15th Independent Spirit Awards
The 15th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1999, were announced on March 25, 2000. It was hosted by Jennifer Tilly.Nominees and winners
Best Feature
Election
- Cookie's Fortune
- The Limey
- The Straight Story
- Sugar Town
Best First Feature (Over $500,000)
Being John Malkovich
- Boys Don't Cry
- Three Seasons
- Twin Falls Idaho
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Best First Feature (Under $500,000)
The Blair Witch Project
- The City
- Compensation
- Judy Berlin
- Treasure Island
Best Director
Alexander Payne - Election
Richard Farnsworth - The Straight Story
Hilary Swank - Boys Don't Cry
Steve Zahn - Happy, Texas
Chloë Sevigny - Boys Don't Cry
Election - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Being John Malkovich - Charlie Kaufman
Three Seasons - Lisa Rinzler
- The City - Harlan Bosmajian
- Judy Berlin - Jeffrey Seckendorf
- Julien Donkey-Boy - Anthony Dod Mantle
- Twin Falls Idaho - M. David Mullen
Run Lola Run • Germany
- All About My Mother • Spain
- My Son the Fanatic • UK
- Rosetta • Belgium/France
- Topsy-Turvy • UK
Best Debut Performance
Kimberly J. Brown - Tumbleweeds
Night Waltz: The Music of Paul Bowles
- American Hollow
- On the Ropes
- Well-Founded Fear
Producers Award
Pamela Koffler - I'm Losing You
- Eva Kolodner - Boys Don't Cry
- Paul Mezey - The City
- Christine K. Walker - Backroads and Homo Heights
Someone to Watch Award
Cauleen Smith - Drylongso
