Independent Spirit Awards: 2005

Independent Spirit Award

Date:	26 February
Host:	Samuel L. Jackson
Location:	Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica, California, USA

Best Supporting Female


Winner:
	Sideways (2004) - Virginia Madsen
Other Nominees:
	Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) - Cate Blanchett Maria Full of Grace (2004) - Yenny Paola Vega Robbing Peter (2004) - Robin Simmons Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004) - Loretta Devine

Best Supporting Male


Winner:
	Sideways (2004) - Thomas Haden Church
Other Nominees:
	Brother to Brother (2004) - Roger Robinson (I) Cavedweller (2004) (TV) - Aidan Quinn (I) Kinsey (2004) - Peter Sarsgaard Napoleon Dynamite (2004) - Jon Gries

Best Director


Winner:
	Sideways (2004) - Alexander Payne (I)
Other Nominees:
	Diarios de motocicleta (2004) - Walter Salles How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (2003) - Mario Van Peebles Maria Full of Grace (2004) - Joshua Marston Primer (2004) - Shane Carruth

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Sideways (2004) - Alexander Payne (I); Jim Taylor (III)
Other Nominees:
	Before Sunset (2004) - Richard Linklater; Julie Delpy; Ethan Hawke Door in the Floor, The (2004) - Tod Williams How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (2003) - Mario Van Peebles; Dennis Haggerty (I) Kinsey (2004) - Bill Condon

Best First Screenplay


Winner:
	Maria Full of Grace (2004) - Joshua Marston
Other Nominees:
	Brother to Brother (2004) - Rodney Evans Garden State (2004) - Zach Braff Primer (2004) - Shane Carruth Robbing Peter (2004) - Mario F. de la Vega

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Diarios de motocicleta (2004) - Eric Gautier
Other Nominees:
	Dandelion (2004) - Tim Orr (II) Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004) (TV) - David Greene (VII) Saints and Soldiers (2003) - Ryan Little (I) We Don't Live Here Anymore (2004) - Maryse Alberti

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004) - Joe Berlinger; Bruce Sinofsky
Other Nominees:
	Bright Leaves (2003) - Ross McElwee Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004) - Shola Lynch Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust (2004) - Menachem Daum; Oren Rudavsky Tarnation (2003) - Jonathan Caouette

Best Foreign Film


Winner:
	Mar adentro (2004/I) - Alejandro Amen�bar - Spain.
Other Nominees:
	Feux rouges (2004) - C�dric Kahn - France. Mala educación, La (2004) - Pedro Almod�var - Spain. Oasis (2002) - Chang-dong Lee - South Korea. Yesterday (2004) - Darrell Roodt - South Africa.

Best First Feature


Winner:
	Garden State (2004) - Zach Braff (director); Pamela Abdy (producer); Gary Gilbert (I) (producer); Dan Halsted (I) (producer); Richard Klubeck (producer)
Other Nominees:
	Brother to Brother (2004) - Rodney Evans (director/producer); Jim McKay (I) (producer); Isen Robbins (producer); Aimee Schoof (producer) Napoleon Dynamite (2004) - Jared Hess (director); Jeremy Coon (producer); Sean Covel (producer); Chris Wyatt (IV) (producer) Saints and Soldiers (2003) - Ryan Little (I) (director/producer); Adam Abel (producer) Woodsman, The (2004) - Nicole Kassell (director); Lee Daniels (I) (producer)

Best Male Lead


Winner:
	Sideways (2004) - Paul Giamatti
Other Nominees:
	Door in the Floor, The (2004) - Jeff Bridges (I) Kinsey (2004) - Liam Neeson Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story (2004) (TV) - Jamie Foxx Woodsman, The (2004) - Kevin Bacon

Best Debut Performance


Winner:
	Diarios de motocicleta (2004) - Rodrigo De la Serna
Other Nominees:
	Brother to Brother (2004) - Anthony Mackie Primer (2004) - David Sullivan (IX) Robbing Peter (2004) - Louie Olivos Jr. Woodsman, The (2004) - Hannah Pilkes

Best Feature


Winner:
	Sideways (2004) - Michael London (II)
Other Nominees:
	How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass (2003) - Mario Van Peebles Kinsey (2004) - Gail Mutrux Maria Full of Grace (2004) - Paul Mezey Primer (2004) - Shane Carruth

Best Female Lead


Winner:
	Maria Full of Grace (2004) - Catalina Sandino Moreno
Other Nominees:
	Cavedweller (2004) (TV) - Kyra Sedgwick Down to the Bone (2004) - Vera Farmiga On the Outs (2004) - Judy Marte Woman Thou Art Loosed (2004) - Kimberly Elise


Winner:
	Mean Creek (2004) - Rory Culkin; Ryan Kelley (I); Scott Mechlowicz; Trevor Morgan (I); Josh Peck (I); Carly Schroeder - To the ensemble cast. - "These young actors turned in performances so uniformly unselfish, and so intricately in tune with one another, that it became impossible to single any one of them out from their extraordinary achievement together. Their work is of such high quality that it moves beyond craft to achieve that mysterious truth and beauty that constitutes the finest acting." (nominating committee)


Winner:
	Mean Creek (2004) - Jacob Aaron Estes (director/writer); Susan Johnson (I) (producer); Rick Rosenthal (I) (producer); Hagai Shaham (producer)
Other Nominees:
	Down to the Bone (2004) - Debra Granik (director/writer); Richard Lieske (writer); Susan Leber (producer); Anne Rosellini (producer) On the Outs (2004) - Lori Silverbush (director/writer/producer); Michael Skolnik (director/producer) Robbing Peter (2004) - Mario F. de la Vega (director/writer/producer); T. Todd Flinchum (producer); Lisa Y. Garibay (producer) Unknown Soldier (2004) - Ferenc T�th (I) (director/writer/producer); Sean Bachrodt (producer); Seth Eisman (producer); Chachi Senior (producer)


Winner:
	Born Into Brothels: Calcutta's Red Light Kids (2004) - Zana Briski; Ross Kauffman (I)
Other Nominees:
	Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004) - Shola Lynch Control Room (2004) - Jehane Noujaim Farmingville (2004) - Carlos Sandoval (II); Catherine Tambini


Winner:
	Good Girl, The (2002) - Gina Kwon - Also for Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) and Motel, The (2005).
Other Nominees:
	Napoleon Dynamite (2004) - Sean Covel; Chris Wyatt (IV) - Also for Think Tank (2006). November (2004) - Danielle Renfrew - Also for Groove (2000).


Winner:
	Chain (2004) - Jem Cohen
Other Nominees:
	Dear Pillow (2004) - Bryan Poyser Time We Killed, The (2004) - Jennifer Reeves (I)