Independent Spirit Awards 2005 facts for kids
The 21st Independent Spirit Awards, given by Film Independent on 4 March, 2006, will honor the best in movie for 2005.
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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
Images for kids
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Ang Lee, Best Director winner
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Philip Seymour Hoffman, Best Male Lead winner
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Felicity Huffman, Best Female Lead winner
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Matt Dillon, Best Supporting Male winner
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Amy Adams, Best Supporting Female winner
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