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
{| class="wikitable" !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 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 |- !Best First Feature !Best Debut Performance |- |The Brothers McMullen - Edward Burns
Kids - Larry Clark Little Odessa - James Gray Picture Bride River of Grass - Kelly Reichardt |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 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
Films that received multiple nominations NominationsFilm7Leaving Las Vegas5Little Odessa4GeorgiaKidsRiver of GrassSafeThe Secret of Roan Irish3Living in OblivionNadjaThe Usual Suspects2The AddictionDead Man WalkingMy FamilySmoke
Films that won multiple awards AwardsFilm4Leaving Las Vegas2The Usual Suspects
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