Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
The 20th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring excellence in independent film, took place on Feb. 26, 2005, on Santa Monica beach.
| Feature | Sideways |
| First Feature | Zach Braff, Garden State |
| John Cassavetes Award (Feature Less Than $500,000) | Jacob Aaron Estes, Mean Creek |
| Male Lead | Paul Giamatti, Sideways |
| Female Lead | Catalina Sandino Moreno, Maria Full of Grace |
| Supporting Male | Thomas Haden Church, Sideways |
| Supporting Female | Virginia Madsen, Sideways |
| Debut Performance | Rodrigo de la Serna, The Motorcycle Diaries |
| Director | Alexander Payne, Sideways |
| Screenplay | Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor, Sideways |
| First Screenplay | Joshua Martson, Maria Full of Grace |
| Cinematography | Eric Gautier, The Motorcycle Diaries |
| Foreign Film | Alejandro Amenábar, The Sea Inside (Spain) |
| Documentary | Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster |
| Turning Leaf Someone to Watch Award | Jem Cohen, Chain |
| Bravo/American Express Producers Award | Gina Kwon, |
| DIRECTV/IFC Truer Than Fiction Award | Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman, Born into Brothels |
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