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21st Film Independent Spirit Awards (2006)
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Spirit Awards 2006 Winners & Nominees

The 21st Film Independent Spirit Awards (2006) took place on March 4, 2006. Brokeback Mountain won Best Feature and one more award. Capote, Transamerica and Crash matched it with 2 wins. Every winner and nominee in all 12 categories is below.

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Best Feature
Brokeback Mountain
Headline winners

Spirit Awards 2006: The Winners

Brokeback Mountain won Best Feature against 4 other nominees. Ang Lee (Best Director), Philip Seymour Hoffman (Best Male Lead) and Felicity Huffman (Best Female Lead) took the main individual prizes.

Brokeback Mountain (2005) movie poster Best Feature

Best Feature

Brokeback Mountain

2005 · Drama, Romance, Western · $178M worldwide

2 wins from 4 nominations at the 21st Film Independent Spirit Awards (2006)

  • Best Director

In the rugged landscape of Wyoming, two cowboys, the rough-edged Jack Twist and the reserved Ennis Del Mar, develop a surprising connection while working on Brokeback Mountain. What begins as a summer job evolves into a complex and enduring relationship, marked by stolen moments and unspoken desires. As they return to their separate lives, the pull between them persists, forcing them to confront the societal constraints and personal sacrifices that define their unconventional love.

About Brokeback Mountain
Scoreboard

Spirit Awards 2006: Which Films Won the Most

Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Transamerica and Crash won 2 awards each. 8 films won at least once, while The Squid and the Whale went home empty-handed from 6 nominations. Green is wins, blue is nominations.

  1. Brokeback Mountain (2005) movie poster
    Brokeback Mountain 2 / 4
    2005 · Drama, Romance · 2 wins from 4 nominations
  2. Capote (2005) movie poster
    Capote 2 / 4
    2005 · Biography, Drama · 2 wins from 4 nominations
  3. Transamerica (2005) movie poster
    Transamerica 2 / 3
    2005 · Adventure, Drama · 2 wins from 3 nominations
  4. Crash (2005) movie poster
    Crash 2 / 2
    2005 · Drama, Crime · 2 wins from 2 nominations
  5. Good Night, and Good Luck. (2005) movie poster
    Good Night, and Good Luck. 1 / 4
    2005 · Drama, History · 1 win from 4 nominations
  6. Junebug (2005) movie poster
    Junebug 1 / 2
    2005 · Drama, Comedy · 1 win from 2 nominations
  7. Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) movie poster
    Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room 1 / 1
    2005 · Documentary · 1 win from 1 nomination
  8. Paradise Now (2005) movie poster
    Paradise Now 1 / 1
    2005 · Drama, Crime · 1 win from 1 nomination
  9. The Squid and the Whale (2005) movie poster
    The Squid and the Whale 0 / 6
    2005 · Drama, Comedy · 0 wins from 6 nominations
  10. The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) movie poster
    The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada 0 / 4
    2005 · Adventure, Drama · 0 wins from 4 nominations
Full results

All 12 Spirit Awards 2006 Categories: Winners & Nominees

12 categories and 56 nominations. The winner of each comes first, on a green row. Search for a film or a person, show only the winners, or jump straight to a category.

12 categories · 56 nominations

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The Genres Behind the Spirit Awards 2006 Winners

Drama led with 50 nominations across 25 films and won 11. A film with several genres counts for each one.

  1. Drama 11 wins · 50 nominations · 22%
  2. Comedy 3 wins · 18 nominations · 17%
  3. Crime 5 wins · 12 nominations · 42%
  4. Western 2 wins · 8 nominations · 25%
  5. Adventure 2 wins · 7 nominations · 29%
  6. Mystery 0 wins · 7 nominations · 0%
  7. Biography 2 wins · 6 nominations · 33%
  8. Romance 2 wins · 5 nominations · 40%
  9. Documentary 1 win · 5 nominations · 20%
  10. History 1 win · 4 nominations · 25%
2006 season

How the Rest of the 2006 Awards Season Voted

The other 9 ceremonies of 2006, with the winner of each top prize. Brokeback Mountain also won the top prize at 4 of them.

All 2006 awards
Earlier years

Previous Spirit Awards Ceremonies

The 6 ceremonies before this one, with the winner of each top prize. The Spirit Awards page has every year back to 1986.

Every Spirit Awards ceremony

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Spirit Awards 2006: Questions & Answers

The top prize, the film that won the most, the most-nominated film, the individual winners and the date of the 21st Film Independent Spirit Awards (2006), answered from the results on this page.

Who won Best Feature at the 21st Film Independent Spirit Awards (2006)?

Brokeback Mountain (2005) won Best Feature. The other nominees were Capote, Good Night, and Good Luck., The Squid and the Whale and The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.

About Brokeback Mountain

Which film won the most awards at the 21st Film Independent Spirit Awards (2006)?

Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Transamerica and 1 other each won 2 awards.

Which film had the most nominations at the 21st Film Independent Spirit Awards (2006)?

The Squid and the Whale (2005) led with 6 nominations and won none of them.

Who won the acting and directing awards at the 21st Film Independent Spirit Awards (2006)?

Best Director: Ang Lee for Brokeback Mountain. Best Male Lead: Philip Seymour Hoffman for Capote. Best Female Lead: Felicity Huffman for Transamerica. Best Supporting Male: Matt Dillon for Crash. Best Supporting Female: Amy Adams for Junebug.

When was the 21st Film Independent Spirit Awards (2006)?

The 21st Film Independent Spirit Awards (2006) took place on March 4, 2006. The database has 12 categories and 56 nominations for it.