15th Independent Spirit Awards

US film awards ceremony in 2000 15 Independent Spirit Awards March 25, 2000 Santa Monica, California, U.S. Jennifer Tilly Electionhttp://edition.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/03/26/spirit.awards/ CNN.com 'Election' voted best film in Spirit Awards March 26, 2000 Election (3) Boys Don't Cry(5)The Limey (5) 14th 16th 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.January 13, 2000 "Election," "Limey" Up for Indie Oscars http://it.eonline.com/news/39253/election-limey-up-for-indie-oscars dead https://web.archive.org/web/20140513060258/http://www.eonline.com/news/39253/election-limey-up-for-indie-oscars May 13, 2014 August 17, 2012 E! OnlineBartoo Jim January 14, 2000 'The Limey,' 'Election' Got the Spirit http://www.hollywood.com/news/The_Limey_Election_Got_the_Spirit/311851 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071022125518/http://www.hollywood.com/news/The_Limey_Election_Got_the_Spirit/311851 October 22, 2007 August 17, 2012 Hollywood.comNg Fiona March 26, 2000 'Election' Elected by Spirit Awards http://www.hollywood.com/news/Election_Elected_by_Spirit_Awards/312115 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20071201052058/https://www.hollywood.com/news/Election_Elected_by_Spirit_Awards/312115 December 1, 2007 August 17, 2012 Hollywood.comMarch 26, 2000 'Election' Tallies Up 3 Big Wins at 15th Spirit Awards https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-mar-26-me-12879-story.html August 17, 2012 Los Angeles Times Munoz LorenzaMarch 27, 2000 'Election' wins 3 Independent Spirit awards http://old.post-gazette.com/magazine/20000327spirit7.asp https://web.archive.org/web/20140512221105/http://old.post-gazette.com/magazine/20000327spirit7.asp dead May 12, 2014 August 17, 2012 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Nominees and winners thumb|200x200px|Alexander Payne, winner of Best Director and co-winner of Best Screenplay thumb|225x225px|Hilary Swank, winner of Best Female Lead thumb|192x192px|Steve Zahn, winner of Best Supporting Male thumb|207x207px|Chloë Sevigny, winner of Best Supporting Female {| class="wikitable" !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 |- ! colspan="2" | Best Foreign Film |- | colspan="2" | 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 AwardNight 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 NominationsFilm 5Boys Don't CryThe Limey 4ElectionThe Straight Story rowspan="3" 3 | 3 |Being John Malkovich|- |Cookie's Fortune|- |Judy Berlin'' Films that won multiple awards AwardsFilm3Election rowspan="2" 2 | 2 |Being John Malkovich|- |Boys Don't Cry'' References External links 1999 Spirit Awards at IMDb Full show on Film Independent's official YouTube channel 1999 Independent Spirit Awards