Fiction Department Awards Ballot 2005

Here it is, in my opinion, the best of the year.

Best Picture

• Brokeback Mountain
• The Constant Gardener
• Junebug
• The New World
• The Squid and the Whale

Best Director

• Noah Baumbach -- The Squid and the Whale
• Ang Lee -- Brokeback Mountain
• Terrence Malick -- The New World
• Fernando Meirelles -- The Constant Gardener
• Wong Kar Wai -- 2046

Best Actor

• Robert Downey Jr. -- Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
• Ralph Fiennes -- The Constant Gardener
• Phillip Seymour Hoffman -- Capote
• Heath Ledger -- Brokeback Mountain
• David Strathairn -- Good Night, and Good Luck

Best Actress

• Emmanuelle Devos -- Kings and Queen
• Q'Orianka Kilcher -- The New World
• Keira Knightley -- Pride and Prejudice
• Naomi Watts -- King Kong
• Reese Witherspoon -- Walk the Line

Best Supporting Actor

• Mathieu Amalric -- Kings and Queen
• Clifton Collins Jr. -- Capote
• Jeff Daniels -- The Squid and the Whale
• Jake Gyllenhaal -- Brokeback Mountain
• Val Kilmer -- Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang

Best Supporting Actress

• Amy Adams -- Junebug
• Maria Bello -- A History of Violence
• Laura Linney -- The Squid and the Whale
• Rachel Weisz - The Constant Gardener
• Ziyi Zhang -- 2046

Best Original Screenplay

• Noah Baumbach -- The Squid and the Whale
• Roger Bohbot, Arnaud Desplechin -- Kings and Queen
• Stephen Gaghan -- Syriana
• Paul Haggis, Robert Moresco -- Crash
• Angus MacLachlan -- Junebug

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Shane Black -- Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang
• Jeffrey Caine -- The Constant Gardener
• Dan Futterman -- Capote
• Larry McMurtry, Diana Ossana -- Brokeback Mountain
• Josh Olson -- A History of Violence

Best Ensemble Cast

• Brokeback Mountain
• Crash
• Junebug
• Syriana
• The Squid and the Whale

Best Foreign Language Film

• 2046
• Caché
• Downfall
• Kings and Queen
• Nobody Knows


Note that I do not have some things in the same categories as the Golden Globes, etc. This is because I do not agree with the category they were placed in. Can you guess my winners?