2004 INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD NOMINATIONS
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BEST FEATURE

American Splendor; Producer: Ted Hope
In America; Producers: Jim Sheridan, Arthur Lappin
Lost in Translation; Producers: Sofia Coppola, Ross Katz
Raising Victor Vargas; Producers: Alain de la Mata, Robin O'Hara, Scott Macaulay, Peter Sollett
Shattered Glass; Producers: Craig Baumgarten, Tove Christensen, Gaye Hirsch, Adam Merims

BEST DIRECTOR
Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini, American Splendor
Sofia Coppola, Lost in Translation
Jim Sheridan, In America
Peter Sollett, Raising Victor Vargas
Gus Van Sant, Elephant

BEST SCREENPLAY
American Splendor; Writers: Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini
Lost in Translation; Writer: Sofia Coppola
A Mighty Wind; Writers: Christopher Guest & Eugene Levy and the cast of A Mighty Wind
Pieces of April; Writer: Peter Hedges
Shattered Glass; Writer: Billy Ray
BEST FIRST FEATURE Bomb the System; Director: Adam Bhala Lough; Producers: Ben Rekhi, Sol Tryon
House of Sand and Fog; Director: Vadim Perelman; Producers: Michael London, Vadim Perelman
Monster; Director: Patty Jenkins; Producers: Mark Damon, Donald Kushner, Clark Peterson, Charlize Theron, Brad Wyman
Quattro Noza; Director: Joey Curtis; Producer: Fredric King
Thirteen; Director: Catherine Hardwicke; Producers: Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Michael London

JOHN CASSAVETES AWARD (Given to the best feature made for under $500,000)
Anne B. Real; Director: Lisa France; Writers: Lisa France, Antonio Macia; Producers: Josselyne Herman, Luis Moro, Jeanine Rohn
Better Luck Tomorrow; Director: Justin Lin; Writers: Ernesto M. Foronda, Justin Lin, Fabian Marquez; Producers: Julie Asato, Ernesto M. Foronda, Justin Lin
Pieces of April; Writer/Director: Peter Hedges; Producers: Alexis Alexanian, John S. Lyons, Gary Winick
The Station Agent; Writer/Director: Thomas McCarthy; Producers: Mary Jane Skalski, Robert May, Kathryn Tucker
Virgin; Writer/Director: Deborah Kampmeier; Producer: Sarah Schenck
BEST FIRST SCREENPLAY
Blue Car; Writer: Karen Moncrieff
Monster; Writer: Patty Jenkins
Raising Victor Vargas; Writers: Peter Sollett and Eva Vives
The Station Agent; Writer: Thomas McCarthy
Thirteen; Writers: Catherine Hardwicke & Nikki Reed
BEST FEMALE LEAD
Agnes Bruckner, Blue Car
Zooey Deschanel, All the Real Girls
Samantha Morton, In America
Elisabeth Moss, Virgin
Charlize Theron, Monster BEST MALE LEAD
Peter Dinklage, The Station Agent
Paul Giamatti, American Splendor
Sir Ben Kingsley, House of Sand and Fog
Bill Murray, Lost in Translation
Lee Pace, Soldier's Girl
BEST SUPPORTING FEMALE
Shohreh Aghdashloo, House of Sand and Fog
Sarah Bolger, In America
Patricia Clarkson, Pieces of April
Hope Davis, The Secret Lives of Dentists
8Frances McDormand, Laurel Canyon
BEST SUPPORTING MALE
Judah Friedlander, American Splendor
Troy Garity, Soldier's Girl
Djimon Hounsou, In America
Alessandro Nivola, Laurel Canyon
Peter Sarsgaard, Shattered Glass
BEST DEBUT PERFORMANCE
Anna Kendrick, Camp
Judy Marte, Raising Victor Vargas
Victor Rasuk, Raising Victor Vargas
Nikki Reed, Thirteen
Janice Richardson, Anne B. Real
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Elephant, Harris Savides
In America, Declan Quinn
Northfork, M. David Mullen
Quattro Noza, Derek Cianfrance
Shattered Glass, Mandy Walker
BEST FOREIGN FILM
City of God - (Brazil); Director: Fernando Meirelles
Lilya 4-Ever - (Denmark); Director: Lukas Moodysson
The Magdalene Sisters - (England/Ireland); Director: Peter Mullan
The Triplets of Belleville - (France); Director: Sylvian Chomet
Whale Rider - (New Zealand/Germany); Director: Niki Caro
BEST DOCUMENTARY

The Fog of War; Director: Errol Morris
Mayor of the Sunset Strip; Director: George Hickenlooper
My Architect; Director: Nathaniel Kahn
OT: our town; Director: Scott Hamilton Kennedy
Power Trip; Director: Paul Devlin