13th Independent Spirit Awards

The 13th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 1997, were announced on March 21, 1998. It was hosted by John Turturro.

Nominees and winners

Films that received multiple nominations

Films that won multiple awards

Special awards

Truer Than Fiction Award

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control

• Colors Straight Up
• Family Name
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• Soul in the Hole

Scott Macauley and Robin O'Hara – Habit

• Margot Bridger – Arresting Gena & The Delta
• Lisa Onodera – Picture Bride & Forbidden City U.S.A.
• Richard Raddon – Shooting Lilly & The Making of '...And God Spoke
• Susan A. Stover – High Art & River of Grass

Scott Saunders – The Headhunter's Sister

• Erin Dignam – Loved
• Tim Blake Nelson – Eye of God