2004 Film Independent Spirit Awards – Best International Film Winner and Nominees

Whale Rider

Niki Caro

A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

City of God

Fernando Meirelles

Lilya 4-Ever

Lukas Moodysson

The Magdalene Sisters

Peter Mullan

The Triplets of Belleville

Sylvain Chomet