5th Independent Spirit Awards
The 1989 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1989, were announced on March 24, 1990 at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel in Los Angeles. It was hosted by Buck Henry.
Nominees and winners
Best Feature
Best First Feature
- 84 Charlie Mopic
- Powwow Highway
- Sidewalk Stories
- Talking to Strangers
Best Director
Steven Soderbergh – sex, lies, and videotape
- Jim Jarmusch – Mystery Train
- Charles Lane – Sidewalk Stories
- Nancy Savoca – True Love
- Gus Van Sant – Drugstore Cowboy
Best Male Lead
Matt Dillon – Drugstore Cowboy
- Nicolas Cage – Vampire's Kiss
- Charles Lane – Sidewalk Stories
- Randy Quaid – Parents
- James Spader – sex, lies, and videotape
Best Female Lead
Andie MacDowell – sex, lies, and videotape
- Youki Kudoh – Mystery Train
- Kelly Lynch – Drugstore Cowboy
- Winona Ryder – Heathers
- Annabella Sciorra – True Love
Best Supporting Male
Max Perlich – Drugstore Cowboy
- Steve Buscemi – Mystery Train
- Scott Coffey – Shag
- Gary Farmer – Powwow Highway
- Screamin' Jay Hawkins – Mystery Train
Best Supporting Female
Laura San Giacomo – sex, lies, and videotape
- Bridget Fonda – Shag
- Heather Graham – Drugstore Cowboy
- Mare Winningham – Miracle Mile
- Mary Woronov – Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills
Best Screenplay
Drugstore Cowboy – Gus Van Sant and Daniel Yost
- 84 Charlie Mopic – Patrick S. Duncan
- Heathers – Daniel Waters
- Miracle Mile – Steve De Jarnatt
- Mystery Train – Jim Jarmusch
Best Cinematography
Drugstore Cowboy – Robert Yeoman
- Earth Girls Are Easy – Oliver Stapleton
- Mystery Train – Robby Müller
- Powwow Highway – Toyomichi Kurita
- Talking to Strangers – Robert Tregenza
Best Foreign Film
- Distant Voices, Still Lives • UK
- Hanussen • Hungary/West Germany/Austria
- High Hopes • UK
- Rouge • Hong Kong
References
- "News & Notes: Indie Awards". Entertainment Weekly. 1990-04-13. Retrieved 2014-03-13.