Gotham Independent Film Award Nominations

BEST FEATURE

• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Love is Strange
• Under the Skin

BEST ACTOR

• Bill Hader, The Skeleton Twins
• Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
• Oscar Isaac, A Most Violent Year
• Michael Keaton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Miles Teller, Whiplash

*The Gotham Award jury decided to give the male ensemble of Foxcatcher (Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo) a Special Jury Prize for Best Actor. 

BEST ACTRESS

• Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Beyond the Lights
• Julianne Moore, Still Alice
• Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin
• Mia Wasikowska, Tracks   

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Actress
• CITIZENFOUR
• Life Itself
• Manakamana
• Point & Shoot

BINGHAM RAY BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR

• Ana Lily Amirpour, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
• James Ward Byrkit, Coherence
• Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
• Eliza Hittman, It Felt Like Love
• Justin Simien, Dear White People

BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR

• Riz Ahmed, Nightcrawler
• Macon Blair, Blue Ruin
• Ellar Coltrane, Boyhood
• Joey King, Wish I Was Here
• Jenny Slate, Obvious Child
• Tessa Thompson, Dear White People  

Gotham Award Winners

BEST FEATURE: Inside Llewyn Davis
BEST ACTOR: Matthew McConaughey, Dallas Buyers Club
BEST ACTRESS: Brie Larson, Short Term 12
BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR: Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station
DOCUMENTARY: The Act of Killing
AUDIENCE AWARD: Life on Four Strings
EUPHORIA CALVIN KLEIN SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN FILMMAKERS AWARD: Beneath the Harvest Sky- Gita Pullapilly

The Coen Brothers' Inside Llewyn Davis shocked presumed frontrunner 12 Years a Slave by claiming the top prize at the 23rd Gotham Awards, the first major prize of the season.  Steve McQueen's heart-wrenching slavery drama led with three nominations, but went home empty-handed.  Larson and McConaughey got spikes in momentum, while Sundance winner Fruitvale Station emerged with two prizes, boosting its profile.

And so it begins...

2013 Gotham Awards Nominations

And we're off!  The 2013 awards season is officially underway as the first organization as announced its best of the year line-up.  The Gothams, New York based, lead the way honoring the best of American independent films.

BEST FEATURE
12 Years a Slave (directed by Steve McQueen)
Ain't Them Bodies Saints (directed by David Lowery)
Before Midnight (directed by Richard Linklater)
Inside Llewyn Davis (directed by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen)
Upstream Color (directed by Shane Corruth)

BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Act of Killing (directed by Joshua Oppenheimer)
The Crash Reel (directed by Lucy Walker)
First Cousin Once Removed (directed by Alan Berliner)
Let the Fire Burn (directed by Jason Osder)
Our Nixon (directed by Penny Lane)

BINGHAM RAY BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR AWARD
Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station
Adam Leon, Gimme the Loot
Alexander Moors, Blue Caprice
Stacie Passion, Concussion
Amy Seimetz, Sun Don't Shine

Gotham Awards

Your Sister's Sister's tight ensemble (Mark Duplass, Emily Blunt and Rosemarie DeWitt) besting big guns like Moonrise Kingdom, Silver Linings Playbook, Bernie and Safety Not Guaranteed.

FEATURE 
Moonrise Kingdom

DOCUMENTARY
How to Survive a Plague

ENSEMBLE
Your Sister's Sister

BREAKTHROUGH FILMMAKER
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER
Emayatzy Corinealdi, Middle of Nowhere

BEST FILM NOT PLAYING AT A THEATER NEAR YOU
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty 

Gotham Independent Film Award Nominations

Moonrise Kingdom earns two nominations, including Best Feature.

The 2012 awards season is officially underway as the first governing body has announced its selections for the best of 2012.  The Gotham Awards are always the first organization to do so, and while their nominations aren't necessarily clear bellwethers for the Oscars, they put a few things on the map, giving them a boost, so to speak, as the season starts getting crazy.


BEST FEATURE
Bernie
The Loneliest Planet
The Master
Middle of Nowhere
Moonrise Kingdom

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Detropia
How to Survive a Plague
Marina Abramavi?: The Artist is Present
Room 237
The Waiting Room

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
Bernie
Moonrise Kingdom
Safety Not Guaranteed
The Silver Linings Playbook
Your Sister's Sister

BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR
Antonio Mendez Esparza, Aqui y Alla
Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild
Brian M. Cassidey & Melanie Shatzky, Francine
Jason Corlund & Julia Halperin, Now, Forager
Zal Batmanglij, Sound of My Voice

BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR
Mike Birbiglia, Sleepwalk with Me
Emayatzy Corineldi, Middle of Nowhere
Thure Lindhardt, Keep the Lights On
Melanie Lynskey, Hello, I Must Be Going
Quevenzhane Wallis, Beasts of the Southern Wild

BEST FILM NOT PLAYING AT A THEATER NEAR YOU
Kid-Thing
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
Red Flag
Sun Don't Shine
Tiger Tall in Blue