Updated September 9, 2022 |
Infoplease Staff
The 21st Independent Spirit Awards, honoring excellence in independent film, took place on March 4, 2006, on Santa Monica beach.
| Feature | Brokeback Mountain |
| First Feature | Paul Haggis, Crash |
| John Cassavetes Award (Feature Less Than $500,000) | Mora Stephens, Conventioneers |
| Male Lead | Philip Seymour Hoffman, Capote |
| Female Lead | Felicity Huffman, Transamerica |
| Supporting Male | Matt Dillon, Crash |
| Supporting Female | Amy Adams, Junebug |
| Director | Ang Lee, Brokeback Mountain |
| Screenplay | Dan Futterman, Capote |
| First Screenplay | Duncan Tucker, Transamerica |
| Cinematography | Robert Elswit, Good Night, and Good Luck |
| Foreign Film | Hany Abu-Assad, Paradise Now (Palestine) |
| Documentary | Alex Gibney, Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room |
| Turning Leaf Someone to Watch Award | Ian Gamazon and Neill Dela Llana, directors, Cavite |
| Bravo/American Express Producers Award | Caroline Baron, |
| Truer Than Fiction Award | Ian Olds and Garrett Scott, Occupation: Dreamland |
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