Looking at Film from Every Angle

77th Academy Awards (2004): The Precursors

Independent Spirit Awards

(2/26/05)
Feature: Sideways
John Cassavetes Award – Feature (Under $500,000): Mean Creek
First Feature: Garden State
First Screenplay: Maria Full of Grace
Director: Alexander Payne – Sideways
Actor: Paul Giamatti – Sideways
Actress: Catalina Sandino Moreno – Sideways
Screenplay: Sideways
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen – Sideways
Debut Performance: Rodrigo de la Serna – The Motorcycle Diaries
Cinematography: The Motorcycle Diaries
Foreign Film: The Sea Inside
Documentary: Metallica: Some Kind of Monster

American Cinema Editors

(2/20/05)
Drama Film Editing: The Aviator
Comedy Film Editing: Ray

Writers Guild of America

(2/19/05)
Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Adapted Screnplay: Sideways

Cinema Audio Society

(2/19/05)
Sound: The Aviator

Central Ohio Film Critics

(2/19/05)
Picture: Million Dollar Baby
Lead: Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
Supporting: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Actor of the Year (Body of Work): Cate Blanchett – Coffee & Cigarettes/The Aviator/The Life Aquatic
Director: Alexander Payne – Sideways
Ensemble: I Heart Huckabees
Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Formal Design: The Aviator
Sound Design: Kill Bill, Vol. 2
Breakthrough Artist: Zach Braff – Garden State (Actor/Writer/Director)

Top 10

Million Dollar Baby
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Sideways
The Incredibles
The Aviator
Before Sunset
Closer
Dogville
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Maria Full of Grace

Visual Effects Society

(1/11/05)
Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture: The Aviator

American Society of Cinematographers

(2/9/05)
Cinematography: A Very Long Engagement

Art Directors Guild Winners

(2/12/05)
Production Design, Period/Fantasy: Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
Production Design, Contemporary: The Terminal

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

(2/12/05)
Film: The Aviator
British Film: My Summer of Love
British Director: Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Actress: Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
Supporting Actor: Clive Owen – Closer
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – The Aviator
Director: Mike Leigh – Vera Drake
Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine
Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
Original Score: The Motorcycle Diaries
Cinematography: Collateral
Editing: Eternal Sunshine
Production Design: The Aviator
Costume Design: Vera Drake
Sound: Ray
Visual Effects: The Day After Tomorrow
Makeup/Hair: The Aviator
Foreign Film: The Motorcycle Diaries
Short Film: The Banker
Short Animation: Birthday Boy

London Film Critics Circle

(2/9/05)
Picture: Sideways
Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Actress: Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
Director: Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
Screenwriter: Eternal Sunshine
Foreign Film: The Motorcycle Diaries

Online Film and Television Association

(2/6/05)
Picture: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Animated Picture: The Incredibles
Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Actress: Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
Supporting Actor: Clive Owen – Closer
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – The Aviator
Ensemble: Sideways
Casting: The Aviator
Youth Performance: Freddie Highmore – Finding Neverland
Breakthrough Male: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Breakthrough Female: Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace
Director: Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
First Feature: Joshua Marston – Maria Full of Grace
Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
First Screenplay: Maria Full of Grace
Original Score: The Incredibles
Original Song: Old Habits Die Hard – Alfie
Adapted Song: A Waltz for a Night – Before Sunset
Film Editing: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Cinematography: Hero
Production Design: The Aviator
Costume Design: House of Flying Daggers
Makeup: Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
Sound: TIE: The Aviator & The Incredibles
Sound Effects: The Incredibles
Visual Effects: Spider-Man 2
Foreign Film: TIE: Hero – China & Maria Full of Grace – Colombia
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11

Screen Actors Guild

(2/5/05)
Lead Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Lead Actress: Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
Supporting Actor: Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – The Aviator
Ensemble Cast: Sideways

Annie Awards Winners

(1/30/05)
Animated Feature: The Incredibles
Animated Short Subject: Lorenzo

Directors Guild of America

(1/29/05)
Director: Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby

Satellites

(1/23/05)
Motion Picture Drama: Hotel Rwanda
Motion Picture Comedy/Musical: Sideways
Drama Actor: Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda
Drama Actress: Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
Comedy/Musical Actor: Annette Bening – Being Julia
Comedy/Musical Actress: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Drama Supporting Actor: Christopher Walken – Around the Bend
Drama Supp. Actress: Gena Rowlands – The Notebook
Comedy/Musical Supp. Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Comedy/Musical Supp. Actress: Regina King – Ray
Director: Mel Gibson – The Passion of the Christ
Ensemble: Sideways
Original Screenplay: Ray
Adapted Screenplay: Million Dollar Baby
Foreign Language Film: The Sea Inside – Spain
Animated/Mixed-Media Picture: The Incredibles
Documentary: Super Size Me
Production Design: De-Lovely
Cinematography: House of Flying Daggers
Costume Design: Vanity Fair
Film Editing: Collateral
Original Score: Napoleon Dynamite
Original Song: Million Voices – Hotel Rwanda
Sound: Collateral
Visual Effects: The Aviator & House of Flying Daggers
Outstanding New Talent: Freddie Highmore

Vancouver Film Critics Circle

(1/20/05)
Picture: Sideways
Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Actress: Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
Supporting Actor: Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby
Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen – Sideways
Director: Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
Foreign Film: A Very Long Engagement

