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.^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

15th Independent Spirit Awards
Date	March 25, 2000
Site	Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Jennifer Tilly
Highlights
Best Film	Election[1]
Most awards	Election (3)
Most nominations	Boys Don't Cry(5) The Limey (5)
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Nominees and winners

Alexander Payne, winner of Best Director and co-winner of Best Screenplay

Hilary Swank, winner of Best Female Lead

Steve Zahn, winner of Best Supporting Male

Chloë Sevigny, winner of Best Supporting Female

Best Feature	Best Director
Election Cookie's Fortune The Limey The Straight Story Sugar Town	Alexander Payne – Election Harmony Korine – Julien Donkey-Boy Doug Liman – Go David Lynch – The Straight Story Steven Soderbergh – The Limey
Best Male Lead	Best Female Lead
Richard Farnsworth – The Straight Story John Cusack – Being John Malkovich Terence Stamp – The Limey David Strathairn – Limbo Noble Willingham – The Corndog Man	Hilary Swank – Boys Don't Cry Diane Lane – A Walk on the Moon Janet McTeer – Tumbleweeds Susan Traylor – Valerie Flake Reese Witherspoon – Election
Best Supporting Male	Best Supporting Female
Steve Zahn – Happy, Texas Charles S. Dutton – Cookie's Fortune Clark Gregg – The Adventures of Sebastian Cole Luis Guzmán – The Limey Terrence Howard – The Best Man	Chloë Sevigny – Boys Don't Cry Barbara Barrie – Judy Berlin Vanessa Martinez – Limbo Sarah Polley – Go Jean Smart – Guinevere
Best Screenplay	Best First Screenplay
Election – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Dogma – Kevin Smith Guinevere – Audrey Wells The Limey – Lem Dobbs SLC Punk! – James Merendino	Being John Malkovich – Charlie Kaufman The Adventures of Sebastian Cole – Kip Williams Boys Don't Cry – Kimberly Peirce and Andy Bienen Cookie's Fortune – Anne Rapp The Straight Story – John Roach and Mary Sweeney
Best Cinematography	Best Debut Performance
Three Seasons – Lisa Rinzler The City – Harlan Bosmajian Judy Berlin – Jeffrey Seckendorf Julien Donkey-Boy – Anthony Dod Mantle Twin Falls Idaho – M. David Mullen	Kimberly J. Brown – Tumbleweeds Jessica Campbell – Election Jade Gordon – Sugar Town Toby Smith – Drylongso Chris Stafford – Edge of Seventeen
Best First Feature (Over $500,000)	Best First Feature (Under $500,000)
Being John Malkovich Boys Don't Cry Three Seasons Twin Falls Idaho Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl	The Blair Witch Project The City Compensation Judy Berlin Treasure Island
Best Foreign Film
Run Lola Run • Germany All About My Mother • Spain My Son the Fanatic • UK Rosetta • Belgium/France Topsy-Turvy • UK

Special awards

Truer Than Fiction Award

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

• Dan Clark – The Item
• Julian Goldberger – Trans
• Lisanne Skyler – Getting to Know You

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
5	Boys Don't Cry
	The Limey
4	Election
	The Straight Story
3	Cookie's Fortune
	Judy Berlin

Films that won multiple awards

Awards	Film
3	Election
2	Being John Malkovich
	Boys Don't Cry