Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2004

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The 25th Boston Society of Film Critics Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2004, were given on 13 December 2004.

Winners

Best Film:

Sideways

Runner-up: Before Sunset

Best Actor:

Jamie Foxx – Ray

Runner-up: Paul Giamatti – Sideways

Best Actress:

Hilary Swank – Million Dollar Baby

Runner-up (tie): Annette Bening – Being Julia and Kim Basinger – The Door in the Floor

Best Supporting Actor:

Thomas Haden Church – Sideways

Runner-up: Clive Owen – Closer

Best Supporting Actress (tie):

Laura Dern – We Don't Live Here Anymore

Runner-up: Cate Blanchett - The Aviator

Best Director:

Zhang Yimou – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)

Runner-up: Alexander Payne – Sideways

Best Screenplay:

Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor – Sideways

Runner-up: Charlie Kaufman – Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

Best Cinematography:

Zhao Xiaoding – House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu)

Runner-up: Bruno Delbonnel – A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles)

Best Documentary:

Control Room

Runner-up: Touching the Void

Best Foreign-Language Film:

House of Flying Daggers (Shi mian mai fu) • China/Hong Kong

Runner-up: A Very Long Engagement (Un long dimanche de fiançailles) • France/United States

Best New Filmmaker:

Jonathan Caouette – Tarnation

Runner-up (tie): Nicole Kassell – The Woodsman and Joshua Marston – Maria Full of Grace

Best Ensemble Cast:

Sideways

Runner-up: The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou

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