Producers Guild of America

(1/23/05)
Picture: The Aviator

Online Film and Television Association Nominations

(1/23/05)
Picture: The Aviator, Before Sunset, Eternal Sunshine, Million Dollar Baby, Sideways
Animated Picture: The Incredibles, The Polar Express, Shrek 2
Actor: Jim Carrey – Eternal Sunshine, Leoanrdo DiCaprio – The Aviator, Jamie Foxx – Ray, Paul Giamatti – Sideways, Liam Neeson – Kinsey
Actress: Julie Delpy – Before Sunset, Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace, Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake, Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby, Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine
Supporting Actor: David Carradine – Kill Bill, Vol. 2, Thomas Haden Church – Sideways, Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby, Clive Owen – Closer, Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – The Aviator, Laura Linney – Kinsey, Virginia Madsen – Sideways, Sophie Okonedo – Hotel Rwanda, Natalie Portman – Closer
Ensemble: The Aviator, Closer, Eternal Sunshine, Kinsey, Sideways
Casting: The Aviator, Closer, Eternal Sunshine, Kinsey, Sideways
Youth Performance: Cameron Bright – Birth, Freddie Highmore – Finding Neverland, Lindsay Lohan – Mean Girls, C.J. Sanders – Ray, Emma Watson – Harry Potter
Breakthrough Male: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways, Freddie Highmore – Finding Neverland, Roderigo de la Serna – The Motorcycle Diaries
Breakthrough Female: Bryce Dallas Howard – The Village, Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace, Emmy Rossum – The Phantom of the Opera
Director: Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby, Michel Gondry – Eternal Sunshine, Michael Mann – Collateral, Alexander Payne – Sideways, Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
First Feature: Zach Braff – Garden State, Joshua Marston – Maria Full of Grace, Kerry Conran – SKy Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Original Screenplay: The Aviator, Eternal Sunshine, Hotel Rwanda, The Incredibles, Kinsey
Adapted Screenplay: Before Sunset, Closer, Million Dollar Baby, The Motorcycle Diaries, Sideways
First Screenplay: Garden State, Maria Full of Grace, Mean Girls
Original Score: The Aviator, Birth, Eternal Sunshine, Finding Neverland, The Incredibles
Original Song: Accidentally in Love – Shrek 2, Knock Yourself Out – I Heart Huckabees, Lovers – House of Flying Daggers, Million Voices – Hotel Rwanda, Old Habits Die Hard – Alfie
Adapted Song: Begin the Beguine – De-Lovely, Let’s Do It, Let’s Fall in Love – De-Lovely, The Music of the Night – The Phantom of the Opera, A Waltz for a Night – Before Sunset, What’d I Say? – Ray
Film Editing: The Aviator, Collateral, Eternal Sunshine, Hero, Million Dollar Baby
Cinematography: The Aviator, Collateral, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, A Very Long Engagement
Production Design: The Aviator, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Phantom of the Opera
Costume Design: The Aviator, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, The Phantom of the Opera, Vanity Fair
Makeup: The Aviator, Dawn of the Dead, Hellboy, Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Passion of the Christ
Sound: The Aviator, Collateral, The Incredibles, Million Dollar Baby, Spider-Man 2
Sound Effects: The Aviator, Collateral, House of Flying Daggers, The Incredibles, Spider-Man 2
Visual Effects: The Aviator, The Day After Tomorrow, Harry Potter, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow, Spider-Man 2
Foreign Film: Bad Education, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Maria Full of Grace, The Motorcycle Diaries
Documentary: Born Into Brothels, Fahrenheit 9/11, Super Size Me, Tarnation, Touching the Void

USC Scripter Awards

(1/20/05)
Adapted Screenplay: Million Dollar Baby

Cinema Audio Society Nominations

(1/20/05)
Sound:
The Aviator
The Bourne Supremacy
Finding Neverland
Ray
Spider-Man 2

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

(1/20/05)
Film: The Aviator, Eternal Sunshine, Finding Neverland, The Motorcycle Diaries, Vera Drake
British Film: Dead Man’s Shoes, Harry Potter, My Summer of Love, Shaun of the Dead, Vera Drake
Actor: Gael Garcia Bernal – The Motorcycle Diaries, Jamie Foxx – Ray, Jim Carrey – Eternal Sunshine, Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland, Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator
Actress: Charlize Theron – Monster, Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake, Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine, Kate Winslet – Finding Neverland, Ziyi Zhang – House of Flying Daggers
Supporting Actor: Alan Alda – The Aviator, Clive Owen – Closer, Jamie Foxx – Collateral, Phil Davis – Vera Drake, Rodrigo de la Serna – The Motorcycle Diaries
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchet – The Aviator, Heather Craney – Vera Drake, Julie Christie – Finding Neverland, Meryl Streep – The Manchurian Candidate, Natalie Portman – Closer
Director: Martin Scorsese – The Aviator, Michael Mann – Collateral, Michel Gondry – Eternal Sunshine, Marc Forster – Finding Neverland, Mike Leigh – Vera Drake
Original Screenplay: The Aviator, Collateral, Eternal Sunshine, Ray, Vera Drake
Adapted Screenplay: The Chorus, Closer, Finding Neverland, The Motorcycle Diaries, Sideways
Original Score: The Aviator, The Chorus, The Motorcycle Diaries, Finding Neverland, Ray
Cinematography: The Aviator, Collateral, Finding Neverland, House of Flying Daggers, The Motorcycle Diaries
Editing: The Aviator, Collateral, Eternal Sunshine, House of Flying Daggers, Vera Drake
Production Design: The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Harry Potter, House of Flying Daggers, Vera Drake
Costume Design: The Aviator, Finding Neverland, House of Flying Daggers, The Merchant of Venice, Vera Drake
Sound: The Aviator, Collateral, House of Flying Daggers, Ray, Spider-Man 2
Visual Effects: The Aviator, The Day After Tomorrow, Harry Potter, House of Flying Daggers, Spider-Man 2
Makeup/Hair: The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Harry Potter, House of Flying Daggers, Vera Drake
Live-Action Short Film: The Banker, Can’t STop Breathing, Elephant Boy, Knitting a Love Song, Six Shooter
Animated Short Film: Birthday Boy, City Paradise, Heavy Pockets, His Passionate Bride, Little Things
Foreign Film: The Chorus, The Motorcycle Diaries, A Very Long Engagement, Bad Education, House of Flying Daggers

