21st Independent Spirit Awards

The 21st Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2005, were announced on March 4, 2006. It was hosted by Sarah Silverman.[1][2][3][4][5]

21st Independent Spirit Awards
DateMarch 4, 2006
SiteU.S.
Hosted bySarah Silverman
Highlights
Best FilmBrokeback Mountain
Most awardsBrokeback Mountain (2)
Capote (2)
Transamerica (2)
Most nominationsThe Squid and the Whale (6)

Winners and nominees
Ang Lee, Best Director winner
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Best Male Lead winner
Felicity Huffman, Best Female Lead winner
Matt Dillon, Best Supporting Male winner
Amy Adams, Best Supporting Female winner
Best Feature Best Director
Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain
Best Male Lead Best Female Lead
Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
Best Supporting Male Best Supporting Female
Matt Dillon – Crash Amy Adams – Junebug
Best Screenplay Best First Screenplay
Capote – Dan Futterman Transamerica – Duncan Tucker
Best First Feature Best Documentary
Crash Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Best Cinematography Best Foreign Film
Good Night, and Good Luck. – Robert Elswit Paradise Now • Palestine/Netherlands/Germany/France

Films with multiple nominations and awards
Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations Film
6 The Squid and the Whale
4 Brokeback Mountain
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Capote
3 Good Night, and Good Luck.
Nine Lives
Transamerica
2 Crash
Junebug
Lackawanna Blues
Me and You and Everyone We Know
The War Within
Films that won multiple awards
Awards Film
2 Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Transamerica

Special awards

John Cassavetes Award

Conventioneers

Truer Than Fiction Award

Occupation: Dreamland

Producers Award

Caroline Baron – Capote and Monsoon Wedding

Someone to Watch Award

Ian Gamazon and Neill Dela Llana – Cavite

References
  1. "Getting into the Spirit of awards season". Los Angeles Times. 2005-11-30. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  2. "'Whale' of a day at Spirits". Variety. 2005-11-29. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  3. "Indie awards show a cowboy Spirit". Variety. 2006-03-04. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  4. "'Brokeback' named best independent film". USA Today. 2006-03-04. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  5. ""Brokeback," "Capote," "Crash," "Transamerica" Honored With Spirit Awards". indieWire. 2006-03-05. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
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