Independent Spirit Award

Best Supporting Male

WINNER

Stand and Deliver: Lou Diamond Phillips

NOMINEES

Spike of Bensonhurst: Ernest Borgnine

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Hairspray: Divine

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The Moderns: John Lone

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Five Corners: John Turturro

Best Supporting Female

WINNER

Stand and Deliver: Rosanna DeSoto

NOMINEES

The Prince of Pennsylvania: Bonnie Bedelia

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Hairspray: Deborah Harry

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The Prince of Pennsylvania: Amy Madigan

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The Wash: Patti Yasutake

Best Director

WINNER

Stand and Deliver: Ramón Menéndez

NOMINEES

Patti Rocks: David Burton Morris

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The Thin Blue Line: Errol Morris

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Talk Radio: Oliver Stone

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Hairspray: John Waters

Best Screenplay

WINNER

Stand and Deliver: Ramón Menéndez, Tom Musca

NOMINEES

The Moderns: John Bradshaw, Alan Rudolph

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Five Corners: John Patrick Shanley

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Hairspray: John Waters

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Patti Rocks: David Burton Morris, Chris Mulkey, John Jenkins, Karen Landry

Best Cinematography

WINNER

The Unbearable Lightness of Being: Sven Nykvist

NOMINEES

Patti Rocks: Gregory M. Cummins

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The Moderns: Toyomichi Kurita

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Talk Radio: Robert Richardson

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Stand and Deliver: Tom Richmond

Best Foreign Film

WINNER

Wings of Desire: Wim Wenders
West Germany.

NOMINEES

A World Apart: Chris Menges
UK.

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Bagdad Cafe: Percy Adlon
West Germany.

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Brightness: Souleymane Cissé
Mali.

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The Kitchen Toto: Harry Hook
UK.

Best Female Lead

WINNER

Five Corners: Jodie Foster

NOMINEES

Hairspray: Ricki Lake

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The Wash: Nobu McCarthy

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Mystic Pizza: Julia Roberts

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Promised Land: Meg Ryan

Best First Feature

WINNER

Mystic Pizza: Donald Petrie (director), Mark Levinson (producer), Scott M. Rosenfelt (producer)

NOMINEES

Border Radio: Allison Anders (director), Dean Lent (director), Kurt Voss (director), Marcus DeLeon (producer)

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The Prince of Pennsylvania: Ron Nyswaner (director), Joan Fishman (producer), Kerry Orent (producer)

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The Chocolate War: Keith Gordon (director), Jonathan D. Krane (producer)

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The Wash: Michael Toshiyuki Uno (director), Calvin Skaggs (producer)

Best Feature

WINNER

Stand and Deliver: Tom Musca

NOMINEES

Hairspray: Rachel Talalay

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Patti Rocks: Gregory M. Cummins, Gwen Field

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The Thin Blue Line: Mark Lipson

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Torch Song Trilogy: Howard Gottfried

Best Male Lead

WINNER

Stand and Deliver: Edward James Olmos

NOMINEES

Talk Radio: Eric Bogosian

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Torch Song Trilogy: Harvey Fierstein

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Patti Rocks: Chris Mulkey

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The Boost: James Woods