11th Independent Spirit Awards explained

Number:	11
Award:	Independent Spirit Awards
Date:	March 23, 1996
Site:	Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Host:	Samuel L. Jackson
Best Film:	Leaving Las Vegas
Most Wins:	Leaving Las Vegas (4)
Most Nominations:	Leaving Las Vegas (7)
Last:	10th
Next:	12th

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.^[1] ^[2] ^[3]

Nominees and winners

Best Feature	Best Director
*Leaving Las Vegas* 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
Best Male Lead	Best Female Lead
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
Best Supporting Male	Best Supporting Female
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
Best Screenplay	Best First 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	Smoke - Paul Auster Kids - Harmony Korine Little Odessa - James Gray Post Cards from America - Steve McLean River of Grass - Kelly Reichardt
Best First Feature	Best Debut Performance
*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
Best Cinematography	Best Foreign Film
Leaving Las Vegas - Declan Quinn Little Odessa - Tom Richmond Nadja - Jim Denault The Underneath - Elliot Davis The Usual Suspects - Newton Thomas Sigel	Before the Rain • Macedonia The City of Lost Children • France Exotica • Canada I Am Cuba • Soviet Union Through the Olive Trees • Iran

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
7	Leaving Las Vegas
5	Little Odessa
4	Georgia
	Kids
	River of Grass
	Safe
	The Secret of Roan Irish
3	Living in Oblivion
	Nadja
	The Usual Suspects
2	The Addiction
	Dead Man Walking
	My Family
	Smoke

Films that won multiple awards

Awards	Film
4	Leaving Las Vegas
2	The Usual Suspects

Special awards

Someone to Watch Award

Christopher 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

External links

Notes and References

Web site: 1996-01-12 . Film Nominations Are Independent-minded . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130521135435/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1996-01-12/news/9601120025_1_vegas-nominated-odessa . May 21, 2013 . 2012-08-16 . Chicago Tribune.
Web site: 'Leaving Las Vegas' Arrives in Big Way at Spirit Awards. 1996-03-25. Los Angeles Times. 2012-08-16.
Web site: 1996-03-25 . Independent Spirits Give Awards All Own . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20221014031400/https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1996-03-25-9603250042-story.html . October 14, 2022 . 2012-08-16 . Chicago Tribune.