Iowa Film Critics

(1/20/05)
Picture: Sideways
Actor: Paul Giamatti – Sideways
Actress: Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen – Sideways
Director: Alexander Payne – Sideways

Phoenix Film Critics

(1/20/05)
Picture: The Aviator
Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Actress: Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Supporting Actress: Laura Linney – Kinsey
Director: Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
Ensemble: Sideways
Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine
Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
Overlooked Must See: Stage Beauty
Family Film: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Animated Film: The Incredibles
Foreign Film: Hero
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
Song: “Accidentally in Love” – Shrek 2
Original Score: Sideways
Use of Previously Produced or Recorded Music: Ray
Cinematography: The Aviator
Film Editing: Eternal Sunshine
Production Design: The Aviator
Costume Design: The Aviator
Visual Effects: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Makeup: Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
Breakout Performance – On Screen: Paz Vega – Spanglish
Breakout Performance – Behind the Camera: Zach Braff – Garden State
Youth Performance, Male: Freddie Highmore – Finding Neverland
Youth Performance, Female: Sarah Steele – Spanglish

Annie Awards Nominations

(1/20/05)
Animated Feature:
Ghost in the Shell 2
The Incredibles
Shrek 2
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
Animated Short Subject:
Agricultural Report
It’s the Cat
Lorenzo
Rockfish
Ryan/Copper Heart Entertainment

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Nominations

(1/20/05)
Picture: Eternal Sunshine
Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Actress: Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
Supporting Actor: Jamie Foxx – Collateral
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – The Aviator
Director: Michel Gondry – Eternal Sunshine
Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine
Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
Animated Feature: The Incredibles
Ensemble: Eternal Sunshine
Foreign Film: Maria Full of Grace
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11

London Film Critics Circle

(1/20/05)
Picture: The Aviator, House of Flying Daggers, Sideways, The Motorcycle Diaries, Eternal Sunshine
Actor: Paul Giamatti – Sideways, Geoffrey Rush – The Life & Death of Peter Sellers, Jamie Foxx – Ray, Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator, Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland
Actress: Charlize Theron – Monster, Annette Bening – Being Julia, Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake, Natalie Portman – Closer, Nicole Kidman – Birth
Director: Walter Salles – The Motorcycle Diaries, Alexander Payne – Sideways, Martin Scorsese – The Aviator, Zhang Yimou – House of Flying Daggers, Michel Gondry – Eternal Sunshine
Screenwriter: The Incredibles, Sideways, Finding Neverland, Eternal Sunshine, Look at Me
Foreign Film: House of Flying Daggers, Bad Education, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Return, A Very Long Engagement

Golden Globes

(1/16/05)
Motion Picture Drama: The Aviator
Motion Picture Comedy/Musical: Sideways
Drama Actor: Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator
Drama Actress: Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
Comedy/Musical Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Comedy/Musical Actress: Annette Bening – Being Julia
Supporting Actor: Clive Owen – Closer
Supporting Actress: Natalie Portman – Closer
Director: Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
Screenplay: Sideways
Original Score: The Aviator
Original Song: “Old Habits Die Hard” – Alfie
Foreign Film: The Sea Inside

American Cinema Editors

(1/14/05)
Drama Film Editing:
The Aviator
Collateral
Finding Neverland
Kill Bill, Vol. 2
Kinsey
Million Dollar Baby
Comedy or Musical Film Editing:
De-Lovely
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Incredibles
Ray
Sideways
Documentary Film Editing:
Fahrenheit 9/11
My Architect
Riding Giants

Art Directors Guild Nominees

(1/13/05)
Production Design, Period/Fantasy:
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
The Incredibles
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Phantom of the Opera
Production Design, Contemporary:
Collateral
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Million Dollar Baby
The Terminal

Writers Guild of America

(1/13/05)
Original Screenplay:
The Aviator
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Garden State
Hotel Rwanda
Kinsey
Adapted Screnplay:
Before Sunset
Mean Girls
Million Dollar Baby
The Motorcycle Diaries
Sideways

American Society of Cinematographers

(1/12/05)
Cinematography:
The Aviator
Collateral
The Passion of the Christ
Ray
A Very Long Engagement

