19th Independent Spirit Awards explained

Number:	19
Award:	Independent Spirit Awards
Date:	February 28, 2004
Site:	U.S.
Host:	John Waters
Best Film:	Lost in Translation
Most Wins:	Lost in Translation (4)
Most Nominations:	In America (6)
Last:	18th
Next:	20th

The 19th Independent Spirit Awards, honoring the best in independent filmmaking for 2003, were announced on February 28, 2004. It was hosted by John Waters.^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Nominees and winners

Best Feature	Best Director
Lost in Translation American Splendor In America Raising Victor Vargas Shattered Glass	Sofia Coppola  - Lost in Translation Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini  - American Splendor Jim Sheridan  - In America Peter Sollett  - Raising Victor Vargas Gus Van Sant  - Elephant
Best Male Lead	Best Female Lead
Bill Murray  - Lost in Translation Peter Dinklage  - The Station Agent Paul Giamatti  - American Splendor Ben Kingsley  - House of Sand and Fog Lee Pace  - Soldier's Girl	Charlize Theron  - Monster Agnes Bruckner  - Blue Car Zooey Deschanel  - All the Real Girls Samantha Morton  - In America Elisabeth Moss  - Virgin
Best Supporting Male	Best Supporting Female
Djimon Hounsou  - In America Judah Friedlander  - American Splendor Troy Garity  - Soldier's Girl Alessandro Nivola  - Laurel Canyon Peter Sarsgaard  - Shattered Glass	Shohreh Aghdashloo  - House of Sand and Fog Sarah Bolger  - In America Patricia Clarkson  - Pieces of April Hope Davis  - The Secret Lives of Dentists Frances McDormand  - Laurel Canyon
Best Screenplay	Best First Screenplay
Lost in Translation  - Sofia Coppola American Splendor  - Shari Springer Berman and Robert Pulcini A Mighty Wind  - Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy (and the rest of the cast) Pieces of April  - Peter Hedges Shattered Glass  - Billy Ray	The Station Agent  - Tom McCarthy Blue Car  - Karen Moncrieff Monster  - Patty Jenkins Raising Victor Vargas  - Peter Sollett and Eva Vives Thirteen  - Catherine Hardwicke and Nikki Reed
Best First Feature	Best Debut Performance
Monster Bomb the System House of Sand and Fog Quattro Noza Thirteen	Nikki Reed  - Thirteen Anna Kendrick  - Camp Judy Marte  - Raising Victor Vargas Victor Rasuk  - Raising Victor Vargas Janice Richardson  - Anne B. Real
Best Cinematography	Best Documentary Feature
In America  - Declan Quinn Elephant  - Harris Savides Northfork  - M. David Mullen Quattro Noza  - Derek Cianfrance Shattered Glass  - Mandy Walker	The Fog of War Mayor of the Sunset Strip My Architect Power Trip
Best Foreign Film
Whale Rider • New Zealand City of God • Brazil Lilya 4-Ever • Denmark The Magdalene Sisters • England/Ireland The Triplets of Belleville • France

Special awards

John Cassavetes Award

The Station Agent

• Anne B. Real
• Better Luck Tomorrow
• Pieces of April
• Virgin

Truer Than Fiction Award

Lost Boys of Sudan

• Flag Wars
• My Architect
• The Same River Twice

Producers Award

Mary Jane Skalski  - The Jimmy Show and The Station Agent

• Callum Greene and Anthony Katagas  - Happy Here and Now and Homework
• Lauren Moews  - Cabin Fever and Briar Patch

Someone to Watch Award

Andrew Bujalski  - Funny Ha Ha

• Ben Coccio  - Zero Day
• Ryan Eslinger  - Madness and Genius

Special Distinction Award

• 21 Grams

Films with multiple wins and nominations

Films with multiple nominations

Nominations	Film
6	In America
5	American Splendor
	Raising Victor Vargas
4	Lost in Translation
	Shattered Glass
3	House of Sand and Fog
	Monster
	Pieces of April
	Thirteen
2	Anne B. Real
	Blue Car
	Elephant
	My Architect
	Soldier's Girl

Films with multiple wins

Nominations	Film
4	Lost in Translation
3	The Station Agent
2	In America
	Monster

External links

• 2003 Spirit Awards at IMDb
• Full show on Film Independent's YouTube channel

Notes and References

1. Susman . Gary . 2003-12-03 . 'American' Beauties . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607162151/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,555168,00.html . June 7, 2011 . 2012-08-20 . Entertainment Weekly.
2. Web site: King . Susan . 2003-12-04 . The 'best' season begins . 2012-08-20 . Los Angeles Times.
3. Web site: "In America," "American Splendor," and "Raising Victor Vargas" Top Nominees for 2004 IFP Independent. 2003-12-04. indieWire. 2012-08-20.
4. Web site: 'Lost in Translation' Captures Top Prizes at Spirit Awards. 2004-02-29. Los Angeles Times. 2012-08-20.
5. Web site: "Lost In Translation" Tops Independent Spirit Awards, "Station Agent" Another Big Winner. 2004-02-28. indieWire. 2012-08-20.
6. Web site: Oakes . Keily . 2004-02-29 . Translation captures Spirit awards . 2012-08-20 . BBC News.
7. Web site: Crow . Kim . 2004-03-01 . 'Lost in Translation' finds success at Independent Spirit . 2012-08-20 . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.