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

Winners

Zhang Yimou, Best Director winner

Jamie Foxx, Best Actor winner

Hilary Swank, Best Actress winner

Thomas Haden Church, Best Supporting Actor winner

Laura Dern, Best Supporting Actress winner

• 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

External links

• Past Winners

References

• Boston film critics flip for ‘Sideways’ Variety
• BOSTON CRITICS NAME `SIDEWAYS' BEST FILM Boston Globe
• Boston Film Critics moviecitynews