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

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]

Nominees and winners

Alexander Payne, winner of Best Director and co-winner of Best Screenplay
Paul Giamatti, winner of Best Male Lead
Catalina Sandino Moreno, winner of Best Female Lead
Thomas Haden Church, winner of Best Supporting Male
Virginia Madsen, winner of Best Supporting Female
Best Feature Best Director
Sideways Alexander Payne – Sideways
Best Male Lead Best Female Lead
Paul Giamatti – Sideways Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace
Best Supporting Male Best Supporting Female
Thomas Haden Church – Sideways Virginia Madsen – Sideways
Best Screenplay Best First Screenplay
Sideways – Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Maria Full of Grace – Joshua Marston
Best Cinematography Best Debut Performance
The Motorcycle Diaries – Eric Gautier Rodrigo de la Serna – The Motorcycle Diaries
Best First Feature (Over $500,000) Best Documentary
Garden State Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Best International Film
The Sea Inside • Spain

Special awards

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

Special Distinction Award

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films with multiple nominations

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

Films with multiple wins

Awards Film
6 Sideways
3 Maria Full of Grace
Mean Creek
The Motorcycle Diaries

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.

External links

Independent Spirit Awards
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