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]

20th Independent Spirit Awards
Date	February 26, 2005
Site	U.S.
Hosted by	Samuel L. Jackson
Highlights
Best Film	Sideways
Most awards	Sideways (6)
Most nominations	Sideways (6)
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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 Baadasssss! Kinsey Maria Full of Grace Primer	Alexander Payne – Sideways Shane Carruth – Primer Joshua Marston – Maria Full of Grace Walter Salles – The Motorcycle Diaries Mario Van Peebles – Baadasssss!
Best Male Lead	Best Female Lead
Paul Giamatti – Sideways Kevin Bacon – The Woodsman Jeff Bridges – The Door in the Floor Jamie Foxx – Redemption Liam Neeson – Kinsey	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	Best Supporting Female
Thomas Haden Church – Sideways Jon Gries – Napoleon Dynamite Aidan Quinn – Cavedweller Roger Robinson – Brother to Brother Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey	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	Best First 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	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	Best Debut Performance
The Motorcycle Diaries – Eric Gautier Dandelion – Tim Orr Redemption – David Greene Saints and Soldiers – Ryan Little We Don't Live Here Anymore – Maryse Alberti	Rodrigo de la Serna – The Motorcycle Diaries Anthony Mackie – Brother to Brother Louie Olivos Jr. – Robbing Peter Hannah Pilkes – The Woodsman David Sullivan – Primer
Best First Feature (Over $500,000)	Best Documentary
Garden State Brother to Brother Napoleon Dynamite Saints and Soldiers The Woodsman	Metallica: Some Kind of Monster Bright Leaves Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust Tarnation
Best International Film
The Sea Inside • Spain Bad Education • Spain Oasis • South Korea Red Lights • France Yesterday • South Africa

Special awards

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

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