| Best Feature | Best Director |
Stand and Deliver - Hairspray
- Patti Rocks
- The Thin Blue Line
- Torch Song Trilogy
| Ramón Menéndez – Stand and Deliver - David Burton Morris – Patti Rocks
- Errol Morris – The Thin Blue Line
- Oliver Stone – Talk Radio
- John Waters – Hairspray
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| Best Male Lead | Best Female Lead |
| Edward James Olmos – Stand and Deliver | Jodie Foster – Five Corners |
| Best Supporting Male | Best Supporting Female |
| Lou Diamond Phillips – Stand and Deliver | Rosana De Soto – Stand and Deliver |
| Best Screenplay | Best First Feature |
| Stand and Deliver – Ramón Menéndez and Tom Musca | Mystic Pizza |
| Best Cinematography | Best Foreign Film |
| The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Sven Nykvist | Wings of Desire • West Germany |
