The 19th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2003, were announced on February 28, 2004. It was hosted by John Waters.
Nominees and winners
{| class="wikitable" !Best Feature !Best Director |- |Lost in Translation
American Splendor In America Raising Victor Vargas Shattered Glass |Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini – American Splendor Jim Sheridan – In America Peter Sollett – Raising Victor Vargas Gus Van Sant – Elephant |- !Best Male Lead !Best Female Lead |- |Bill Murray – Lost in Translation
Peter Dinklage – The Station Agent Paul Giamatti – American Splendor Ben Kingsley – House of Sand and Fog Lee Pace – Soldier's Girl |Charlize Theron – Monster Agnes Bruckner – Blue Car Zooey Deschanel – All the Real Girls Samantha Morton – In America Elisabeth Moss – Virgin |- !Best Supporting Male !Best Supporting Female |- |Djimon Hounsou – In America
Judah Friedlander – American Splendor Troy Garity – Soldier's Girl Alessandro Nivola – Laurel Canyon Peter Sarsgaard – Shattered Glass |Shohreh Aghdashloo – House of Sand and Fog Sarah Bolger – In America Patricia Clarkson – Pieces of April Hope Davis – The Secret Lives of Dentists Frances McDormand – Laurel Canyon |- !Best Screenplay !Best First Screenplay |- |Lost in Translation – Sofia CoppolaAmerican Splendor – Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini A Mighty Wind – Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy (and the rest of the cast) Pieces of April – Peter Hedges Shattered Glass – Billy Ray |The Station Agent – Tom McCarthyBlue Car – Karen Moncrieff Monster – Patty Jenkins Raising Victor Vargas – Peter Sollett and Eva Vives Thirteen – Catherine Hardwicke and Nikki Reed |- !Best First Feature !Best Debut Performance |- |Monster
Bomb the System House of Sand and Fog Quattro Noza Thirteen |Nikki Reed – Thirteen Anna Kendrick – Camp Judy Marte – Raising Victor Vargas Victor Rasuk – Raising Victor Vargas Janice Richardson – Anne B. Real |- !Best Cinematography !Best Documentary Feature |- |In America – Declan QuinnElephant – Harris Savides Northfork – M. David Mullen Quattro Noza – Derek Cianfrance Shattered Glass – Mandy Walker |The Fog of War Mayor of the Sunset Strip My Architect OT: Our Town Power Trip |- ! colspan="2" | Best Foreign Film |- | colspan="2" |Whale Rider • New ZealandCity of God • Brazil Lilya 4-Ever • Denmark The Magdalene Sisters • England/Ireland The Triplets of Belleville • France
Special awards John Cassavetes AwardThe Station Agent Anne B. Real Better Luck Tomorrow Pieces of April Virgin
Truer Than Fiction Award Lost Boys of Sudan Flag Wars My Architect The Same River Twice
Producers Award Mary Jane Skalski – The Jimmy Show and The Station Agent Callum Greene and Anthony Katagas – Happy Here and Now and Homework Lauren Moews – Cabin Fever and Briar Patch
Someone to Watch Award Andrew Bujalski – Funny Ha Ha Ben Coccio – Zero Day Ryan Eslinger – Madness and Genius
Special Distinction Award 21 Grams
Films with multiple wins and nominations Films with multiple nominations Nominations Film6In America 5American SplendorRaising Victor Vargas 4Lost in TranslationShattered Glass 3House of Sand and FogMonsterPieces of AprilThirteen 2Anne B. RealBlue CarElephantMy ArchitectSoldier's Girl
Films with multiple wins NominationsFilm4Lost in Translation3The Station Agent 2In AmericaMonster
External links 2003 Spirit Awards at IMDb Full show on Film Independent's YouTube channel
References