Spirit Awards 2005

2005 Spirit Awards
Film Independent’s 2005 Spirit Award winners: Santa Monica on February 26, 2005
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Sandra Oh, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Paul Giamatti in Sideways
 

BEST FILM (Award given to the Producer)
Baadasssss! Mario Van Peebles
Kinsey Gail Mutrux
Maria Full of Grace Paul Mezey
Primer Shane Carruth
* Sideways Michael London
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM (Award given to the Director)
La Mala educación / Bad Education – Spain, Pedro Almodóvar
Oasis – South Korea, Lee Chang-Dong
Feux rouges / Red Lights – France, Cédric Kahn
* Mar adentro / The Sea Inside – Spain, Alejandro Amenábar
Yesterday – South Africa, Darrell James Roodt

BEST FIRST FILM (Award given to the Director and Producer)
Brother to Brother Director: Rodney Evans, Producers: Rodney Evans, Jim [...]

Italian Film Critics Awards 2005

2005 Nastri d’Argento
The Nastri d’Argento (Silver Ribbons) are presented by the Sindacato Nazionale Giornalisti Cinematografici Italiani (National Union of Italian Film Journalists) to Italian films or, at times, to Italian talent in foreign films.
2005 Nastri d’Argento winners: Auditorium di Roma on February 4, 2005
("*" denotes the winner in each category)
 

Gianni Amelio’s The Keys to the House is the tale of a physically and mentally challenged boy (Andrea Rossi) whose estranged father (Kim Rossi Stuart, above with Charlotte Rampling) is asked to accompany him to Berlin for medical tests. Other family members hope the two can form an emotional bond that will help alleviate the boy’s condition.
 

Best Director
* Gianni Amelio – Le Chiavi di casa / The Keys to the [...]

New York Film Critics Awards 2004

2004 New York Film Critics Circle Awards
2004 New York Film Critics Circle Award winners: December 13, 2004
 

 
Best Film Sideways
Best Foreign Film La Mala educación / Bad Education
Best Director Clint Eastwood Million Dollar Baby
Best Actor Paul Giamatti Sideways
Best Actress Imelda Staunton Vera Drake
Best Supporting Actor Clive Owen Closer
Best Supporting Actress Virginia Madsen Sideways
Best Screenplay Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Sideways
Best Cinematographer Christopher Doyle Ying xiong / Hero
Best Non-Fiction Film Fahrenheit 9/11
Best Animated Film The Incredibles
Best First Film Maria Full of Grace
Special Award Milestone Films received a special award in honor of 15 years of restoring classic films.
 
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