Screen Actors Guild

(1/11/05)
Lead Actor: Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda, Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland, Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator, Jamie Foxx – Ray, Paul Giamatti – Sideways
Lead Actress: Annette Bening – Being Julia, Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace, Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake, Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby, Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways, Jamie Foxx – Collateral, Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby, James Garner – The Notebook, Freddie Highmore – Finding Neverland
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – The Aviator, Cloris Leachman – Spanglish, Laura Linney – Kinsey, Virginia Madsen – Sideways, Sophie Okonedo – Hotel Rwanda
Ensemble Cast: The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Hotel Rwanda, Million Dollar Baby, Ray, Sideways

Visual Effects Society

(1/11/05)
Visual Effects in a Visual Effects Driven Motion Picture:
The Day After Tomorrow
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Spider-Man 2
Supporting Visual Effects in a Motion Picture:
The Aviator
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Troy

Broadcast Film Critics (Critics’ Choice)

(1/10/05)
Picture: Sideways
Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Actress: Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen – Sideways
Director: Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
Screenplay: Sideways
Ensemble: Sideways
Young Actor: Freddie Highmore – Finding Neverland
Young Actress: Emmy Rossum – The Phantom of the Opera
Animated Feature: The Incredibles
Family Film: Finding Neverland
Foreign Film: The Sea Inside
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
Popular Film: Spider-Man 2
Song: Old Habits Die Hard – Alfie
Score: The Aviator

Online Film Critics Society Winners

(1/10/05)
Picture: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Actor: Paul Giamatti – Sideways
Actress: Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – The Aviator
Director: Michel Gondry – Eternal Sunshine
Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine
Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
Cinematography: Hero
Editing: Eternal Sunshine
Score: The Incredibles
Foreign Film: Hero
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
Animated Feature: The Incredibles
Breakthrough Performance: Catalina Sandrino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace
Breakthrough Filmmaker: Zach Braff – Garden State

National Society of Film Critics

(1/8/05)
Picture: Million Dollar Baby
Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray & Collateral
Actress: TIE: Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby & Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen – Sideways
Director: Zhang Yimou – House of Flying Daggers & Hero
Screenplay: Sideways
Foreign Film: Moolaade
Documentary: Tarnation

USC Scripter Awards

(1/7/05)
Adapted Screenplay:
The Bourne Supremacy
The Door in the Floor
Friday Night Lights
Million Dollar Baby
Sideways

Directors Guild of America

(1/5/05)
Director:
Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
Marc Forster – Finding Neverland
Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
Taylor Hackford – Ray
Alexander Payne – Sideways

Producers Guild of America

(1/5/05)
Picture:
The Aviator
Finding Neverland
The Incredibles
Million Dollar Baby
Sideways

Costume Designers Guild Nominees

(1/4/05)
Contemporary Costume Design:
Ocean’s Twelve
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou
Alfie
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Kill Bill, Vol. 2
Period/Fantasy Costume Design:
The Aviator
De-Lovely
Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
The Phantom of the Opera
Ray

Online Film Critics Society Nominees

(1/3/05)
Picture: Before Sunset, Eternal Sunshine, Garden State, Incredibles, Sideways
Actor: Jim Carrey – Eternal Sunshine, Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda, Leoanrdo DiCaprio – The Aviator, Jamie Foxx – Ray, Paul Giamatti – Sideways
Actress: Julie Delpy – Before Sunset, Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake, Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby, Uma Thurman – Kill Bill, Vol. 2, Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine
Supporting Actor: David Carradine – Kill Bill, Vol. 2, Thomas Haden Church – Sideways, Jamie Foxx – Collateral, Clive Owen – Closer, Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – The Aviator, Laura Linney – Kinsey, Virginia Madsen – Sideawys, Natalie Portman – Closer, Sharon Warren – Ray
Director: Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby, Michel Gondry – Eternal Sunshine, Alexander Payne – Sideways, Martin Scorsese – The Aviator, Zhang Yimou – Hero
Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine, Garden State, Incredibles, Kill Bill, Vol. 2, Shaun of the Dead
Adapted Screenplay: Before Sunset, Closer, Million Dollar Baby, The Motorcycle Diaries, Sideways
Original Score: The Aviator, Birth, Eternal Sunshine, Hero, Incredibles
Cinematography: The Aviator, Collateral, Eternal Sunshine, Hero, House of Flying Daggers
Editing: The Aviator, Eternal Sunshine, Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Kill Bill, Vol. 2
Foreign Film: Hero, House of Flying Daggers, Maria Full of Grace, The Motorcycle Diaries, A Very Long Engagement
Documentary: Control Room, Fahrenheit 9/11, Metallica, Super Size Me, Touching the Void
Animated Feature: Ghost in the Shell 2, Incredibles, Polar Express, Shrek 2, Team America: World Police
Breakthrough Performance: Zach Braff – Garden State, Bryce Dallas Howard – The Village, Jon Heder – Napoleon Dynamite, Catalina Sandrino Morengo – Maria Full of Grace, Emmy Rossum – The Phantom of the Opera

