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.
Nominees and winners
{| class="wikitable" !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 TaylorBaadasssss! – 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 MarstonBrother 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 GautierDandelion – 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 |- ! colspan="2" | Best International Film |- | colspan="2" | The Sea Inside • SpainBad Education • Spain Oasis • South Korea Red Lights • France Yesterday • South Africa
Special awards
John Cassavetes AwardMean 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 NominationsFilm6 Sideways5Maria Full of Grace 4Brother to BrotherKinseyPrimerRobbing Peter 3Badasssss!The Motorcycle DiariesNapoleon DynamiteThe Woodsman 2CavedwellerThe Door in the FloorDown to the BoneGarden StateOn the OutsRedemptionSaints and SoldiersWoman Thou Art Loosed
Films with multiple wins AwardsFilm6Sideways 2 Maria Full of GraceMean CreekThe Motorcycle Diaries
References
External links 2004 Spirit Awards at IMDb Partial broadcast on official YouTube channel