19th Independent Spirit Awards

Nominees and winners

Best Feature

• American Splendor
• In America
• Raising Victor Vargas
• Shattered Glass

  Best First Feature

• Bomb the System
• House of Sand and Fog
• Quattro Noza
• Thirteen

  Best Director

• Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini - American Splendor
• Jim Sheridan - In America
• Peter Sollett - Raising Victor Vargas
• Gus Van Sant - Elephant

  Best Male Lead

• Peter Dinklage - The Station Agent
• Paul Giamatti - American Splendor
• Ben Kingsley - House of Sand and Fog
• Lee Pace - Soldier's Girl

  Best Female Lead

• Agnes Bruckner - Blue Car
• Zooey Deschanel - All the Real Girls
• Samantha Morton - In America
• Elisabeth Moss - Virgin

  Best Supporting Male

• Judah Friedlander - American Splendor
• Troy Garity - Soldier's Girl
• Alessandro Nivola - Laurel Canyon
• Peter Sarsgaard - Shattered Glass

  Best Supporting Female

• Sarah Bolger - In America
• Patricia Clarkson - Pieces of April
• Hope Davis - The Secret Lives of Dentists
• Frances McDormand - Laurel Canyon

  Best Screenplay

• American Splendor - Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini
• A Mighty Wind - Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy
• Pieces of April - Peter Hedges
• Shattered Glass - Billy Ray

  Best First Screenplay

• Blue Car - Karen Moncrieff
• Monster - Patty Jenkins
• Raising Victor Vargas - Peter Sollett and Eva Vives
• Thirteen - Catherine Hardwicke and Nikki Reed

  Best Cinematography

• Elephant - Harris Savides
• Northfork - M. David Mullen
• Quattro Noza - Derek Cianfrance
• Shattered Glass - Mandy Walker

  Best Foreign Film

• City of God • Brazil
• Lilya 4-Ever • Denmark
• The Magdalene Sisters • England/Ireland
• The Triplets of Belleville • France

  Best Documentary Feature

• Mayor of the Sunset Strip
• My Architect
• Power Trip

  Best Debut Performance

• Anna Kendrick - Camp
• Judy Marte - Raising Victor Vargas
• Victor Rasuk - Raising Victor Vargas
• Janice Richardson - Anne B. Real

  John Cassavetes Award

• Anne B. Real
• Better Luck Tomorrow
• Pieces of April
• Virgin

  Truer Than Fiction Award

• Flag Wars
• My Architect
• The Same River Twice

  Producers Award

• Callum Greene and Anthony Katagas - Happy Here and Now and Homework
• Lauren Moews - Cabin Fever and Briar Patch

  Someone to Watch Award

• Ben Coccio - Zero Day
• Ryan Eslinger - Madness and Genius

  Special Distinction Award

• 21 Grams

  Films with multiple nominations

• In America-6
• American Splendor-5
• Raising Victor Vargas-5
• Lost in Translation-4
• Shattered Glass-4
• House of Sand and Fog-3
• Monster-3
• Pieces of April-3
• Thirteen-3
• Anne B. Real-2
• Elephant-2
• Blue Car-2
• My Architect-2
• Soldier's Girl-2

  Films with multiple wins

• Lost in Translation-4
• The Station Agent-3
• In America-2
• Monster-2