The 1st Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1985, were announced on March 22, 1986. The ceremony was hosted by Peter Coyote and Jeanne Lucas. It was held at 385 North, a restaurant in Los Angeles.
Winners and nominees
Best FeatureBest DirectorAfter Hours
Blood Simple Smooth Talk The Trip to BountifulJoel Coen – Blood Simple Martin Scorsese – After Hours
Joyce Chopra – Smooth Talk Peter Masterson – The Trip to BountifulBest ActorBest ActressM. Emmet Walsh – Blood Simple
Rubén Blades – Crossover Dreams Tom Bower – Wildrose Treat Williams – Smooth TalkGeraldine Page – The Trip to Bountiful
Rosanna Arquette – After Hours Laura Dern – Smooth Talk Lori Singer – Trouble in MindBest ScreenplayBest CinematographyThe Trip to Bountiful – Horton FooteAfter Hours – Joseph Minion Blood Simple – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Smooth Talk – Tom Cole |Trouble in Mind – Toyomichi KuritaAfter Hours – Michael Ballhaus Blood Simple – Barry Sonnenfeld Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart – Michael Chin
! colspan=2 | Best International Film |- | colspan=2 style="vertical-align:top;" |Kiss of the Spider Woman
Dreamchild The Hit Ran
Films with multiple nominations and awards
+Films that received multiple nominationsNominationsFilm5After HoursBlood SimpleSmooth Talk4The Trip to Bountiful2Trouble Mind
+Films that won multiple awardsAwardsFilm2After HoursBlood SimpleThe Trip to Bountiful
Special Distinction Award David Puttnam
See also 58th Academy Awards
References
External links 1985 Spirit Awards at IMDb 1st Independent Spirit Awards ceremony on YouTube 36 Years of Nominees and Winners at Film Independent