Las Vegas Film Critics Society

(1/3/05)
Picture: The Aviator
Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Actress: Kate Winslet – Finding Neverland/Eternal Sunshine
Supporting Actor: Clive Owen – Closer
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – The Aviator/The Life Aquatic
Director: Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine
Foreign Film: Hero
Cinematography: The Aviator
Film Editing: The Aviator
Original Score: The Incredibles
Animated Film: The Incredibles
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
Art Direction: The Aviator

Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association

(1/3/05)
Picture: Million Dollar Baby
Actor: Paul Giamatti – Sideways
Actress: Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen – Sideways
Director: Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
Foreign Film: A Very Long Engagement
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
Animated Film: The Incredibles

Toronto Film Critics Association

(1/3/05)
Picture: Sideways
Actor: Paul Giamatti – Sideways
Actress: Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
Supporting Actor: Clive Owen – Closer
Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen – Sideways
Director: Michel Gondry – Eternal Sunshine
Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine
Documentary: The Fog of War
Foreign Film: Hero
Animated Film: The Triplets of Belleville

Kansas City Film Critics Circle

(1/2/05)
Picture: Million Dollar Baby
Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Actress: Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – The Aviator
Director: Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
Animated Film: The Incredibles
Foreign Film: A Very Long Engagement

Seattle Film Critics

(12/29/04)
Picture: Million Dollar Baby
Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Actress: Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen – Sideways
Director: Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
Documentary: TIE: Control Room & Touching the Void
Foreign Language Film: Maria Full of Grace
Animated Feature: The Incredibles
Living Treasure: Henry Bumstead

San Diego Film Critics

(12/22/04)
Picture: Vera Drake
Actor: Jim Carrey – Eternal Sunshine
Actress: Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
Supporting Actor: Phil Davis – Vera Drake
Supporting Actress: Natalie Portman – Closer
Director: Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
Original Screenplay: Vera Drake
Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
Foreign Film: The Sea Inside
Documentary: Tarnation
Animated Film: The Incredibles
Cinematography: Tie: Hero & The Phantom of the Opera
Editing: Eternal Sunshine
Production Design: The Aviator
Original Score: Million Dollar Baby
Body of Work: Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda/United States of Leland/Assassination of Richard Nixon

Southeastern Film Critics Association

(12/22/04)
Picture: Sideways
Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Actress: Annette Bening – Being Julia
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen – Sideways
Director: Alexander Payne – Sideways
Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine
Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
Foreign Film: Maria Full of Grace
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11

Top 10 Films

Sideways
Million Dollar Baby
Eternal Sunshine
Kinsey
The Incredibles
Finding Neverland
Ray
The Aviator
Hotel Rwanda
Before Sunset

Florida Film Critics

(12/22/04)
Picture: Sideways
Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Actress: Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Supporting Actress: Laura Linney – Kinsey
Director: Alexander Payne – Sideways
Screenplay: Sideways
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
Foreign Film: A Very Long Engagement
Animated Feature: The Incredibles
Breakout Award: Zach Braff – Garden State

Chicago Film Critics

(12/22/04)
Picture: Sideways
Actor: Paul Giamatti – Sideways
Actress: Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen – Sideways
Director: Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
Screenplay: Sideways
Foreign Film: A Very Long Engagement
Cinematography: TIE: The Aviator & Hero
Most Promising Performer: Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace
New Director: Zach Braff – Garden State
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
Original Score: The Aviator

Phoenix Film Critics Awards

(12/21/04)
Picture: The Aviator
Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Actress: Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Supporting Actress: Laura Linney – Kinsey
Director: Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
Ensemble: Sideways
Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine
Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
Overlooked Film of the Year: Stage Beauty
Family Film: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Animated Film: The Incredibles
Foreign Film: Hero
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11
Song: Accidentally in Love – Shrek 2
Original Score: Sideways
Use of Previously Produced or Recorded Music: Ray
Cinematography: The Aviator
Film Editing: Eternal Sunshine
Production Design: The Aviator
Costume Design: The Aviator
Visual Effects: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
Makeup: Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
Breakout of the Year – On Screen: Paz Vega – Spanglish
Breakout of the Year – Behind the Camera: Zach Braff – Garden State
Youth Performance, Male: Freddie Highmore – Finding Neverland
Youth Performance, Female: Sarah Steele – Spanglish

Top 10 (Alphabetical Order)

The Aviator
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Finding Neverland
Hero
Hotel Rwanda
The Incredibles
Million Dollar Baby
Ray
Sideways
Spanglish

London Film Critics Circle

(12/20/04)
Picture: The Aviator, House of Flying Daggers, Sideways, The Motorcycle Diaries, Eternal Sunshine
Actor: Paul Giamatti – Sideways, Geoffrey Rush – The Life and Death of Peter Sellers, Jamie Foxx – Ray, Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator, Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland
Actress: Charlize Theron – Monster, Annette Bening – Being Julia, Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake, Natalie Portman – Closer, Nicole Kidman – Birth
Director: Walter Salles – The Motorcycle Diaries, Alexander Payne – Sideways, Martin Scorsese – The Aviator, Zhang Yimou – House of Flying Daggers, Michel Gondry – Eternal Sunshine
Screenwriter: The Incredibles, Sideways, Finding Neverland, Eternal Sunshine, Look at Me
Foreign Film: House of Flying Daggers, Bad Education, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Return, A Very Long Engagement

