21st Independent Spirit Awards

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21st Independent Spirit Awards
DateMarch 4, 2006
SiteU.S.
Hosted bySarah Silverman
Highlights
Best FilmBrokeback Mountain
Most awardsBrokeback Mountain (2)
Capote (2)
Transamerica (2)
Most nominationsThe 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]

Winners and nominees[edit]

Ang Lee, Best Director winner
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Best Male Lead winner
Felicity Huffman, Best Female Lead winner
Matt Dillon, Best Supporting Male winner
Amy Adams, Best Supporting Female winner
Best Feature Best Director
Brokeback Mountain Ang LeeBrokeback Mountain
Best Male Lead Best Female Lead
Philip Seymour HoffmanCapote Felicity HuffmanTransamerica
Best Supporting Male Best Supporting Female
Matt DillonCrash Amy AdamsJunebug
Best Screenplay Best First Screenplay
CapoteDan Futterman TransamericaDuncan 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 NowPalestine/Netherlands/Germany/France

Films with multiple nominations and awards[edit]

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

Special awards[edit]

John Cassavetes Award[edit]

Conventioneers

Truer Than Fiction Award[edit]

Occupation: Dreamland

Producers Award[edit]

Caroline Baron – Capote and Monsoon Wedding

Someone to Watch Award[edit]

Ian Gamazon and Neill Dela Llana – Cavite

External links[edit]

References[edit]

  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.