Independent Spirit Awards of 2005

21st Independent Spirit Awards

March 4, 2006

----Best Film:
Brokeback Mountain

The 21st Independent Spirit Awards, given by Film Independent on 4 March, 2006, will honor the best in film for 2005.

Winners

*Best Actor:
**Philip Seymour Hoffman - "Capote"
*Best Actress:
**Felicity Huffman - "Transamerica"
*Best Cinematography:
**"Good Night, and Good Luck." - Robert Elswit
*Best Director:
**Ang Lee - "Brokeback Mountain"
*Best Documentary Feature:
**""
*Best Film:
** "Brokeback Mountain"
*Best First Feature:
**"Crash
*Best Foreign Language Film:
**"Paradise Now", Palestine/Germany/Netherlands/Israel
*Best Screenplay:
**"Capote" - Dan Futterman
*Best Screenplay (first):
**"Transamerica" - Duncan Tucker
*Best Supporting Actor:
**Matt Dillon - "Crash"
*Best Supporting Actress:
**Amy Adams - "Junebug"

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

Nominees

*"'Best Picture:
**"Capote
**"Good Night, and Good Luck.
**"The Squid and the Whale
**"The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

*"'Best First Feature:
**"Lackawanna Blues
**"Cirrincione
**"Me and You and Everyone We Know
**"Thumbsucker
**"Transamerica

*"'Best Supporting Male:
**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 Screenplay:
**"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 Cinematography:
**"Capote
**"Keane
**"Last Days
**"The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada