Gotham Independent Film Awards 2004

The 14th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held on December 1, 2004.^[1][2] The nominees for Breakthrough Actor and Director were announced on November 1, 2004 and the nominees in the film categories were announced on November 10, 2004.^[3][4] The ceremony was hosted by Bob Balaban.^[5][6][7] It was the first Gotham Award ceremony where the prizes for Best Feature and Best Documentary were awarded.

14th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Date	December 1, 2004 (2004-12-01)
Country	United States
Presented by	Independent Filmmaker Project
Hosted by	Bob Balaban
Highlights
Most wins	Maria Full of Grace (2)
Most nominations	Brother to Brother, Maria Full of Grace, and The Woodsman (2)
Best Feature	Sideways
Breakthrough Director	Joshua Marston – Maria Full of Grace
Website	https://gotham.ifp.org
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Winners and nominees

Best Feature Sideways Before Sunset Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind I Heart Huckabees Primer	Best Documentary Feature The Agronomist Bright Leaves Fahrenheit 9/11 In the Realms of the Unreal Tarnation
Breakthrough Director Joshua Marston – Maria Full of Grace Rodney Evans – Brother to Brother Debra Granik – Down to the Bone Nicole Kassell – The Woodsman Lori Silverbush and Michael Skolnik – On the Outs	Breakthrough Actor Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace as Maria Álvarez Mos Def – The Woodsman as Sgt. Lucas Ensemble cast of Everyday People Anthony Mackie – Brother to Brother as Perry Dallas Roberts – A Home at the End of the World as Jonathan Glover

Special awards

Celebrate New York Award

• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Gotham Tributes

• Don Cheadle
• Mike Leigh
• Michael Moore
• Dan Talbot