Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature

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Winners and nominees

1980s

1987: She's Gotta Have It waterbed mattresses

A Great Wall intex bed

Belizaire the Cajun olympic queen mattress

Hoosiers

True Stories

1988: Dirty Dancing

Anna

Hollywood Shuffle

Siesta

Waiting for the Moon

1989: Mystic Pizza

Border Radio

The Prince of Pennsylvania

The Chocolate War

The Wash

1990s

1990: Heathers

84 Charlie Mopic

Powwow Highway

Sidewalk Stories

Talking To Strangers

1991: Metropolitan

House Party

Lightning Over Braddock

The Natural History of Parking Lots

Twister

1992: Straight Out of Brooklyn

Chameleon Street

Poison

Slacker

The Rapture

1993: The Waterdance

Laws of Gravity

My New Gun

Reservoir Dogs

Swoon

1994: El Mariachi

American Heart

Combination Platter

Mac

Menace II Society

1995: Spanking the Monkey

Clean, Shaven

Clerks

I Like It Like That

Suture

1996: The Brothers McMullen

Kids

Little Odessa

Picture Bride

River of Grass

1997: Sling Blade

Big Night

I Shot Andy Warhol

Manny & Lo

Trees Lounge

1998: Eve's Bayou

Hard Eight

In the Company of Men

Star Maps

The Bible And Gun Club

1999: The Opposite of Sex

Buffalo 66

High Art

Slums of Beverly Hills

2000s

2000: Being John Malkovich

Boys Don't Cry

Three Seasons

Twin Falls Idaho

Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl

2001: You Can Count on Me

Boiler Room

Girlfight

Love & Basketball

The Visit

2002: In the Bedroom

Donnie Darko

Ghost World

The Anniversary Party

The Believer

2003: The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

Interview with the Assassin

Manito

Paid in Full

Roger Dodger

2004: Monster

Bomb the System

House of Sand and Fog

Quattro Noza

Thirteen

2005: Garden State

Brother to Brother

Napoleon Dynamite

Saints and Soldiers

The Woodsman

2006: Crash

Lackawanna Blues

Me and You and Everyone We Know

Thumbsucker

Transamerica

2007: Sweet Land

Day Night Day Night

Man Push Cart

The Motel

Wristcutters: A Love Story

2008: The Lookout

2 Days in Paris

Great World of Sound

Rocket Science

Vanaja

2009: Synecdoche, New York

Afterschool

Medicine for Melancholy

Sangre de Mi Madre

Sleep Dealer

2010: TBA

A Single Man

Crazy Heart

Easier With Practice

Paranormal Activity

The Messenger

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Independent Spirit Awards

Current Awards

Best Film Best Actor Best Actress Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting Actress Best Director Best Cinematography Best Documentary Feature Best First Film Best Foreign Film Best Screenplay Best First Screenplay John Cassavetes Award

Ceremonies

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1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

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