Washington DC Area Film Critics Association

(12/17/04)
Picture: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Actress: Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
Supporting Actor: Jamie Foxx – Collateral
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – The Aviator
Director: Michel Gondry – Eternal Sunshine
Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine
Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
Animated Feature: The Incredibles
Ensemble: Eternal Sunshine
Foreign Film: Maria Full of Grace
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11

Broadcast Film Critics (Critics’ Choice)

(12/15/04)
Picture: The Aviator, Collateral, Eternal Sunshine, Finding Neverland, Hotel Rwanda, Kinsey, Million Dollar Baby, The Phantom of the Opera, Ray, Sideways
Actor: Javier Bardem – Sea Inside, Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda, Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland, Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator, Jamie Foxx – Ray, Paul Giamatti – Sideways
Actress: Annette Bening – Being Julia, Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace, Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake, Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby, Uma Thurman – Kill Bill Vol. 2, Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways, Jamie Foxx – Collateral, Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby, Clive Owen – Closer, Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – Aviator, Laura Linney – Kinsey, Virginia Madsen – Sideways, Natalie Portman – Closer, Kate Winslet – Finding Neverland
Director: Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby, Marc Forster – Finding Neverland, Taylor Hackford – Ray, Alexander Payne – Sideways, Martin Scorsese – Aviator
Screenplay: Kinsey, Eternal Sunshine, Aviator, Finding Neverland, Sideways
Ensemble: Closer, Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Ocean’s Twelve, Sideways
Young Actor: Liam Aiken – Lemony Snicket, Cameron Bright – Birth, Freddie Highmore – Finding Neverland, Daniel Radcliffe – Harry Potter, William Ulrich – Beyond the Sea
Young Actress: Emily Browning – Lemony Snicket, Dakota Fanning – Man on Fire, Lindsay Lohan – Mean Girls, Emmy Rossum – Phantom of the Opera, Emma Watson – Harry Potter
Popular Movie: Bourne Supremacy, The Incredibles, Napoleon Dynamite, Passion of the Christ, Spider-Man 2
Animated Feature: Incredibles, Polar Express, Shrek 2
Family Film: Finding Neverland, Harry Potter, Lemony Snicket, Miracle, Spider-Man 2
Foreign Film: House of Flying Daggers, Maria Full of Grace, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Sea Inside, A Very Long Engagement
Documentary: Control Room, Fahrenheit 9/11, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, Super Size Me
Song: “Accidentally in Love” – Shrek 2, “Believe” – Polar Express, “Old Habits Die Hard” – Alfie
Soundtrack: Alfie, Beyond the Sea, De-Lovely, Garden State, Ray
Composer: Michael Giacchino – Incredibles, Rolfe Kent – Sideways, Howard Shore – Aviator

Golden Globes

(12/13/04)
Motion Picture Drama: The Aviator, Closer, Finding Neverland, Hotel Rwanda, Kinsey, Million Dollar Baby
Motion Picture Comedy/Musical: Eternal Sunshine, Incredibles, Phantom of the Opera, Ray, Sideways
Drama Actor: Javier Bardem – The Sea Inside, Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda, Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland, Leonardo DiCaprio – The Aviator, Liam Neeson – Kinsey
Drama Actress: Scarlett Johansson – Love Song for Bobby Long, Nicole Kidman – Birth, Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake, Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby, Uma Thurman – Kill Bill Vol. 2.
Comedy/Musical Actor: Jim Carrey – Eternal Sunshine, Jamie Foxx – Ray, Paul Giamatti – Sideways, Kevin Kline – De-Lovely, Kevin Spacey – Beyond the Sea
Comedy/Musical Actress: Annette Bening – Being Julia, Ashley Judd – De-Lovely, Emmy Rossum – Phantom of the Opera, Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine, Renee Zellweger – Bridget Jones 2
Supporting Actor: David Carradine – Kill Bill Vol. 2, Thomas Haden Church – Sideways, Jamie Foxx – Collateral, Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby, Clive Owen – Closer
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – The Aviator, Laura Linney – Kinsey, Virginia Madsen – Sideways, Natalie Portman – Closer, Meryl Streep – Manchurian Candidate
Director: Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby, Marc Forster – Finding Neverland, Mike Nichols – Closer, Alexander Payne – Sideways, Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
Screenplay: The Aviator, Closer, Eternal Sunshine, Finding Neverland, Sideways
Original Score: The Aviator, Finding Neverland, Million Dollar Baby, Sideways, Spanglish
Original Song: “Old Habits Die Hard” – Alfie, “Million Voices” – Hotel Rwanda, “Learn to Be Lonely” – Phantom of the Opera, “Believe” – Polar Express, “Accidentally in Love” – Shrek 2
Foreign Film: The Chorus, House of Flying Daggers, The Motorcycle Diaries, The Sea Inside, A Very Long Engagement

New York Film Critics Circle

(12/13/04)
Picture: Sideways
Actor: Paul Giamatti – Sideways
Actress: Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
Supporting Actor: Clive Owen – Closer
Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen – Sideways
Director: Clint Eastwood – Million Dollar Baby
Cinematographer: Christopher Doyle – Hero
Foreign Film: Bad Education
Screenplay: Sideways
First Film: Maria Full of Grace
Animated Film: The Incredibles
Non-Fiction Film: Fahrenheit 9/11

