The 11th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1995, were announced on March 23, 1996. It was hosted by Samuel L. Jackson.

Nominees and winners

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11th Independent Spirit Awards

The Addiction

Living in Oblivion

Safe

The Secret of Roan Inish

|Mike Figgis – Leaving Las Vegas

Michael Almereyda – Nadja

Ulu Grosbard – Georgia

Todd Haynes – Safe

John Sayles – The Secret of Roan Inish

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!Best Male Lead

!Best Female Lead

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|Sean Penn – Dead Man Walking

Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas

Tim Roth – Little Odessa

Jimmy Smits – My Family

Kevin Spacey – Swimming with Sharks

|Elisabeth Shue – Leaving Las Vegas

Jennifer Jason Leigh – Georgia

Elina Löwensohn – Nadja

Julianne Moore – Safe

Lili Taylor – The Addiction

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!Best Supporting Male

!Best Supporting Female

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|Benicio del Toro – The Usual Suspects

James LeGros – Living in Oblivion

David Morse – The Crossing Guard

Max Perlich – Georgia

Harold Perrineau – Smoke

|Mare Winningham – Georgia

Jennifer Lopez – My Family

Vanessa Redgrave – Little Odessa

Chloë Sevigny – Kids

Celia Weston – Dead Man Walking

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!Best Screenplay

!Best First Screenplay

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|The Usual Suspects – Christopher McQuarrieLeaving Las Vegas – Mike Figgis

Living in Oblivion – Tom DiCillo

Safe – Todd Haynes

The Secret of Roan Inish – John Sayles

|Smoke – Paul AusterKids – Harmony Korine

Little Odessa – James Gray

Post Cards from America – Steve McLean

River of Grass – Kelly Reichardt

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!Best First Feature

!Best Debut Performance

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|The Brothers McMullen

Kids

Little Odessa

Picture Bride

River of Grass

|Justin Pierce – Kids

Jason Andrews – Rhythm Thief

Lisa Bowman – River of Grass

Gabriel Casseus – New Jersey Drive

Rose McGowan – The Doom Generation

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!Best Cinematography

!Best Foreign Film

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|Leaving Las Vegas – Declan QuinnLittle Odessa – Tom Richmond

Nadja – Jim Denault

The Underneath – Elliot Davis

The Usual Suspects – Newton Thomas Sigel

|Before the Rain • MacedoniaThe City of Lost Children • France

Exotica • Canada

I Am Cuba • Soviet Union

Through the Olive Trees • Iran

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Films that received multiple nominations

Films that won multiple awards

Special awards

Someone to Watch AwardChristopher Münch – Color of a Brisk and Leaping Day

Tim McCann – Desolation Angels

Jennifer Montgomery – Art for Teachers of Children

Kelly Reichardt – River of Grass

Rafal Zielinski – Fun

Special Distinction Award

Samuel Fuller

References

External links

1995 Spirit Awards at IMDb

Full show on Film Independent's YouTube channel

1995

Independent Spirit Awards

11th Independent Spirit Awards