Independent Spirit Awards 2005

21st Independent Spirit Awards
March 4, 2006

Best Film: 
 Brokeback Mountain 
The 21st Independent Spirit Awards, given by Film Independent on 4 March, 2006, awarded who they thought were best in movie for 2005.

 Winners and nominees 
 Best Actor 
 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.

 Best Actress 
 Felicity Huffman - Transamerica
Laura Linney - The Squid and the Whale
Dina Korzun - Forty Shades of Blue
S. Epatha Merkerson - Lackawanna Blues
Cyndi Williams - Room

 Best Cinematography 
 Good Night, and Good Luck. - Robert Elswit
Capote
Keane
Last Days
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

 Best Director 
 Ang Lee - Brokeback Mountain
Gregg Araki - Mysterious Skin
Noah Baumbach - The Squid and the Whale
George Clooney - Good Night, and Good Luck.
Rodrigo García Barcha - Nine Lives

 Best Documentary Film 
 Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

 Best Film 
 Brokeback Mountain
Capote
Good Night, and Good Luck.
The Squid and the Whale
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada

 Best First Film 
 Crash
Lackawanna Blues
Cirrincione
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Thumbsucker 
Transamerica

 Best Foreign Language Film 
 Paradise Now, Palestinian Authority
The Death of Mister Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lazarescu), Romania
Duck Season (Temporada de patos), Mexico
Head-On (Gegen die Wand), Germany/Turkey
Tony Takitani, Japan

 Best 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

Best Screenplay (first): 
Transamerica - Duncan Tucker 

 Best Supporting Actor 
 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

 Best Supporting Actress 
 Amy Adams - Junebug''
Maggie Gyllenhaal - Happy Endings
Allison Janney - Our Very Own
Robin Wright Penn - Nine Lives
Michelle Williams - Brokeback Mountain

 Award breakdown 
2/2: Crash
2/3: Transamerica
2/4: Brokeback Mountain
2/4: Capote
1/2: Junebug
1/4: Good Night, and Good Luck.

Biggest losers:
0/6: The Squid and the Whale
0/3: Nine Lives
0/2: Lackawanna Blues (TV movie)
0/2: Me and You and Everyone We Know
0/2: Room

Category:Movie awards