1988 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best First Feature Winner

Dirty Dancing
Emile Ardolino
Spending the summer at a Catskills resort with her family, Frances “Baby” Houseman falls in love with the camp’s dance instructor, Johnny Castle.
1988 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best First Feature Nominees

Anna
Yurek Bogayevicz

Hollywood Shuffle
Robert Townsend

Siesta
Mary Lambert
