17th Independent Spirit Awards (2002)

Best Feature

	Memento
	Hedwig and the Angry Inch
	L.I.E.
	Things Behind the Sun
	Waking Life

Best Director

	Christopher Nolan - Memento
	Michael Cuesta - L.I.E.
	Cheryl Dunye - Stranger Inside
	Richard Linklater - Waking Life
	John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Best Male Lead

	Tom Wilkinson - In the Bedroom
	Brian Cox - L.I.E.
	Ryan Gosling - The Believer
	Jake Gyllenhaal - Donnie Darko
	John Cameron Mitchell - Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Best Female Lead

	Sissy Spacek - In the Bedroom
	Kim Dickens - Things Behind the Sun
	Molly Parker - The Center of the World
	Tilda Swinton - The Deep End
	Kerry Washington - Lift

Best Supporting Male

	Steve Buscemi - Ghost World
	Don Cheadle - Things Behind the Sun
	Billy Kay - L.I.E.
	Garrett Morris - Jackpot
	John C. Reilly - The Anniversary Party

Best Supporting Female

	Carrie-Anne Moss - Memento
	Davenia McFadden - Stranger Inside
	Summer Phoenix - The Believer
	Uma Thurman - Tape
	Tamara Tunie - The Caveman's Valentine

Best Screenplay

	Memento - Christopher Nolan
	The Believer - Henry Bean
	In the Bedroom - Robert Festinger and Todd Field
	Monster's Ball - Milo Addica and Will Rokos
	Waking Life - Richard Linklater

Best First Screenplay

	Ghost World - Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff
	The Anniversary Party - Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming
	Donnie Darko - Richard Kelly
	Hedwig and the Angry Inch - John Cameron Mitchell
	L.I.E. - Stephen M. Ryder, Michael Cuesta and Gerald Cuesta

Best Cinematography

	Mulholland Drive - Peter Deming
	The American Astronaut - W. Mott Hupfel III
	The Deep End - Giles Nuttgens
	Hedwig and the Angry Inch - Frank G. DeMarco
	Memento - Wally Pfister

Best International Film

	Amélie • France
	Amores Perros • Mexico
	Lumumba • Belgium/France/Germany/Haiti
	Sexy Beast • Spain/UK
	Together • Denmark/Italy/Sweden

Best Documentary Feature

	Dogtown and Z-Boys
	Go Tigers!
	LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton
	Promises
	Scratch

Best First Feature

	In the Bedroom
	The Anniversary Party
	The Believer
	Donnie Darko
	Ghost World

Best Debut Performance

	Paul Franklin Dano - L.I.E.
	Hilary Howard, Anthony Leslie and Mitchell Riggs - Kaaterskill Falls
	Clint Jordan - Virgil Bliss
	Ana Reeder - Acts of Worship
	Yolonda Ross - Stranger Inside