Independent Spirit Awards: 2006

Independent Spirit Award

Date:	4 March
Host:	Sarah Silverman
Location:	Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica, California, USA

Best Supporting Male


Winner:
	Crash (2004/I) - Matt Dillon (I)
Other Nominees:
	Broken Flowers (2005) - Jeffrey Wright (I) The Squid and the Whale (2005) - Jesse Eisenberg The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) - Barry Pepper The War Within (2005) - Firdous Bamji

Best Supporting Female


Winner:
	Junebug (2005) - Amy Adams (III)
Other Nominees:
	Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Michelle Williams (I) Happy Endings (2005) - Maggie Gyllenhaal Nine Lives (2005) - Robin Wright Penn Our Very Own (2005) - Allison Janney

Best Director


Winner:
	Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Ang Lee
Other Nominees:
	Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - George Clooney Mysterious Skin (2004) - Gregg Araki Nine Lives (2005) - Rodrigo Garc�a (I) The Squid and the Whale (2005) - Noah Baumbach

Best Screenplay


Winner:
	Capote (2005) - Dan Futterman
Other Nominees:
	Nine Lives (2005) - Rodrigo Garc�a (I) The Squid and the Whale (2005) - Noah Baumbach The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) - Guillermo Arriaga (I) The War Within (2005) - Ayad Akhtar; Joseph Castelo; Tom Glynn (II)

Best First Screenplay


Winner:
	Transamerica (2005) - Duncan Tucker
Other Nominees:
	Fixing Frank (2002) - Ken Hanes (III) Junebug (2005) - Angus MacLachlan Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) - Miranda July The Beautiful Country (2004) - Sabina Murray

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - Robert Elswit
Other Nominees:
	Capote (2005) - Adam Kimmel (I) Keane (2004) - John Foster (III) Last Days (2005) - Harris Savides The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) - Chris Menges

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) - Alex Gibney
Other Nominees:
	Grizzly Man (2005) - Werner Herzog La sierra (2005) - Scott Dalton (II); Margarita Martinez Romántico (2005) - Mark Becker (I) Sir! No Sir! (2005) - David Zeiger

Best Foreign Film


Winner:
	Paradise Now (2005) - Hany Abu-Assad - Palestine/Netherlands/Germany/France.
Other Nominees:
	Gegen die Wand (2004) - Fatih Akin - Germany/Turkey. Moartea domnului Lazarescu (2005) - Cristi Puiu - Romania. Temporada de patos (2004) - Fernando Eimbcke - Mexico. Tony Takitani (2004) - Jun Ichikawa (I) - Japan.

Best Female Lead


Winner:
	Transamerica (2005) - Felicity Huffman
Other Nominees:
	Forty Shades of Blue (2005) - Dina Korzun Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV) - S. Epatha Merkerson Room (2005/I) - Cyndi Williams (I) The Squid and the Whale (2005) - Laura Linney

Best First Feature


Winner:
	Crash (2004/I) - Paul Haggis (director/producer); Cathy Schulman (producer); Don Cheadle (producer); Bob Yari (producer); Mark R. Harris (I) (producer); Robert Moresco (producer)
Other Nominees:
	Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV) - George C. Wolfe (director); Halle Berry (producer); Vince Cirrincione (producer); Ruben Santiago-Hudson (producer); Nellie Nugiel (producer); Shelby Stone (producer) Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) - Miranda July (director); Gina Kwon (producer) Thumbsucker (2005) - Mike Mills (II) (director); Anthony Bregman (producer); Bob Stephenson (II) (producer) Transamerica (2005) - Duncan Tucker (director); Sebastian Dungan (producer); Linda Moran (I) (producer); Rene Bastian (producer)

Best Feature


Winner:
	Brokeback Mountain (2005) - James Schamus; Diana Ossana
Other Nominees:
	Capote (2005) - Caroline Baron (I); William Vince (I); Michael Ohoven Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - Grant Heslov The Squid and the Whale (2005) - Wes Anderson (I); Peter Newman (I); Charlie Corwin; Clara Markowicz The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) - Michael Fitzgerald (II); Tommy Lee Jones; Luc Besson; Pierre-Ange Le Pogam

Best Male Lead


Winner:
	Capote (2005) - Philip Seymour Hoffman
Other Nominees:
	Brokeback Mountain (2005) - Heath Ledger Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - David Strathairn Hustle & Flow (2005) - Terrence Howard The Squid and the Whale (2005) - Jeff Daniels (I)


Winner:
	Conventioneers (2005) - Mora Stephens (director/writer); Joel Viertel (producer/writer)
Other Nominees:
	Brick (2005) - Rian Johnson (director/writer); Ram Bergman (producer); Mark G. Mathis (producer) Jellysmoke (2005) - Mark Banning (III) (director/writer/producer); Cliff Charles (I) (producer); Mad Matthewz (producer) Room (2005/I) - Kyle Henry (I) (director/writer); Jesse Scolaro (producer); Allen Bain (producer); Darren Goldberg (I) (producer) The Puffy Chair (2005) - Jay Duplass (director/writer); Mark Duplass (producer/writer)


Winner:
	Occupation: Dreamland (2005) - Garrett Scott; Ian Olds
Other Nominees:
	Our Brand Is Crisis (2005) - Rachel Boynton Romántico (2005) - Mark Becker (I) Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela (2005) - Thomas Allen Harris


Winner:
	Capote (2005) - Caroline Baron (I) - Also for Monsoon Wedding (2001).
Other Nominees:
	Brick (2005) - Ram Bergman - Also for Conversations with Other Women (2005). Junebug (2005) - Mike S. Ryan - Also for Palindromes (2004).


Winner:
	Cavite (2005) - Ian Gamazon; Neill Dela Llana
Other Nominees:
	Police Beat (2005) - Robinson Devor The Puffy Chair (2005) - Jay Duplass