2004 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best First Feature Winner
![Monster Patty Jenkins](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/monster-patty-jenkins-image.jpg)
Monster
Patty Jenkins
Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.
2004 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best First Feature Nominees
![Bomb the System Adam Bhala Lough](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/bomb-the-system-image.jpg)
Bomb the System
Adam Bhala Lough
![House of Sand and Fog Vadim Perelman](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/house-of-sand-and-fog-vadim-perelman-image.jpg)
House of Sand and Fog
Vadim Perelman
![Quattro Noza Joey Curtis](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/quattro-noza-joey-curtis-image.jpg)
Quattro Noza
Joey Curtis
![Thirteen Catherine Hardwicke](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/thirteen-catherine-hardwicke-image.jpg)