Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2004



25th BSFC Awards December 13, 2004

Best Film:  Sideways  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
 * Sharon Warren – Ray
 * 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