20th Independent Spirit Awards (2005)
Best Feature
Sideways
Baadasssss!
Kinsey
Maria Full of Grace
Primer
Best Director
Alexander Payne - Sideways
Shane Carruth - Primer
Joshua Marston - Maria Full of Grace
Walter Salles - The Motorcycle Diaries
Mario Van Peebles - Baadasssss!
Best Male Lead
Paul Giamatti - Sideways
Kevin Bacon - The Woodsman
Jeff Bridges - The Door in the Floor
Jamie Foxx - Redemption
Liam Neeson - Kinsey
Best Female Lead
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
Thomas Haden Church - Sideways
Jon Gries - Napoleon Dynamite
Aidan Quinn - Cavedweller
Roger Robinson - Brother to Brother
Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey
Best Supporting Female
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
Sideways - Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor
Baadasssss! - 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
Best Cinematography
The Motorcycle Diaries - Eric Gautier
Dandelion - Tim Orr
Redemption - David Greene
Saints and Soldiers - Ryan Little
We Don't Live Here Anymore - Maryse Alberti
Best International Film
The Sea Inside • Spain
Bad Education • Spain
Oasis • South Korea
Red Lights • France
Yesterday • South Africa
Best Documentary
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Bright Leaves
Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed
Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust
Tarnation
Best First Feature (Over $500,000)
Garden State
Brother to Brother
Napoleon Dynamite
Saints and Soldiers
The Woodsman
Best Debut Performance
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 Screenplay
Maria Full of Grace - Joshua Marston
Brother to Brother - Rodney Evans
Garden State - Zach Braff
Primer - Shane Carruth
Robbing Peter - Mario F. de la Vega