20th Independent Spirit Awards

The 2004 Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2004, were announced on February 26, 2005. It was hosted by Samuel L. Jackson.

Nominees and winners

Best Feature

Sideways

• Baadasssss!
• Kinsey
• Maria Full of Grace
• Primer

Best First Feature

Garden State

• Brother to Brother
• Napoleon Dynamite
• Saints and Soldiers
• The Woodsman

Best Director

Alexander Payne – Sideways

• Shane Carruth – Primer
• Joshua Marston – Maria Full of Grace
• Walter Salles – The Motorcycle Diaries
• Mario Van Peebles – Baadasssss!

Best Male Lead

Paul Giamatti – Sideways

• Kevin Bacon – The Woodsman
• Jeff Bridges – The Door in the Floor
• Jamie Foxx – Redemption
• Liam Neeson – Kinsey

Best Female Lead

Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace

• Kimberly Elise – Woman Thou Art Loosed
• Vera Farmiga – Down to the Bone
• Judy Marte – On the Outs
• Kyra Sedgwick – Cavedweller

Best Supporting Male

Thomas Haden Church – Sideways

• Jon Gries – Napoleon Dynamite
• Aidan Quinn – Cavedweller
• Roger Robinson – Brother to Brother
• Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey

Best Supporting Female

Virginia Madsen – Sideways

• Cate Blanchett – Coffee and Cigarettes
• Loretta Devine – Woman Thou Art Loosed
• Robin Simmons – Robbing Peter
• Yenny Paola Vega – Maria Full of Grace

Best Screenplay

Sideways – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor

• Baadasssss! – Mario Van Peebles and Dennis Haggerty
• Before Sunset – Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke
• The Door in the Floor – Tod Williams
• Kinsey – Bill Condon

Best First Screenplay

Maria Full of Grace – Joshua Marston

• Brother to Brother – Rodney Evans
• Garden State – Zach Braff
• Primer – Shane Carruth
• Robbing Peter – Mario F. de la Vega

Best Cinematography

The Motorcycle Diaries – Eric Gautier

• Dandelion – Tim Orr
• Redemption – David Greene
• Saints and Soldiers – Ryan Little
• We Don't Live Here Anymore – Maryse Alberti

Best Foreign Film

The Sea Inside • Spain

• Bad Education • Spain
• Oasis • South Korea
• Red Lights • France
• Yesterday • South Africa

Best Documentary Feature

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

• Bright Leaves
• Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed
• Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust
• Tarnation

Best Debut Performance

Rodrigo de la Serna – The Motorcycle Diaries

• Anthony Mackie – Brother to Brother
• Louie Olivos Jr. – Robbing Peter
• Hannah Pilkes – The Woodsman
• David Sullivan – Primer

John Cassavetes Award

Mean Creek

• Down to the Bone
• On the Outs
• Robbing Peter
• Unknown Soldier

Truer Than Fiction Award

Born into Brothels

• Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed
• Control Room
• Farmingville

Producers Award

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

• Danielle Renfrew – November and Groove
• Sean Covel and Chris Wyatt – Napoleon Dynamite and Think Tank

Someone to Watch Award

Jem Cohen – Chain

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

Special Distinction Award

• The ensemble cast of Mean Creek: Rory Culkin, Ryan Kelley, Scott Mechlowicz, Trevor Morgan, Josh Peck and Carly Schroeder

External links

• 2004 Spirit Awards at IMDb