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