right|thumb|170px|Glumac Richard Kind s osvojenom nagradom Nagrada nezavisnog duha (engleski Independent Spirit Awards) je američka filmska nagrada osnovana 1984., s ciljem nagrađivanja i priznavanja nezavisnih filmova i redatelja koji su snimili filmske projekte na ograničenom budžetu, izvan Hollywooda. Nagrada se uglavnom dodjeljuje u Santa Monici, Kaliforniji, svake godine. Nominacije se objavljuju u studenom, a nagrade dodjeljuju krajem veljače ili početkom ožujka.
Među "otkrićima" festivala spadaju i kasniji hvaljeni redatelji, kao što su Joel i Ethan Coen, Oliver Stone, Christopher Nolan, Wes Anderson i Quentin Tarantino. Popis pobjednika za najbolji nezavisni film 1980-te 1985: After Hours (Warner Bros.) - Martin Scorsese Blood Simple (Universal) - Joel i Ethan Coen Smooth Talk The Trip to Bountiful 1986: Platoon (Orion) - Oliver Stone Blue Velvet - David Lynch Down by Law On Valentine's Day Salvador - Oliver Stone Stand by Me (Columbia) - Rob Reiner 1987: River's Edge (Island Pictures) - Tim Hunter The Big Easy The Dead - John Huston Matewan Swimming to Cambodia - Jonathan Demme Tough Guys Don't Dance (Cannon) - Norman Mailer 1988: Stand and Deliver (Warner Bros.) - Ramon Menendez Hairspray (New Line Cinema) - John Waters Patti Rocks The Thin Blue Line Torch Song Trilogy (New Line Cinema) 1989: Sex, Lies, and Videotape (Miramax) - Steven Soderbergh Drugstore Cowboy - Gus Van Sant Heat and Sunlight Mystery Train True Love
1990-te 1990: The Grifters (Miramax) - Stephen Frears Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer The Plot Against Harry Pump Up the Volume (New Line Cinema) To Sleep with Anger 1991: Rambling Rose - Martha Coolidge City of Hope Hangin' with the Homeboys Homicide My Own Private Idaho (Fine Line Features) - Gus Van Sant 1992: The Player (Fine Line Features) - Robert Altman Bad Lieutenant - Abel Ferrara Gas Food Lodging Mississippi Masala One False Move - Carl Franklin 1993: Short Cuts (Fine Line Features) - Robert Altman Equinox Much Ado About Nothing (Samuel Goldwyn Company) - Kenneth Branagh Ruby in Paradise The Wedding Banquet 1994: Pulp Fiction (Miramax) - Quentin Tarantino Bullets Over Broadway (Miramax) - Woody Allen Eat Drink Man Woman Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle (Fine Line Features) Wes Craven's New Nightmare (New Line Cinema) - Wes Craven 1995: Leaving Las Vegas (United Artists) - Mike Figgis The Addiction Living in Oblivion Safe The Secret of Roan Inish (Sony Pictures Classics) - John Sayles 1996: Fargo (PolyGram) - Joel Coen Dead Man (Miramax) - Jim Jarmusch The Funeral Lone Star (Columbia / Castle Rock) - John Sayles Welcome to the Dollhouse (Sony Pictures Classics) 1997: The Apostle (October Films) - Robert Duvall Chasing Amy (Miramax) - Kevin Smith Loved Ulee's Gold (Orion) Waiting for Guffman (Columbia / Castle Rock) - Christopher Guest 1998: Gods and Monsters - Bill Condon Affliction - Paul Schrader Claire Dolan A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Velvet Goldmine 1999: Election (Paramount) - Alexander Payne Cookie's Fortune (October Films) - Robert Altman The Limey - Steven Soderbergh The Straight Story (Disney) - David Lynch Sugar Town
2000-te 2000: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Sony Pictures Classics) - Ang Lee Before Night Falls - Julian Schnabel George Washington Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai Requiem for a Dream (Artisan) - Darren Aronofsky 2001: Memento - Christopher Nolan Hedwig and the Angry Inch - John Cameron Mitchell L.I.E. Things Behind the Sun Waking Life 2002: Far from Heaven - Todd Haynes The Good Girl Lovely & Amazing Secretary Tully 2003: Lost in Translation (Focus Features) - Sofia Coppola American Splendor In America (Fox Searchlight) - Jim Sheridan Raising Victor Vargas Shattered Glass 2004: Sideways (Fox Searchlight) - Alexander Payne Baadasssss! Kinsey (Fox Searchlight) - Bill Condon Maria Full of Grace Primer 2005: Brokeback Mountain (Focus Features) - Ang Lee Capote (Sony Pictures Classics) - Bennett Miller Good Night, and Good Luck (Warner Independent) - George Clooney The Squid and the Whale The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada 2006: Little Miss Sunshine (Fox Searchlight) - Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris American Gun The Dead Girl Half Nelson Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo Del Toro 2007: Juno (Fox Searchlight) - Jason Reitman The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Julian Schnabel I'm Not There - Todd Haynes A Mighty Heart Paranoid Park 2008: The Wrestler (Fox Searchlight) - Darren Aronofsky Ballast Frozen River - Courtney Hunt Rachel Getting Married - Jonathan Demme Wendy and Lucy 2009: Precious (Lions Gate) - Lee Daniels (500) Days of Summer (Fox Searchlight) - Marc Webb Amreeka The Last Station Sin Nombre
2010-te 2010: Black Swan (Fox Searchlight) - Darren Aronofsky 127 Hours (Fox Searchlight) - Danny Boyle Greenberg - Noah Baumbach The Kids Are All Right (Focus Features) - Lisa Cholodenko Winter's Bone - Debra Granik 2011: The Artist (The Weinstein Company) - Michel Hazanavicius 50/50 Beginners The Descendants (Fox Searchlight) - Alexander Payne Drive Take Shelter 2012: TBA Beasts of the Southern Wild Bernie - Richard Linklater Keep the Lights On Moonrise Kingdom - Wes Anderson Silver Linings Playbook - David O. Russell Vanjske poveznice Službena stranica Independent Spirit Awards na Internet Movie Databaseu
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