Back جائزة الروح المستقلة لأفضل أول فيلم Arabic Independent Spirit Award a la meyor ópera prima AST Independent Spirit a la millor primera pel·lícula Catalan Independent Spirit Award/Bester Debütfilm German Anexo:Independent Spirit Award a la mejor ópera prima Spanish Film Pertama Terbaik (Independent Spirit Award) ID Independent Spirit Award per il miglior film d'esordio Italian Premiul Independent Spirit pentru cel mai bun film de debut Romanian Giải Tinh thần độc lập cho phim đầu tay hay nhất Vietnamese 獨立精神獎最佳首部影片 Chinese
| Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature | |
|---|---|
| Presented by | Independent Spirit Awards |
| First awarded | She's Gotta Have It (1986) |
| Currently held by | A Thousand and One (2023) |
| Website | spiritawards |
The Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature is one of the annual Independent Spirit Awards. It is usually given to the director (or directors) and producer (or producers). The "first feature" designation is applied to the director not the producer(s). Therefore, producers have been nominated multiple times. It was first presented in 1986 with Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It being the first recipient of the award.
In 2000, this category was split into two separate categories: one for films with budgets over $500,000 and a new category, the Independent Spirit John Cassavetes Award, which was restricted to films with budgets under $500,000. In 2001, films could be eligible regardless of their budget as long as it was feature film directorial debut.