Independent Spirit Awards
Nominees for the 2005 independent film awards ceremony announced
By Venus Zine Staff
Published: December 9th, 2004 | 10:01am
The 20th annual IFP Independent Spirit Awards will be held on February 26.
BEST FEATURE
(Award given to the producer)
Baadasssss!
Producer: Mario Van Peebles
Kinsey
Producer: Gail Mutrux
Maria Full of Grace
Producer: Paul Mezey
Primer
Producer: Shane Carruth
Sideways
Producer: Michael London
BEST FIRST FEATURE
(Award given to the director and producer)
Brother to Brother
Director: Rodney Evans
Producers: Rodney Evans, Jim McKay, Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof
Garden State
Director: Zach Braff
Producers: Pamela Abdy, Gary Gilbert, Dan Halsted, Richard Klubeck
Napoleon Dynamite
Director: Jared Hess
Producers: Jeremy Coon, Sean C. Covel, Chris Wyatt
Saints and Soldiers
Director: Ryan Little
Producers: Adam Abel, Ryan Little
The Woodsman
Director: Nicole Kassell
Producer: Lee Daniels
JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD
(Given to the best feature made for under $500,000; Award given to the writer, director, and producer)
Down to the Bone
Director: Debra Granik
Writers: Debra Granik, Richard Lieske
Producers: Susan Leber, Anne Rosellini
Mean Creek
Writer/Director: Jacob Aaron Estes
Producers: Susan Johnson, Rick Rosenthal, Hagai Shaham
On the Outs
Directors: Lori Silverbush, Michael Skolnik
Writer: Lori Silverbush
Producers: Lori Silverbush, Michael Skolnik
Robbing Peter
Writer/Director: Mario F. de la Vega
Producers: T. Todd Flinchum, Lisa Y. Garibay, Mario F. de la Vega
Unknown Soldier
Writer/Director: Ferenc Toth
Producers: Sean Bachrodt, Seth Eisman, Chachi Senior, Ferenc Toth
BEST DIRECTOR
Shane Carruth, Primer
Joshua Marston, Maria Full of Grace
Alexander Payne, Sideways
Walter Salles, The Motorcycle Diaries
Mario Van Peebles, Baadasssss!
BEST SCREENPLAY
Mario Van Peebles & Dennis Haggerty, Baadasssss!
Richard Linklater & Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke, Before Sunset
Tod Williams, The Door in the Floor
Bill Condon, Kinsey
Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor, Sideways
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Rodney Evans, Brother to Brother
Zach Braff, Garden State
Joshua Marston, Maria Full of Grace
Shane Carruth, Primer
Mario F. De La Vega, Robbing Peter
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Kimberly Elise, Woman Thou Art Loosed
Vera Farmiga, Down to the Bone
Judy Marte, On the Outs
Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace
Kyra Sedgwick, Cavedweller
BEST MALE LEAD
Kevin Bacon, The Woodsman
Jeff Bridges, The Door in the Floor
Jamie Foxx, Redemption
Paul Giamatti, Sideways
Liam Neeson, Kinsey
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Cate Blanchett, Coffee and Cigarettes
Loretta Devine, Woman Thou Art Loosed
Virginia Madsen, Sideways
Robin Simmons, Robbing Peter
Yenny Paola Vega, Maria Full of Grace
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Thomas Haden Church, Sideways
Jon Gries, Napoleon Dynamite
Aidan Quinn, Cavedweller
Roger Robinson, Brother to Brother
Peter Sarsgaard, Kinsey
BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE
(Actors in their first significant role in a feature film)
Anthony Mackie, Brother to Brother
Louie Olivos, Jr., Robbing Peter
Hannah Pilkes, The Woodsman
Rodrigo de la Serna, The Motorcycle Diaries
David Sullivan, Primer
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Tim Orr, Dandelion
Eric Gautier, The Motorcycle Diaries
David Greene, Redemption
Ryan Little, Saints and Soldiers
Maryse Alberti, We Don't Live Here Anymore
BEST DOCUMENTARY
(Award given to the director)
Bright Leaves
Director: Ross McElwee
Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed
Director: Shola Lynch
Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust
Directors: Menachem Daum, Oren Rudavsky
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Directors: Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky
Tarnation
Director: Jonathan Caouette
BEST FOREIGN FILM
(Award given to the director)
Bad Education (Spain)
Director: Pedro Almodóvar
Oasis (South Korea)
Director: Lee Chang-Dong
Red Lights (France)
Director: Cédric Kahn
The Sea Inside (Spain)
Director: Alejandro Amenábar
Yesterday (South Africa)
Director: Darrell James Roodt
TURNING LEAF SOMEONE TO WATCH AWARD
Jem Cohen, director of Chain
Bryan Poyser, director of Dear Pillow
Jennifer Reeves, director of The Time We Killed
DIRECTV/IFC TRUER THAN FICTION AWARD
Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman for Born Into Brothels
Shola Lynch for Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed
Jehane Noujaim for Control Room
Carlos Sandoval and Catherine Tambini for Farmingville
For more info, check out the IFP site at ifp.org
Issue #41
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