21st Independent Spirit Awards

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21st Independent Spirit Awards
DateMarch 4, 2006
SiteU.S.
Hosted by Sarah Silverman
Highlights
Best Film Brokeback Mountain
Most awardsBrokeback Mountain (2)
Capote (2)
Transamerica (2)
Most nominations The Squid and the Whale (6)

The 21st Independent Spirit Awards , honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2005, were announced on March 4, 2006. It was hosted by Sarah Silverman. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Winners and nominees

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Ang Lee, Best Director winner
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Philip Seymour Hoffman, Best Male Lead winner
Felicity Huffman, Best Female Lead winner FelicityHuffmanHWoFMar2012.jpg
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
Best Feature Best Director
Brokeback Mountain Ang Lee Brokeback Mountain
Best Male Lead Best Female Lead
Philip Seymour Hoffman Capote Felicity Huffman Transamerica
Best Supporting Male Best Supporting Female
Matt Dillon Crash Amy Adams Junebug
Best Screenplay Best First Screenplay
Capote Dan Futterman Transamerica Duncan Tucker
Best First Feature Best Documentary
Crash Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
Best Cinematography Best Foreign Film
Good Night, and Good Luck. Robert Elswit Paradise Now Palestine/Netherlands/Germany/France

Films with multiple nominations and awards

Films that received multiple nominations
NominationsFilm
6The Squid and the Whale
4Brokeback Mountain
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Capote
3Good Night, and Good Luck.
Nine Lives
Transamerica
2Crash
Junebug
Lackawanna Blues
Me and You and Everyone We Know
The War Within
Films that won multiple awards
AwardsFilm
2Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Crash
Transamerica

Special awards

John Cassavetes Award

Conventioneers

Truer Than Fiction Award

Occupation: Dreamland

Producers Award

Caroline Baron Capote and Monsoon Wedding

Someone to Watch Award

Ian Gamazon and Neill Dela Llana Cavite

References

  1. "Getting into the Spirit of awards season". Los Angeles Times. 2005-11-30. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  2. "'Whale' of a day at Spirits". Variety. 2005-11-29. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  3. "Indie awards show a cowboy Spirit". Variety. 2006-03-04. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  4. "'Brokeback' named best independent film". USA Today. 2006-03-04. Retrieved 2012-08-21.
  5. ""Brokeback," "Capote," "Crash," "Transamerica" Honored With Spirit Awards". indieWire. 2006-03-05. Retrieved 2012-08-21.