SIDEWAYS, GARDEN STATE and MEAN CREEK Win Indie Spirit Awards!

By Wind(up)bird on 2005-02-27 08:34:35

At the hipster, IFP Independent Spirit Awards on Saturday, Sideways (Best Picture), Garden State (Best 1st Feature), and Mean Creek (Best Film made for under $500,000) all were recognized. ?Paul Giamatti (Sideways) and Catalina Sandino Moreno (Maria Full of Grace) won the acting awards. Dig the full list.

2005 SPIRIT AWARD WINNERS!

Best Feature
Sideways
Produced by Michael London

Best First Feature
Garden State
Directed by Zach Braff
Produced by Pamela Abdy, Gary Gilbert, Dan Halsted, Richard Klubeck

John Cassavetes Award
Mean Creek
Written & Directed by Jacob Aaron Estes
Produced by Susan Johnson, Rick Rosenthal, Hagai Shaham

Best Director
Alexander Payne
Sideways

Best Screenplay
Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor
Sideways

Best First Screenplay
Joshua Martson
Maria Full of Grace

Best Male Lead
Paul Giamatti
Sideways

Best Female Lead
Catalina Sandino Moreno
Maria Full of Grace

Best Supporting Female
Virginia Madsen
Sideways

Best Supporting Male
Thomas Haden Church
Sideways

Best Debut Performance
Rodrigo de la Serna
The Motorcycle Diaries

Best Cinematography
Eric Gautier
The Motorcycle Diaries

Best Documentary
Metallica: Some Kind of Monster
Directed by Joe Berlinger, Bruce Sinofsky

Best Foreign Film
The Sea Inside
Directed by Alejandro Amen?bar

Bravo/American Express Producers Award
Gina Kwon

Turning Leaf Someone To Watch Award
Jem Cohen
Chain

DIRECTV/IFC Truer Than Fiction Award
Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman
Born into Brothels

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