National Society of Film Critics Awards - 2004
January 9th, 2005 by Andre Soares
39th National Society of Film Critics Awards - 2004
The 39th National Society of Film Critics (NSFC) award winners were announced at Sardi’s in New York City on January 9, 2005.
Best Film: Million Dollar Baby
Runners-Up: Sideways, Before Sunset
Best Foreign-Language Film: Moolaade directed by Ousmane Sambene
Runners-Up: House of Flying Daggers directed by Zhang Yimou, Notre musique directed by Jean-Luc Godard
Best Director: Zhang Yimou House of Flying Daggers and Hero
Runners-Up: Alexander Payne Sideways, Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor: Jamie Foxx Ray
Runners-Up: Paul Giamatti Sideways, Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby
Best Actress (tie): Imelda Staunton Vera Drake and Hilary Swank Million Dollar Baby
Runner-Up: Julie Delpy Before Sunset
Best Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church Sideways
Runners-Up: Morgan Freeman Million Dollar Baby, Peter Sarsgaard Kinsey
Best Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen Sideways
Runners-Up: Cate Blanchett The Aviator and Coffee and Cigarettes, Laura Linney Kinsey
Best Screenplay: Alexander Payne & Jim Taylor Sideways
Runners-Up: Charlie Kaufman Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy & Ethan Hawke Before Sunset
Best Non-Fiction Film: Tarnation directed by Jonathan Caouette
Runners-Up: Story of the Weeping Camel directed by Davaa Myambasuren and Luigi Falorni, Bright Leaves directed by Ross McElwee
Best Cinematography: Xiaoding Zhao House of Flying Daggers
Runners-Up: Christopher Doyle Hero, Dion Beebe and Paul Cameron Collateral
Special Citation: Richard Schickel and Brian Jamieson for the restoration of The Big Red One
Film Heritage Awards (to new DVDs):
The Leopard
John Cassavetes - Five Films
Fritz Lang Epic Collection and M
More Treasures from the American Film Archives
National Society of Film Critics Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007
Film Awards: 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
American Cinema Editors (ACE) Awards
American Society of Cinematographers (ASC) Awards
Art Directors Guild (ADG) Awards
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
New York Film Critics Circle Awards
Producers Guild of America (PGA) Awards
Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards
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