Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2004
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25th BSFC Awards
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Best Film:
Sideways
25th BSFC Awards
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Best Film:
Sideways
The 25th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2004, were given on 13 December 2004.
Winners
- Best Film:
- *Sideways
- *Runner-up: Before Sunset
- Best Actor:
- *Jamie Foxx – Ray
- *Runner-up: Paul Giamatti – Sideways
- Best Actress:
- *Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
- *Runner-up : Annette Bening – Being Julia and Kim Basinger – The Door in the Floor
- Best Supporting Actor:
- *Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
- *Runner-up: Clive Owen – Closer
- Best Supporting Actress :
- *Laura Dern – We Don't Live Here Anymore
- *Sharon Warren – Ray
- *Runner-up: Cate Blanchett – The Aviator
- Best Director:
- *Zhang Yimou – House of Flying Daggers
- *Runner-up: Alexander Payne – Sideways
- Best Screenplay:
- *Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – Sideways
- *Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
- Best Cinematography:
- *Zhao Xiaoding – House of Flying Daggers
- *Runner-up: Bruno Delbonnel – A Very Long Engagement
- Best Documentary:
- *Control Room
- *Runner-up: Touching the Void
- Best Foreign-Language Film:
- *House of Flying Daggers • China/Hong Kong
- *Runner-up: A Very Long Engagement • France/United States
- Best New Filmmaker:
- *Jonathan Caouette – Tarnation
- *Runner-up : Nicole Kassell – The Woodsman and Joshua Marston – Maria Full of Grace
- Best Ensemble Cast:
- *Sideways
- *Runner-up: ''The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou''