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Road to the Oscars '06
BALLOT NOMINATIONS POLLS PHOTOS AWARDS MESSAGE BOARDS
BEST ACTOR BEST ACTRESS BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS BEST DIRECTOR BEST PICTURE

Independent Spirit Awards

Best Feature

WINNER

Brokeback Mountain (2005): James Schamus, Diana Ossana

Other Nominees:

Capote (2005): Caroline Baron, Michael Ohoven, William Vince

Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005): Grant Heslov

The Squid and the Whale (2005): Wes Anderson, Peter Newman, Charlie Corwin, Clara Markowicz

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005): Michael Fitzgerald, Tommy Lee Jones, Luc Besson, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam

Best Female Lead

WINNER

Felicity Huffman for Transamerica (2005)

Other Nominees:

Dina Korzun for Forty Shades of Blue (2005)

Laura Linney for The Squid and the Whale (2005)

S. Epatha Merkerson for Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV)

Cyndi Williams for Room (2005/I)

Best Male Lead

WINNER

Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote (2005)

Other Nominees:

Jeff Daniels for The Squid and the Whale (2005)

Terrence Howard for Hustle & Flow (2005)

Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain (2005)

David Strathairn for Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

Best Supporting Female

WINNER

Amy Adams for Junebug (2005)

Other Nominees:

Maggie Gyllenhaal for Happy Endings (2005)

Allison Janney for Our Very Own (2005)

Michelle Williams for Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Robin Wright Penn for Nine Lives (2005)

Best Supporting Male

WINNER

Matt Dillon for Crash (2004/I)

Other Nominees:

Firdous Bamji for The War Within (2005)

Jesse Eisenberg for The Squid and the Whale (2005)

Barry Pepper for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

Jeffrey Wright for Broken Flowers (2005)

Best Director

WINNER

Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Other Nominees:

Gregg Araki for Mysterious Skin (2004)

Noah Baumbach for The Squid and the Whale (2005)

George Clooney for Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

Rodrigo García for Nine Lives (2005)

Best Screenplay

WINNER

Capote (2005): Dan Futterman

Other Nominees:

Nine Lives (2005): Rodrigo García

The Squid and the Whale (2005): Noah Baumbach

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005): Guillermo Arriaga

The War Within (2005): Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo, Tom Glynn

Best First Screenplay

WINNER

Transamerica (2005): Duncan Tucker

Other Nominees:

The Beautiful Country (2004): Sabina Murray

Fixing Frank (2002): Ken Hanes

Junebug (2005): Angus MacLachlan

Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005): Miranda July

Best Cinematography

WINNER

Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005): Robert Elswit

Other Nominees:

Capote (2005): Adam Kimmel

Keane (2004): John Foster

Last Days (2005): Harris Savides

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005): Chris Menges

Best First Feature

WINNER

Crash (2004/I): Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman, Don Cheadle, Bob Yari, Mark R. Harris, Robert Moresco

Other Nominees:

Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV): George C. Wolfe, Halle Berry, Vince Cirrincione, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Nellie Nugiel, Shelby Stone

Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005): Miranda July, Gina Kwon

Thumbsucker (2005): Mike Mills, Anthony Bregman, Bob Stephenson

Transamerica (2005): Duncan Tucker, Sebastian Dungan, Linda Moran, Rene Bastian

Best Foreign Film

WINNER

Paradise Now (2005): Hany Abu-Assad(Palestine/Netherlands/Germany/France)

Other Nominees:

Gegen die Wand (2004): Fatih Akin(Germany/Turkey)

Moartea domnului Lazarescu (2005): Cristi Puiu(Romania)

Temporada de patos (2004): Fernando Eimbcke(Mexico)

Tony Takitani (2004): Jun Ichikawa(Japan)

Best Documentary

WINNER

"Independent Lens: Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" (2005): Alex Gibney

Other Nominees:

Grizzly Man (2005): Werner Herzog

Romántico (2005): Mark Becker

Sierra, La (2005): Scott Dalton, Margarita Martinez

Sir! No Sir! (2005): David Zeiger

John Cassavetes Award

WINNER

Conventioneers (2005): Mora Stephens, Joel Viertel

Other Nominees:

Brick (2005): Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman, Mark G. Mathis

Jellysmoke (2005): Mark Banning, Cliff Charles, Mad Matthewz

The Puffy Chair (2005): Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass

Room (2005/I): Kyle Henry, Jesse Scolaro, Allen Bain, Darren Goldberg

Truer Than Fiction Award

WINNER

Occupation: Dreamland (2005): Garrett Scott, Ian Olds

Other Nominees:

Our Brand Is Crisis (2005): Rachel Boynton

Romántico (2005): Mark Becker

Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela (2005): Thomas Allen Harris