Saturday, October 5

FISA – Best Feature

Click through each award to see the full list of nominees and winners!

2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

The Farewell Anita Gou

The Farewell

Anita Gou

2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

If Beale Street Could Talk Dede Gardner

If Beale Street Could Talk

Dede Gardner

2018 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Get Out Jason Blum

Get Out

Jason Blum

2017 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Moonlight Dede Gardner

Moonlight

Dede Gardner

2016 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Spotlight Blye Pagon Faust

Spotlight

Blye Pagon Faust

2015 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Alejandro G. Iñárritu

Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Alejandro G. Iñárritu

2014 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

12 Years a Slave Dede Gardner

12 Years a Slave

Dede Gardner

2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Silver Linings Playbook Bruce Cohen

Silver Linings Playbook

Bruce Cohen

2012 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

The Artist Thomas Langmann

The Artist

Thomas Langmann

2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Black Swan Mike Medavoy

Black Swan

Mike Medavoy

2010 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Precious Lee Daniels

Precious

Lee Daniels

2009 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

The Wrestler Darren Aronofsky

The Wrestler

Darren Aronofsky

2008 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Juno Lianne Halfon

Juno

Lianne Halfon

2007 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Little Miss Sunshine Marc Turtletaub

Little Miss Sunshine

Marc Turtletaub

2006 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Brokeback Mountain James Schamus

Brokeback Mountain

James Schamus

2005 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Sideways Michael London

Sideways

Michael London

2004 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Lost in Translation Sofia Coppola

Lost in Translation

Sofia Coppola

2003 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Far from Heaven Jody Allen

Far from Heaven

Jody Allen

2002 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Memento Jennifer Todd

Memento

Jennifer Todd

2001 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon William Kong

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon

William Kong

2000 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Election Albert Berger

Election

Albert Berger

1999 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Gods and Monsters Paul Colichman

Gods and Monsters

Paul Colichman

1998 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

The Apostle Rob Carliner

The Apostle

Rob Carliner

1997 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Fargo Ethan Coen

Fargo

Ethan Coen

1996 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Leaving Las Vegas Lila Cazès

Leaving Las Vegas

Lila Cazès

1995 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Pulp Fiction Lawrence Bender

Pulp Fiction

Lawrence Bender

1994 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Short Cuts Cary Brokaw

Short Cuts

Cary Brokaw

1993 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

The Player David Brown

The Player

David Brown

1992 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Rambling Rose Renny Harlin

Rambling Rose

Renny Harlin

1991 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

The Grifters Robert A. Harris

The Grifters

Robert A. Harris

1990 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Sex, Lies, and Videotape Robert F. Newmyer

Sex, Lies, and Videotape

Robert F. Newmyer

1989 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Stand and Deliver Tom Musca

Stand and Deliver

Tom Musca

1988 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

River's Edge Sarah Pillsbury

River’s Edge

Sarah Pillsbury

1987 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

Platoon Arnold Kopelson

Platoon

Arnold Kopelson

1986 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best Feature

After Hours Robert F. Colesberry

After Hours

Robert F. Colesberry