Independent Spirit Awards of 2004

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The 20th Independent Spirit Awards, given by Film Independent on 26 February 2005, honored the best in film for 2004.

Winners & Nominees

Best Actor

Paul Giamatti - Sideways

• Liam Neeson - Kinsey
• Jamie Foxx - Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story
• Kevin Bacon - The Woodsman
• Jeff Bridges - The Door in the Floor

Best Actress

Catalina Sandino Moreno - Maria Full of Grace

• Judy Marte - On the Outs
• Kimberly Elise - Woman Thou Art Loosed
• Kyra Sedgwick - Cavedweller
• Vera Farmiga - Down to the Bone

Best Cinematography

The Motorcycle Diaries - Eric Gautier

• We Don't Live Here Anymore - Maryse Alberti
• Saints and Soldiers - Ryan Little
• Dandelion - Tim Orr
• Redemption: The Stan Tookie Williams Story - David Greene

Best Debut Performance

Rodrigo de la Serna - The Motorcycle Diaries

• Hannah Pilkes - The Woodsman
• Anthony Mackie - Brother to Brother
• David Sullivan - Primer
• Louie Olivos Jr. - Robbing Peter

Best Director

Alexander Payne - Sideways

• Walter Salles - The Motocycle Diaries
• Mario Van Peebles - Baadasssss!
• Joshua Marston - Maria Full of Grace
• Shane Carruth - Primer

Best Feature

Sideways - Michael London

• Maria Full of Grace - Paul Mezey
• Primer - Shane Carruth
• Kinsey - Gail Mutrux
• Baadasssss! - Mario Van Peebles

Best First Feature

Garden State

• Napoleon Dynamite
• The Woodsman
• Brother to Brother
• Saints and Soldiers

Best First Screenplay

Maria Full of Grace - Joshua Marston

• Robbing Peter - Mario F. de la Vega
• Brother to Brother- Rodney Evans
• Primer - Shane Carruth
• Garden State - Zach Braff

Best Foreign Film

The Sea Inside - Spain - Alejandro Amenabar

• Bad Education - Spain - Pedro Almodovar
• Red Lights - France - Cedric Kahn
• Yesterday - South Africa - Darrell James Roodt
• Oasis - South Korea - Lee Chang-Dong

Best Screenplay

Sideways - Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor

• Kinsey - Bill Condon
• Baadasssss! - Mario Van Peebles, Dennis Haggerty
• Before Sunset - Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke
• The Door in the Floor - Tod Williams

Best Supporting Actor

Thomas Haden Church - Sideways

• Roger Robinson - Brother to Brother
• Aidan Quinn - Cavedweller
• Peter Sarsgaard - Kinsey
• Jon Gries - Napoleon Dynamite

Best Supporting Actress

Virginia Madsen - Sideways

• Cate Blanchett - Coffee and Cigarettes
• Yenny Paola Vega - Maria Full of Grace
• Robin Simmons - Robbing Peter
• Loretta Devine - Woman Thou Art Loosed