19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Award Nominees Announced

The movie awards season kicked off this morning when the nominees for the 19th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards were announced. The nominations were announced by "At the Movies" co-host and New York Times theater critic A.O. Scott. The awards will be held Nov. 30 at the Cipriani Wall Street in New York.

The nominees in each of the 6 categories are:

Best Feature:
"Amreeka"
"Big Fan"
"The Hurt Locker"
"The Maid"
"A Serious Man"

Best Documentary:
"Food, Inc."
"Good Hair"
"My Neighbor My Killer"
"Paradise"
"Tyson"

Breakthrough Director:
Cruz Angeles, "Don't Let Me Down"
Frazer Bradshaw, "Everything Strange and New"
Noah Buschel, "The Missing Person"
Derick Martini, "Lymelife"
Robert Siegel, "Big Fan"

Breakthrough Actor:
Ben Foster, "The Messenger"
Patton Oswalt, "Big Fan"
Jeremy Renner, "The Hurt Locker"
Catalina Saavedra, "The Maid"
Soulémane Sy Savané, "Goodbye Solo"

Best Ensemble Performance:
"Adventureland"
"Cold Souls"
"The Hurt Locker,"
"A Serious Man"
"Sugar"

Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You:
"Everything Strange and New"
"Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench"
"October Country"
"You Won't Miss Me"
"Zero Bridge"

Career tributes will be bestowed upon "The Hurt Locker" director Kathryn Bigelow, actors Stanley Tucci and Natalie Portman and producers Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner.

The awards are sponsored by the Independent Filmmaker Project, the nation's oldest and largest organization of indie filmmakers.The Gotham Independent Film Awards, selected by distinguished juries and presented in New York City, the home of independent film, are the first honors of the film awards season. This public showcase honors the filmmaking community, expands the audience for independent films, and supports the work that IFP does behind the scenes throughout the year to bring such films to fruition.   

After debuting with a program in the 1979 New York Film Festival, the nonprofit IFP has evolved into the nation's oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, and also the premier advocate for them. Since its start, IFP has supported the production of 7,000 films and provided resources to more than 20,000 filmmakers' voices that otherwise might not have been heard. IFP believes that independent films broaden the palette of cinema, seeding the global culture with new ideas, kindling awareness, and fostering activism. Currently, IFP represent a network of 10,000 filmmakers in New York City and around the world.  Through its workshops, seminars, conferences, mentorships, and Filmmaker Magazine, IFP schools  its members in the art, technology, and business of independent filmmaking (there are special  programs to promote racial, ethnic, religious, ideological, gender, and sexual diversity). IFP builds  audiences by hosting screenings, often in collaboration with other cultural institutions and also  bestows the Gotham Independent Film Awards, the first honors of the film awards season. When all is  said and done, IFP fosters the development of 350 feature and documentary films each year.

 

 

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