The nominees of the Independent Spirits Awards 2000 were announced on January 12th.

BEST MOTION PICTURE

Before Night Falls
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
George Washington
Ghost Dog
Requiem for a dream
 

BEST FIRST FEATURE (UNDER 500,000 $)

Boiler Room
Girlfight
Love & Basketball
The Visit
You Can Count on Me
 

BEST FIRST FEATURE (OVER 500,000 $)

Bunny
Chuck & Buck
Everything Put Together
Groove
Our Song
 

BEST DIRECTOR

Ang Lee - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
Christopher Guest - Best in Show
Aronofsky - Requiem for a Dream
Julian Schnabel - Before Night Falls
Miguel Arteta - Chuck & Buck
 

BEST ACTOR

Javier Bardem - Before NIght Falls
Adrien Brody - Restaurant
Billy Crudup - Jesus' Son
Hill Harper - The Visit
Mark Ruffalo - You Can Count On Me
 

BEST ACTRESS

Joan Allen - The Contender
Ellen Burstyn - Requiem for a Dream
Sanaa Latham - Love & Basketball
Laura Linney - You Can Count On Me
Kelly MacDonald - Two Family House
 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

Willem Dafoe - Shadow of the Vampire
Cole Hauser - Tigerland
Gary Oldman - The Contender
Giovanni Ribisi - Gift
Billy Dee Williams - The Visit
 

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Pat Carroll - Songcatcher
Jennifer Connelly - Requiem for a Dream
Marcia Gay Harden - Pollock
Ontiveros - Chuck & Buck
Zhang Ziyi - Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
 

BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE

Rory Culkin - You Can Count on Me
Emmy Rossum - Songcatcher
Mike White - Chuck & Buck
Candace Evanofski - George Washington
Curtis Cotton III - George Washington
Damian Jewan Lee - George Washington
Donald Holden - George Washington
Rachael Handy - George Washington
 

BEST SCREENPLAY

Love & Sex
Two Family House
Waking the Dead
You Can Count on Me
Chuck & Buck
 

BEST DEBUT SCREENPLAY

George Washington
Tigerland
Love & Basketball
The Visit
Boiler Room
 

BEST FOREIGN FILM

Dancer in the Dark
In the Mood for Love
Terrorist
Time for Drunken Horses
War Zone
 

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

Shadow of the Vampire
Hamlet
Requiem for a Dream
George Washington
Before Night Falls
 

BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM

Dark Days
Eyes of Tammy Faye
Long Night's Journey Into Day
Paragraph 175
Sound and Fury
 
 
 

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