The 20th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2004, were announced on February 26, 2005. It was hosted by Samuel L. Jackson. Nominees and winners Best Feature Sideways Baadasssss! Kinsey Maria Full of Grace Primer Best First Feature Garden State Brother to Brother Napoleon Dynamite Saints and Soldiers The Woodsman Best Director Alexander Payne – Sideways Shane Carruth – Primer Joshua Marston – Maria Full of Grace Walter Salles – The Motorcycle Diaries Mario Van Peebles – Baadasssss! Best Male Lead Paul Giamatti – Sideways Kevin Bacon – The Woodsman Jeff Bridges – The Door in the Floor Jamie Foxx – Redemption Liam Neeson – Kinsey Best Female Lead Catalina Sandino Moreno – Maria Full of Grace Kimberly Elise – Woman Thou Art Loosed Vera Farmiga – Down to the Bone Judy Marte – On the Outs Kyra Sedgwick – Cavedweller Best Supporting Male Thomas Haden Church – Sideways Jon Gries – Napoleon Dynamite Aidan Quinn – Cavedweller Roger Robinson – Brother to Brother Peter Sarsgaard – Kinsey Best Supporting Female Virginia Madsen – Sideways Cate Blanchett – Coffee and Cigarettes Loretta Devine – Woman Thou Art Loosed Robin Simmons – Robbing Peter Yenny Paola Vega – Maria Full of Grace Best Screenplay Sideways – Alexander Payne and Jim TaylorBaadasssss! – Mario Van Peebles and Dennis Haggerty Before Sunset – Richard Linklater, Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke The Door in the Floor – Tod Williams Kinsey – Bill Condon Best First ScreenplayMaria Full of Grace – Joshua MarstonBrother to Brother – Rodney Evans Garden State – Zach Braff Primer – Shane Carruth Robbing Peter – Mario F. de la Vega Best CinematographyThe Motorcycle Diaries – Eric GautierDandelion – Tim Orr Redemption – David Greene Saints and Soldiers – Ryan Little We Don't Live Here Anymore – Maryse Alberti Best Foreign FilmThe Sea Inside • SpainBad Education • Spain Oasis • South Korea Red Lights • France Yesterday • South Africa Best Documentary FeatureMetallica: Some Kind of Monster Bright Leaves Chisholm '72: Unbought & Unbossed Hiding and Seeking: Faith and Tolerance After the Holocaust Tarnation Best Debut Performance Rodrigo de la Serna – The Motorcycle Diaries Anthony Mackie – Brother to Brother Louie Olivos Jr. – Robbing Peter Hannah Pilkes – The Woodsman David Sullivan – Primer John Cassavetes Award Mean Creek Down to the Bone On the Outs Robbing Peter Unknown Soldier Truer Than Fiction Award