14th Independent Spirit Awards

14th Independent Spirit Awards
14th Independent Spirit Awards
Date	March 20, 1999
Site	Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Queen Latifah
Highlights
Best Film	Gods and Monsters
Most awards	Gods and Monsters (3)
Most nominations	Affliction (6)
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The 14th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1998, were announced on March 20, 1999. It was hosted by Queen Latifah.^[1] ^[2]^[3]

DateMarch 20, 1999

SiteSanta Monica, California, U.S.

Hosted byQueen Latifah

Best FilmGods and Monsters

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Best Feature	Best Director
Gods and Monsters Affliction Claire Dolan A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Velvet Goldmine	Wes Anderson â Rushmore Todd Haynes â Velvet Goldmine Lodge Kerrigan â Claire Dolan Paul Schrader â Affliction Todd Solondz â Happiness
Best Male Lead	Best Female Lead
Ian McKellen â Gods and Monsters Dylan Baker â Happiness Nick Nolte â Affliction Sean Penn â Hurlyburly Courtney B. Vance â Blind Faith	Ally Sheedy â High Art Katrin Cartlidge â Claire Dolan Christina Ricci â The Opposite of Sex Robin Tunney â Niagara, Niagara Alfre Woodard â Down in the Delta
Best Supporting Male	Best Supporting Female
Bill Murray â Rushmore James Coburn â Affliction Charles S. Dutton â Blind Faith Gary Farmer â Smoke Signals Philip Seymour Hoffman â Happiness	Lynn Redgrave â Gods and Monsters Stockard Channing â The Baby Dance Patricia Clarkson â High Art Lisa Kudrow â The Opposite of Sex Joely Richardson â Under Heaven
Best Screenplay	Best First Screenplay
The Opposite of Sex â Don Roos Affliction â Paul Schrader Blind Faith â Frank Military Gods and Monsters â Bill Condon The Spanish Prisoner â David Mamet	$Ï$ â Darren Aronofsky High Art â Lisa Cholodenko Niagara, Niagara â Matthew Weiss Slums of Beverly Hills â Tamara Jenkins Smoke Signals â Sherman Alexie
Best First Feature	Best Debut Performance
The Opposite of Sex Buffalo '66 High Art $Ï$ Slums of Beverly Hills	Evan Adams â Smoke Signals Anthony Roth Costanzo â A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries Andrea Hart â Miss Monday Sonja Sohn â Slam Saul Williams â Slam
Best Cinematography	Best Foreign Film
Velvet Goldmine â Maryse Alberti Affliction â Paul Sarossy Belly â Malik Hassan Sayeed High Art â Tami Reiker $Ï$ â Matthew Libatique	The Celebration â¢ Denmark Central Station â¢ Brazil The Eel â¢ Japan Fireworks â¢ Japan The General â¢ Ireland

Nominations	Film
6	Affliction
5	High Art
4	Gods and Monsters
4	The Opposite of Sex
3	Blind Faith
	Claire Dolan
	Happiness
	$Ï$
	Smoke Signals
	Velvet Goldmine
2	A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries
	Niagara, Niagara
	Rushmore
	Slam
	Slums of Beverly Hills

Awards	Film
3	Gods and Monsters
2	High Art
	The Opposite of Sex
	Rushmore

14th Independent Spirit Awards

Nominees and winners

Films that received multiple nominations

Films that won multiple awards

Special awards

Truer Than Fiction Award

Producers Award

Someone to Watch Award

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