1st Independent Spirit Awards
# 1st Independent Spirit Awards

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 Feature | Best Director |
| - | - |
| After Hours Blood Simple Smooth Talk The Trip to Bountiful | Joel Coen – Blood Simple Martin Scorsese – After Hours Joyce Chopra – Smooth Talk Peter Masterson – The Trip to Bountiful |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| M. Emmet Walsh – Blood Simple Rubén Blades – Crossover Dreams Tom Bower – Wildrose Treat Williams – Smooth Talk | Geraldine Page – The Trip to Bountiful Rosanna Arquette – After Hours Laura Dern – Smooth Talk Lori Singer – Trouble in Mind |
| Best Screenplay | Best Cinematography |
| The Trip to Bountiful – Horton Foote After Hours – Joseph Minion Blood Simple – Joel Coen and Ethan Coen Smooth Talk – Tom Cole | Trouble in Mind – Toyomichi Kurita After Hours – Michael Ballhaus Blood Simple – Barry Sonnenfeld Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart – Michael Chin |
| Best International Film ||
| Kiss of the Spider Woman Dreamchild The Hit Ran ||

### Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations :

| Nominations | Film |
| - | - |
| 5 | After Hours |
| 5 | Blood Simple |
| 5 | Smooth Talk |
| 4 | The Trip to Bountiful |
| 2 | Trouble Mind |

Films that won multiple awards :

| Awards | Film |
| - | - |
| 2 | After Hours |
| 2 | Blood Simple |
| 2 | The Trip to Bountiful |

## Special Distinction Award

David Puttnam

