1st Independent Spirit Awards

1st Independent Spirit Awards
1st Independent Spirit Awards
Date	March 22, 1986
Site	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Hosted by	Peter Coyote; Jeanne Lucas
Highlights
Best Film	After Hours
Most awards	After Hours (2); Blood Simple (2); The Trip to Bountiful (2)
Most nominations	After Hours (5); Blood Simple (5); Smooth Talk (5)
	Independent Spirit Awards; 2nd →;

The 1st Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1985, were announced on March 22, 1986. The ceremony^[1]^[2] was hosted by Peter Coyote and Jeanne Lucas. It was held at 385 North, a restaurant in Los Angeles.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]

DateMarch 22, 1986

Hosted byPeter Coyote
Jeanne Lucas

Best FilmAfter Hours

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Best Feature	Best Director
After Hours^[9] Blood Simple Smooth Talk The Trip to Bountiful	*Joel Coen – Blood Simple^[10]* 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^[11] 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

Winners and nominees