Independent Spirit Awards 2005

21st Independent Spirit Awards

March 4, 2006

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Best Film:
Brokeback Mountain

The 21st Independent Spirit Awards, given by Film Independent on 4 March, 2006, awarded who they thought were best in movie for 2005.

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote

• Jeff Daniels - The Squid and the Whale
• Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
• Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
• David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck.

Best Actress

Felicity Huffman - Transamerica

• Laura Linney - The Squid and the Whale
• Dina Korzun - Forty Shades of Blue
• S. Epatha Merkerson - Lackawanna Blues
• Cyndi Williams - Room

Best Cinematography

Good Night, and Good Luck. - Robert Elswit

• Capote
• Keane
• Last Days
• The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Best Director

Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain

• Gregg Araki - Mysterious Skin
• Noah Baumbach - The Squid and the Whale
• George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Rodrigo García Barcha - Nine Lives

Best Documentary Film

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Best Film

Brokeback Mountain

• Capote
• Good Night, and Good Luck.
• The Squid and the Whale
• The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

Best First Film

Crash

• Lackawanna Blues
• Cirrincione
• Me and You and Everyone We Know
• Thumbsucker
• Transamerica

Best Foreign Language Film

Paradise Now, Palestinian Authority

• The Death of Mister Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lazarescu), Romania
• Duck Season (Temporada de patos), Mexico
• Head-On (Gegen die Wand), Germany/Turkey
• Tony Takitani, Japan

Best Screenplay

Capote - Dan Futterman

• Nine Lives - Rodrigo García
• The Squid and the Whale - Noah Baumbach
• The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - Guillermo Arriaga
• The War Within - Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo and Tom Glynn

• Best Screenplay (first):
  • Transamerica - Duncan Tucker

Best Supporting Actor

Matt Dillon - Crash

• Firdous Bamji - The War Within
• Jesse Eisenberg - The Squid and the Whale
• Barry Pepper - The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
• Jeffrey Wright - Broken Flowers

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams - Junebug

• Maggie Gyllenhaal - Happy Endings
• Allison Janney - Our Very Own
• Robin Wright Penn - Nine Lives
• Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

Award breakdown

• 2/2: Crash
• 2/3: Transamerica
• 2/4: Brokeback Mountain
• 2/4: Capote
• 1/2: Junebug
• 1/4: Good Night, and Good Luck.

Biggest losers:

• 0/6: The Squid and the Whale
• 0/3: Nine Lives
• 0/2: Lackawanna Blues (TV movie)
• 0/2: Me and You and Everyone We Know
• 0/2: Room