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17th Independent Spirit Awards
17th Independent Spirit Awards
Date	March 23, 2002
Site	Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Hosted by	John Waters
Highlights
Best Film	Memento
Most awards	Memento (4)
Most nominations	L.I.E. (7)
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17th Independent Spirit Awards

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The 17th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2001, were announced on March 23, 2002. It was hosted by John Waters.^[1]^[2]^[3]

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"Spirit Awards Tilt Toward True Independence". Los Angeles Times. 2002-01-09. Retrieved 2012-08-19.

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"Declaration of Independents". Entertainment Weekly. 2002-03-27. Retrieved 2012-08-19.

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2002 - Best Screenplay & Best Director Christopher Nolan - FilmIndependent on YouTube

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Best Feature	Best Director
Memento Hedwig and the Angry Inch L.I.E. Things Behind the Sun Waking Life	Christopher Nolan – Memento Michael Cuesta – L.I.E. Cheryl Dunye – Stranger Inside Richard Linklater – Waking Life John Cameron Mitchell – Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Best Male Lead	Best Female Lead
Tom Wilkinson – In the Bedroom Brian Cox – L.I.E. Ryan Gosling – The Believer Jake Gyllenhaal – Donnie Darko John Cameron Mitchell – Hedwig and the Angry Inch	Sissy Spacek – In the Bedroom Kim Dickens – Things Behind the Sun Molly Parker – The Center of the World Tilda Swinton – The Deep End Kerry Washington – Lift
Best Supporting Male	Best Supporting Female
Steve Buscemi – Ghost World Don Cheadle – Things Behind the Sun Billy Kay – L.I.E. Garrett Morris – Jackpot John C. Reilly – The Anniversary Party	Carrie-Anne Moss – Memento Davenia McFadden – Stranger Inside Summer Phoenix – The Believer Uma Thurman – Tape Tamara Tunie – The Caveman's Valentine
Best Screenplay	Best First Screenplay
Memento – Christopher Nolan^[4] The Believer – Henry Bean In the Bedroom – Robert Festinger and Todd Field Monster's Ball – Milo Addica and Will Rokos Waking Life – Richard Linklater	Ghost World – Daniel Clowes and Terry Zwigoff The Anniversary Party – Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alan Cumming Donnie Darko – Richard Kelly Hedwig and the Angry Inch – John Cameron Mitchell L.I.E. – Stephen M. Ryder, Michael Cuesta and Gerald Cuesta
Best First Feature	Best Debut Performance
In the Bedroom The Anniversary Party The Believer Donnie Darko Ghost World	Paul Franklin Dano – L.I.E. Hilary Howard, Anthony Leslie and Mitchell Riggs – Kaaterskill Falls Clint Jordan – Virgil Bliss Ana Reeder – Acts of Worship Yolonda Ross – Stranger Inside
Best Cinematography	Best Documentary Feature
Mulholland Drive – Peter Deming The American Astronaut – W. Mott Hupfel III The Deep End – Giles Nuttgens Hedwig and the Angry Inch – Frank G. DeMarco Memento – Wally Pfister	Dogtown and Z-Boys Go Tigers! LaLee's Kin: The Legacy of Cotton Promises Scratch
Best International Film
Amélie • France Amores Perros • Mexico Lumumba • Belgium/France/Germany/Haiti Sexy Beast • Spain/UK Together • Denmark/Italy/Sweden

Nominations	Film
7	L.I.E.
5	Hedwig and the Angry Inch
5	Memento
3	Acts of Worship
	The Anniversary Party
	Donnie Darko
	Ghost World
	Waking Life

Awards	Film
4	Memento
3	In the Bedroom
2	Ghost World
2	L.I.E.

17th_Independent_Spirit_Awards

17th Independent Spirit Awards

Winners and nominees

Special awards

John Cassavetes Award

Truer Than Fiction Award

Producers Award

Someone to Watch Award

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations

Films that won multiple awards

References

External links

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