21st Independent Spirit Awards


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.

Winners and nominees

Best FeatureBest Director
Brokeback Mountain
Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
  • Gregg Araki - Mysterious Skin
  • Noah Baumbach - The Squid and the Whale
  • George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck.
  • Rodrigo García - Nine Lives
    • Best Male LeadBest Female Lead
    Philip Seymour Hoffman - Capote
  • Jeff Daniels - The Squid and the Whale
  • Terrence Howard - Hustle & Flow
  • Heath Ledger - Brokeback Mountain
  • David Strathairn - Good Night, and Good Luck.
    		• Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
  • Dina Korzun - Forty Shades of Blue
  • Laura Linney - The Squid and the Whale
  • S. Epatha Merkerson - Lackawanna Blues
  • Cyndi Williams - Room
    • Best Supporting MaleBest Supporting Female
    Matt Dillon - Crash
  • Firdous Bamji - The War Within
  • Jesse Eisenberg - The Squid and the Whale
  • Barry Pepper - The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
  • Jeffrey Wright - Broken Flowers
    		• Amy Adams - Junebug
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal - Happy Endings
  • Allison Janney - Our Very Own
  • Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain
  • Robin Wright Penn - Nine Lives
    • Best ScreenplayBest First Screenplay
    Capote - Dan Futterman
  • Nine Lives - Rodrigo García
  • The Squid and the Whale - Noah Baumbach
  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - Guillermo Arriaga
  • The War Within - Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo and Tom Glynn
    		• Transamerica - Duncan Tucker
  • The Beautiful Country - Sabina Murray
  • Fixing Frank - Ken Hanes
  • Junebug - Angus MacLachlan
  • Me and You and Everyone We Know - Miranda July
    • Best First FeatureBest Documentary
    Crash
  • Lackawanna Blues
  • Me and You and Everyone We Know
  • Thumbsucker
  • Transamerica
    		• Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room
  • Grizzly Man
  • Romántico
  • La Sierra
  • Sir! No Sir!
    • Best CinematographyBest Foreign Film
    Good Night, and Good Luck. - Robert Elswit
  • Capote - Adam Kimmel
  • Keane - John Foster
  • Last Days - Harris Savides
  • The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada - Chris Menges
    		• Paradise Now • Palestine/Netherlands/Germany/France
  • The Death of Mr. Lazarescu • Romania
  • Duck Season • Germany/Turkey
  • Head-On • France
  • Tony Takitani • Japan

    • Films with multiple nominations and awards

    AwardsFilm
    2Brokeback Mountain
    2Capote
    2Crash
    2Transamerica

    Special awards

    [Independent Spirit [John Cassavetes Award|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