1. Nominees and winners
    Best Feature  Best First Feature  Best Director  Best Male Lead  Best Female Lead  Best Supporting Male  Best Supporting Female  Best Screenplay  Best First Screenplay  Best Cinematography  Best Foreign Film  Best Documentary Feature  Best Debut Performance  John Cassavetes Award  Truer Than Fiction Award  Producers Award  Someone to Watch Award  Special Distinction Award 

2. References

3. External links

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.

Nominees and winners

Best Feature

• American Splendor
• In America
• Raising Victor Vargas
• Shattered Glass

Best First Feature

• Bomb the System
• House of Sand and Fog
• Quattro Noza
• Thirteen

Best Director

'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

'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

Best Female Lead

'Charlize Theron – Monster

• Agnes Bruckner – Blue Car
• Zooey Deschanel – All the Real Girls
• Samantha Morton – In America
• Elisabeth Moss – Virgin

Best Supporting Male

'Djimon Hounsou – In America

• Judah Friedlander – American Splendor
• Troy Garity – Soldier's Girl
• Alessandro Nivola – Laurel Canyon
• Peter Sarsgaard – Shattered Glass

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
• Frances McDormand – Laurel Canyon

Best Screenplay

• 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

Best First Screenplay

• Blue Car – Karen Moncrieff
• Monster – Patty Jenkins
• Raising Victor Vargas – Peter Sollett and Eva Vives
• Thirteen – Catherine Hardwicke and Nikki Reed

Best Cinematography

• Elephant – Harris Savides
• Northfork – M. David Mullen
• Quattro Noza – Derek Cianfrance
• Shattered Glass – Mandy Walker

Best Foreign Film

• City of God • Brazil
• Lilya 4-Ever • Denmark
• The Magdalene Sisters • England/Ireland
• The Triplets of Belleville • France

Best Documentary Feature

• Mayor of the Sunset Strip
• My Architect
• Our Town
• Power Trip

Best Debut Performance

'Nikki Reed – Thirteen

• Anna Kendrick – Camp
• Judy Marte – Raising Victor Vargas
• Victor Rasuk – Raising Victor Vargas
• Janice Richardson – Anne B. Real

John Cassavetes Award

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

Truer Than Fiction Award

• 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

References

• {{cite web|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,555168,00.html|title='American' Beauties|date=2003-12-03|work=Entertainment Weekly|accessdate=2012-08-20}}
• {{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2003/dec/04/news/wk-king4|title=The 'best' season begins|date=2003-12-04|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2012-08-20}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/in_america_american_splendor_and_raising_victor_vargas_top_nominees_for_200|title="In America," "American Splendor," and "Raising Victor Vargas" Top Nominees for 2004 IFP Independent|date=2003-12-04|work=indieWire|accessdate=2012-08-20}}
• {{cite web|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2004/feb/29/local/me-spirit29|title='Lost in Translation' Captures Top Prizes at Spirit Awards|date=2004-02-29|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=2012-08-20}}
• {{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/lost_in_translation_tops_independent_spirit_awards_station_agent_another_bi|title="Lost In Translation" Tops Independent Spirit Awards, "Station Agent" Another Big Winner|date=2004-02-28|work=indieWire|accessdate=2012-08-20}}
• {{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3519903.stm|title=Translation captures Spirit awards |date=2004-02-29|work=BBC News|accessdate=2012-08-20}}
• {{cite web|url=http://old.post-gazette.com/ae/20040301spirit0301p2.asp|title='Lost in Translation' finds success at Independent Spirit |date=2004-03-01|work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|accessdate=2012-08-20}}

External links

• [https://www.imdb.com/event/ev0000349/2004 2003 Spirit Awards at IMDb]

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