San Francisco Film Critics

(12/13/04)
Picture: Sideways
Actor: Paul Giamatti – Sideways
Actress: Julie Delpy – Before Sunset
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen – Sideways
Director: Alexander Payne – Sideways
Foreign Film: Maria Full of Grace
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11

Boston Society of Film Critics

(12/12/04)
Picture: Sideways (RU: Before Sunset)
Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray (RU: Paul Giamatti – Sideways)
Actress: Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby (RU: Annette Bening – Being Julia/Kim Basinger – The Door in the Floor)
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways (RU: Clive Owen – Closer)
Supporting Actress: Laura Dern – We Don’t Live Here Anymore/Sharon Warren – Ray (RU: Cate Blanchett – The Aviator)
Director: Zhang Yimou – House of Flying Daggers (RU: Alexander Payne – Sideways)
Ensemble: Sideways (RU: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou)
Screenplay: Sideways (RU: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind)
Cinematography: House of Flying Daggers (RU: A Very Long Engagement)
Foreign Language Film: House of Flying Daggers (RU: A Very Long Engagement)
Documentary: Control Room (RU: Touching the Void)
New Filmmaker: Jonathan Caouette (RU: Nicole Kassell – The Woodsman/Joshua Marston – Maria Full of Grace)

American Film Institute Top Ten

(12/12/04)

Top 10 (Alphabetical):

The Aviator
Collateral
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Friday Night Lights
The Incredibles
Kinsey
Maria Full of Grace
Million Dollar Baby
Sideways
Spider-Man 2

New York Online Film Critics

(12/11/04)
Picture: Sideways
Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Actress: Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen – Sideways
Director: Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Documentary: Fahrenheit 9/11, Broadway: The Golden Age
Foreign Language Film: The Motorcycle Diaries
Cinematography: Hero
Animation: The Incredibles
Debut Director: Joshua Marston – Maria Full of Grace
Breakthrough Performance: Topher Grace – P.S., In Good Company

Los Angeles Film Critics Association

(12/11/04)
Picture: Sideways
Runner-Up: Million Dollar Baby
Actor: Liam Neeson – Kinsey
Runner-Up: Paul Giamatti – Sideways
Actress: Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake
Runner-Up: Julie Delpy – Before Sunset
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Runner-Up: Morgan Freeman – Million Dollar Baby
Supporting Actress: Virginia Madsen – Sideways
Runner-Up: Cate Blanchett – Coffee & Cigarettes, The Aviator
Director: Alexander Payne – Sideways
Runner-Up: Martin Scorsese – The Aviator
Screenplay: Sideways
Runner-Up: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Cinematography: Collateral
Runner-Up: House of Flying Daggers
Foreign Language Film: House of Flying Daggers
Runner-Up: The Motorcycle Diaries
Documentary: Born Into Brothels
Runner-Up: Fahrenheit 9/11
Production Design: The Aviator
Runner-Up: House of Flying Daggers
Music Score: The Incredibles
Runner-Up: Birth
Animation (Feature-Length): The Incredibles

Satellites

(12/10/04)
Motion Picture Drama: Maria Full of Grace, Kinsey, Hotel Rwanda, Kill Bill Vol. 2, Vera Drake, The Aviator
Motion Picture Comedy/Musical: Ray, Merchant of Venice, Sideways, Napoleon Dynamite, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, The Phantom of the Opera
Drama Actor: Gael Garcia Bernal – The Motorcycle Diaries, Johnny Depp – Finding Neverland, Sean Penn – The Assassination of Richard Nixon, Javier Bardem – The Sea Inside, Liam Neeson – Kinsey, Kevin Bacon – The Woodsman, Don Cheadle – Hotel Rwanda
Drama Actress: Uma Thurman – Kill Bill Vol. 2, Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace, Laura Linney – P.S., Sigourney Weaver – Imaginary Heroes, Imelda Staunton – Vera Drake, Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby
Comedy/Musical Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray, Kevin Kline – De-Lovely, Jim Carrey – Eternal Sunshine, Paul Giamatti – Sideways, Bill Murray – The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Gerard Butler – The Phantom of the Opera
Comedy/Musical Actress: Kate Winslet – Eternal Sunshine, Jena Malone – Saved, Natalie Portman – Garden State, Annette Bening – Being Julia, Kerry Washington – Ray, Emmy Rossum – The Phantom of the Opera
Drama Supporting Actor: Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey, David Carradine – Kill Bill Vol. 2, Jamie Foxx – Collateral, Alfred Molina – Spider-Man 2, Christopher Walken – Around the Bend, Clive Owen – Closer
Drama Supp. Actress: Gena Rowlands – The Notebook, Laura Linney – Kinsey, Kyra Sedgewick – The Woodsman, Cate Blanchett – The Aviator, Darryl Hannah – Kill Bill Vol. 2, Natalie Portman – Closer
Comedy/Musical Supp. Actor: Jeremy Irons – Being Julia, Thomas Haden Church – Sideways, Peter Sarsgaard – Garden State, Patrick Wilson – The Phantom of the Opera, Joseph Fiennes – The Merchant of Venice, Mark Wahlberg – I Heart Huckabees
Comedy/Musical Supp. Actress: Regina King – Ray, Minnie Driver – The Phantom of the Opera, Virginia Madsen – Sideways, Sharon Warren – Ray, Lynn Collins – Merchant of Venice, Cloris Leachman – Spanglish
Director: Martin Scorsese – The Aviator, Taylor Hackford – Ray, Alexander Payne – Sideways, Joshua Marston – Maria Full of Grace, Bill Condon – Kinsey, Mel Gibson – The Passion of the Christ
Original Screenplay: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, Hotel Rwanda, The Aviator, Kinsey, Ray
Adapted Screenplay: Million Dollar Baby, The Phantom of the Opera, Sideways, Closer, Collateral
Foreign Language Film: Bad Education – Spain, The Motorcycle Diaries – Argentina, House of Flying Daggers – China, The Sea Inside – Spain, A Very Long Engagement – France, Don’t Move – Italy
Animated/Mixed-Media Picture: Teacher’s Pet, Shrek 2, The Incredibles, Team America: World Police, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, The Polar Express
Documentary: Touching the Void, Born Into Brothels, Super Size Me, The Fuente Family: An American Dream, Tupac: Resurrection, Lighting in a Bottle
Production Design: The Aviator, De-Lovely, Vanity Fair, House of Flying Daggers, The Phantom of the Opera, Sky Captain
Cinematography: Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Aviator, The Phantom of the Opera, A Very Long Engagement, Spider-Man 2, House of Flying Daggers
Costume Design: The Aviator, De-Lovely, Vanity Fair, House of Flying Daggers, The Phantom of the Opera, Sky Captain
Film Editing: Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Aviator, Closer, Collateral, House of Flying Daggers, Spider-Man 2
Original Score: The Incredibles, Alfie, The Aviator, Spider-Man 2, Napoleon Dynamite, Finding Neverland
Original Song: “Million Voices” – Hotel Rwanda, “Blind Leading the Blind” – Alfie, “Shine Your Light” – Ladder 49, “The Book of Love” – Shall We Dance, “Learn to Be Lonely” – The Phantom of the Opera, “Believe” – The Polar Express
Sound: The Aviator, Collateral, The Phantom of the Opera, Spider-Man 2, House of Flying Daggers, Code 46
Visual Effects: Eternal Sunshine, Collateral, Sky Captain, House of Flying Daggers, Spider-Man 2, The Aviator

