20th Independent Spirit Awards

The 20th ceremony of the Independent Spirit Awards took place on February 26, 2005 and was hosted by Samuel L. Jackson.

Summary

The film of the year was Alexander Payne's comedy Sideways with six awards. The film directed Joshua Marston's debut film Maria Full of Grace ( Maria Full of Grace) (two Awards, three nominations ), Bill Condon's biography of Kinsey ( four nominations, no award ) and Walter Salles ' Che Guevara film The Motorcycle Diaries ( diarios de motocicleta ) ( two awards, nominated ) to the places. And the foreign film award The Sea Inside ( Mar adentro ): Children in the red light district of Kolkata ( Calcutta 's Red Light Kids Born Into Brothels ) - the documentation were born in the brothel As at the Oscars even at the Spirit Awards.

Winners and nominees

Best Picture

Sideways - Michael London

Best Debut Film

Garden State - Zach Braff, Pamela Abdy, Gary Gilbert, Dan Halsted, Richard Klubeck

Best Documentary

Metallica: Some Kind of Monster - Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky

Best Actor

Paul Giamatti - Sideways

Best Actress

Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace ( Maria Full of Grace)

Best Supporting Actor

Thomas Haden Church - Sideways

Best Supporting Actress

Virginia Madsen - Sideways

Best screen debut

Rodrigo de la Serna - The Motorcycle Diaries ( Diarios de motocicleta )

Best Director

Alexander Payne - Sideways

Best Screenplay

Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor - Sideways

Best Screenplay debut

Joshua Marston - Maria Full of Grace ( Maria Full of Grace)

Best Camera

Éric Gautier - The Motorcycle Diaries ( Diarios de motocicleta )

John Cassavetes Award

Jacob Aaron Estes, Susan Johnson, Rick Rosenthal, Hagai Shaham - Mean Creek

Producers Award

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

Truer Than Fiction Award

Zana Briski, Ross Kauffman - Born in the brothel - Children in the red light district of Calcutta ( Born Into Brothels: Calcutta 's Red Light Kids)

Best Foreign Language Film

The Sea Inside ( Mar adentro ) - Alejandro Amenábar

Someone to Watch Award

Jem Cohen - Chain

Special Distinction Award

"These young actors have all presented unpretentious representations which are matched to each other so convincing that it was impossible to extract from them this extraordinary overall performance. "

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