Independent Spirit Awards
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Founded in 1984, the Independent Spirit Awards were originally known as the FINDIE ("Friends of Independents") Awards and presented winners with acrylic glass pyramids containing suspended shoestrings representing the paltry budgets of independent films. In 1986, the event was renamed the Independent Spirit Awards in honor of the talented and tenacious souls who drive creativity in the film industry. The Independent Spirit Awards are presented by Film Independent, a non-profit organization dedicated to independent film and independent filmmakers.
The awards show is held inside a tent on the beach in Santa Monica, California usually on the day before the Academy Awards. Since 1994, the show has been broadcast on the Independent Film Channel.
[edit] Past winners for Best Feature
- 2007 - Little Miss Sunshine
- 2006 - Brokeback Mountain
- 2005 - Sideways
- 2004 - Lost in Translation
- 2003 - Far From Heaven
- 2002 - Memento
- 2001 - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
- 2000 - Election
- 1999 - Gods and Monsters
- 1998 - The Apostle
- 1997 - Fargo
- 1996 - Leaving Las Vegas
- 1995 - Pulp Fiction
- 1994 - Short Cuts
- 1993 - The Player
- 1992 - Rambling Rose
- 1991 - The Grifters
- 1990 - sex, lies, and videotape
- 1989 - Stand and Deliver
- 1988 - River's Edge
- 1987 - Platoon
- 1986 - After Hours