National Board of Review

(12/1/04)
Picture: Finding Neverland
Actor: Jamie Foxx – Ray
Actress: Annette Bening – Being Julia
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways
Supporting Actress: Laura Linney – Kinsey
Director: Michael Mann – Collateral
Ensemble: Closer
Adapted Screenplay: Sideways
Original Screenplay: Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Breakthrough Actor: Topher Grace – In Good Company, P.S.
Breakthrough Actress: Emmy Rossum – The Phantom of the Opera
Directorial Debut: Zack Braff – Garden State
Documentary: Born into Brothels
Foreign Film: The Sea Inside
Animated: The Incredibles
Production Design: House of Flying Daggers

Top 10

Finding Neverland
The Aviator
Closer
Million Dollar Baby
Sideways
Kinsey
Vera Drake
Ray
Collateral
Hotel Rwanda

Top 5 Foreign

The Sea Inside
Bad Education
Maria Full of Grace
Les Choristes
The Motorcycle Diaries

Independent Spirit Nominations

(11/30/04)
Feature: Baadasssss!, Kinsey, Maria Full of Grace, Primer, Sideways
First Feature: Brother to Brother, Garden State, Napoleon Dynamite, Saints and Soldiers, The Woodsman
John Cassavetes Award – Feature (Under $500,000): Down to the Bone, Mean Creek, On the Outs, Robbing Peter, Unknown Soldier
First Screenplay: Brother to Brother, Garden State, Maria Full of Grace, Primer, Robbing Peter
Director: Primer, Maria Full of Grace, Sideways, The Motorcycle Diaries, Baadasssss!
Actor: Kevin Bacon – The Woodsman, Jeff Bridges – The Door in the Floor, Jamie Foxx – Redemption, Paul Giamatti – Sideways, Liam Neeson – Kinsey
Actress: Kimberly Elise – Woman Thou Art Loosed, Vera Farmiga – Down to the Bone, Judy Marte – On the Outs, Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace, Kyra Sedgwick – Cavedweller
Screenplay: Baadasssss!, Before Sunset, The Door in the Floor, Kinsey, Sideways
Supporting Actor: Thomas Haden Church – Sideways, Jon Gries – Napoleon Dynamite, Aidan Quinn – Cavedweller, Roger Robinson – Brother to Brother, Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey
Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett – Coffee and Cigarettes, Loretta Devine – Woman Thou Art Loosed, Virginia Madsen – Sideways, Robin Simmons – Robbing Peter, Yenna Paola Vega – Maria Full of Grace
Debut Performance: Anthony Mackie – Brother to Brother, Louie Olivios Jr. – Robbing Peter, Hannah Pilkes – The Woodsman, Rodrigo de la Serna – The Motorcycle Diaries, David Sullivan – Primer
Cinematography: Dandelion, The Motorcycle Diaries, Redemption, Saints and Soldiers, We Don’t Live Here Anymore
Foreign Film: Bad Education, Oasis, Red Lights, The Sea Inside, Yesterday
Documentary: Bright Leaves, Chisholm ’72, Hiding and Seeking, Metallica: Some Kind of Monster, Tarnation
Ensemble Cast: Mean Creek