The Red Carpet at the Independent Spirit Awards

March 4, 2006 by leora

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Zooey Deschanel

Molly Sims

Sienna Miller

Laura Linney

Olsen Twin at the Independent Spirit Awards

Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen at the Independent Spirit Awards

Amy Adams at the Independent Spirit Awards

Amy Adams and Matt Dillon holding their Independent Spirit Awards

Amy Adams and Matt Dillon winners at the Independent Spirit Awards

Lisa Kudrow

Michelle Williams and Heath Ledger

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Sandra Oh

Zhang Ziyi

Felicity Huffman at the Independent Spirit Awards

Felicity Huffman (Winner!) at the Independent Spirit Awards

Pictures from IMDB and JJB

The night before the Oscars the stars still come out to support independent films, many of whom/which are also up for Oscars.

Check out the list of winners from IMDB:

Best Feature
  Winner:

Brokeback Mountain (2005) - James Schamus, Diana Ossana
  Other Nominees:

Capote (2005) - Caroline Baron, Michael Ohoven, William Vince

Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - Grant Heslov

The Squid and the Whale (2005) - Wes Anderson, Peter Newman, Charlie Corwin, Clara Markowicz

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) - Michael Fitzgerald, Tommy Lee Jones, Luc Besson, Pierre-Ange Le Pogam

Best Female Lead
  Winner:

Felicity Huffman for Transamerica (2005)
  Other Nominees:

Dina Korzun for Forty Shades of Blue (2005)

Laura Linney for The Squid and the Whale (2005)

S. Epatha Merkerson for Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV)

Cyndi Williams for Room (2005)

Best Male Lead
  Winner:

Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote (2005)
  Other Nominees:

Jeff Daniels for The Squid and the Whale (2005)

Terrence Howard for Hustle & Flow (2005)

Heath Ledger for Brokeback Mountain (2005)

David Strathairn for Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

Best Supporting Female
  Winner:

Amy Adams for Junebug (2005)
  Other Nominees:

Maggie Gyllenhaal for Happy Endings (2005)

Allison Janney for Our Very Own (2005)

Michelle Williams for Brokeback Mountain (2005)

Robin Wright Penn for Nine Lives (2005)

Best Supporting Male
  Winner:

Matt Dillon for Crash (2004)
  Other Nominees:

Firdous Bamji for The War Within (2005)

Jesse Eisenberg for The Squid and the Whale (2005)

Barry Pepper for The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

Jeffrey Wright for Broken Flowers (2005)

Best Director
  Winner:

Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain (2005)
  Other Nominees:

Gregg Araki for Mysterious Skin (2004)

Noah Baumbach for The Squid and the Whale (2005)

George Clooney for Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005)

Rodrigo García for Nine Lives (2005)

Best Screenplay
  Winner:

Capote (2005) - Dan Futterman
  Other Nominees:

Nine Lives (2005) - Rodrigo García

The Squid and the Whale (2005) - Noah Baumbach

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) - Guillermo Arriaga

The War Within (2005) - Ayad Akhtar, Joseph Castelo, Tom Glynn

Best First Screenplay
  Winner:

Transamerica (2005) - Duncan Tucker
  Other Nominees:

The Beautiful Country (2004) - Sabina Murray

Fixing Frank (2002) - Ken Hanes

Junebug (2005) - Angus MacLachlan

Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) - Miranda July

Best Cinematography
  Winner:

Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) - Robert Elswit
  Other Nominees:

Capote (2005) - Adam Kimmel

Keane (2004) - John Foster

Last Days (2005) - Harris Savides

The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) - Chris Menges

Best First Feature
  Winner:

Crash (2004) - Paul Haggis, Cathy Schulman, Don Cheadle, Bob Yari, Mark R. Harris, Robert Moresco
  Other Nominees:

Lackawanna Blues (2005) (TV) - George C. Wolfe, Halle Berry, Vince Cirrincione, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Nellie Nugiel, Shelby Stone

Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) - Miranda July, Gina Kwon

Thumbsucker (2005) - Mike Mills, Anthony Bregman, Bob Stephenson

Transamerica (2005) - Duncan Tucker, Sebastian Dungan, Linda Moran, Rene Bastian

Best Foreign Film
  Winner:

Paradise Now (2005) - Hany Abu-Assad (Palestine/Netherlands/Germany/France)
  Other Nominees:

Gegen die Wand (2004) - Fatih Akin (Germany/Turkey)

Moartea domnului Lazarescu (2005) - Cristi Puiu (Romania)

Temporada de patos (2004) - Fernando Eimbcke (Mexico)

Tony Takitani (2004) - Jun Ichikawa (Japan)

Best Documentary
  Winner:

Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) - Alex Gibney
  Other Nominees:

Grizzly Man (2005) - Werner Herzog

Romántico (2005) - Mark Becker

Sierra, La (2005) - Scott Dalton, Margarita Martinez

Sir! No Sir! (2005) - David Zeiger

John Cassavetes Award
  Winner:

Conventioneers (2005) - Mora Stephens, Joel Viertel
  Other Nominees:

Brick (2005) - Rian Johnson, Ram Bergman, Mark G. Mathis

Jellysmoke (2005) - Mark Banning, Cliff Charles, Mad Matthewz

The Puffy Chair (2005) - Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass

Room (2005) - Kyle Henry, Jesse Scolaro, Allen Bain, Darren Goldberg

Truer Than Fiction Award
  Winner:

Occupation: Dreamland (2005) - Garrett Scott, Ian Olds
  Other Nominees:

Our Brand Is Crisis (2005) - Rachel Boynton

Romántico (2005) - Mark Becker

Twelve Disciples of Nelson Mandela (2005) - Thomas Allen Harris