20th Independent Spirit Awards

The 20th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2004, were announced on February 26, 2005. It was hosted by Samuel L. Jackson.[1][2][3] [4][5]

20th Independent Spirit Awards
DateFebruary 26, 2005
SiteU.S.
Hosted bySamuel L. Jackson
Highlights
Best FilmSideways
Most awardsSideways (6)
Most nominationsSideways (6)

Nominees and winners

Best Feature

Sideways

Best First Feature

Garden State

Best Director

Alexander Payne Sideways

Best Male Lead

Paul Giamatti Sideways

Best Female Lead

Catalina Sandino Moreno Maria Full of Grace

Best Supporting Male

Thomas Haden Church Sideways

Best Supporting Female

Virginia Madsen Sideways

Best Screenplay

Sideways Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor

Best First Screenplay

Maria Full of Grace Joshua Marston

Best Cinematography

The Motorcycle Diaries Eric Gautier

Best Foreign Film

The Sea InsideSpain

Best Documentary Feature

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

Best Debut Performance

Rodrigo de la Serna The Motorcycle Diaries

John Cassavetes Award

Mean Creek

Truer Than Fiction Award

Born into Brothels

Producers Award

Gina Kwon The Good Girl, Me and You and Everyone We Know and The Motel

Someone to Watch Award

Jem Cohen Chain

  • Bryan Poyser Dear Pillow
  • Jennifer Reeves The Time We Killed

Special Distinction Award

Films with multiple nominations

  • Sideways-6
  • Maria Full of Grace-5
  • Brother to Brother-4
  • Kinsey-4
  • Primer-4
  • Robbing Peter-4
  • Badasssss!-3
  • The Motorcycle Diaries-3
  • Napoleon Dynamite-3
  • The Woodsman-3
  • Cavedweller-2
  • The Door in the Floor-2
  • Down to the Bone-2
  • Garden State-2
  • On the Outs-2
  • Redemption-2
  • Saints and Soldiers-2
  • Woman Thou Art Loosed-2

Films with multiple wins

  • Sideways-6
  • Maria Full of Grace-2
  • Mean Creek-2
  • The Motorcycle Diaries-2

References

  1. "Independent bids for Spirit Awards". Los Angeles Times. 2004-12-01. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  2. ""Sideways" and "Maria Full of Grace" Lead Spirit Award Nominations". indieWire. 2004-12-01. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  3. "Spirit Awards Toasts 'Sideways' With Sweep of Six Major Categories". Los Angeles Times. 2005-02-27. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  4. "Sideways Wins Six at Independent Spirit Awards". indieWire. 2005-02-28. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  5. "Wine and Spirits". Entertainment Weekly. 2005-03-07. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
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