Narita - Bang
Douglas Spain - Star Maps