19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards winners
For those of you who missed the live webcast of the 19th Annual Gotham Awards on Ustream, here’s a rundown of the winners, as well as the jury for the show. In addition to the competitive awards, career tributes were presented to actors Natalie Portman and Stanley Tucci, filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow and producer/executives Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner, Co-Chairman of Working Title Films.
Check out all the winners after the jump.
Best Feature: THE HURT LOCKER
Directed and produced by Kathryn Bigelow; Written and produced by Mark Boal; Produced by Nicolas Chartier and Greg Shapiro. Released by Summit Entertainment.
The Best Feature Jury included: actress Shohreh Aghdashloo; filmmakers Julie Taymor and William Friedkin, producer Wendy Finerman and musician/composer Stewart Copeland.
Best Feature presented by actress Shohreh Aghdashloo.
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Best Documentary: FOOD, INC.
Directed and produced by Robert Kenner; Produced by Elise Pearlstein. Released by Magnolia Pictures
The Best Documentary Jury included: editor Sabine Hoffman and filmmakers Edet Belzberg, Albert and Allen Hughes, Brett Morgen and Julia Reichert.
Best Documentary presented by actor Melonie Diaz and filmmaker Brett Morgen.
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Breakthrough Director Award: ROBERT SIEGEL (Writer and director, BIG FAN)
Released by First Independent Pictures
The Breakthrough Director Jury included: actors William H. Macy and Rosie Perez, filmmaker Marc Forster, producer Heather Rae, director of photography Matthew Libatique, and editor Christopher Tellefsen.
Breakthrough Director Award presented by actors Rosie Perez and Anthony Mackie.
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Breakthrough Actor Award: CATALINA SAAVEDRA (Actress, THE MAID)
Released by Elephant Eye Films
The Breakthrough Actor Jury included: actors Ellen Burstyn, Melonie Diaz and Oliver Platt, and filmmakers Jesse Peretz and David O. Russell.
Breakthrough Actor Award presented by actors Ellen Burstyn and Oliver Platt.
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Best Ensemble Performance Award: THE HURT LOCKER
JEREMY RENNER, ANTHONY MACKIE, BRIAN GERAGHTY, RALPH FIENNES, GUY PEARCE, DAVID MORSE, AND EVANGELINE LILLY.
Released by Summit Entertainment / Casting director: Mark Bennett.
The Best Ensemble Performance Jury included: actors Dylan Baker, America Ferrera, Brooke Shields, writer/director Richard LaGravenese, and producer Susan Stover.
Best Ensemble Performance Award presented by actress and author Brooke Shields and writer/director Richard LaGravenese.
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Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You: YOU WONT MISS ME
Ry Russo-Young, director, producer and co-writer
The recipient of The Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You award was determined by the editors of Filmmaker magazine, a publication of IFP, and a curator from The Museum of Modern Art.
Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You Award presented by actors Patricia Clarkson and Sam Rockwell. For the second year, the recipient of the Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You award will receive a cash award of $5,000 provided by Reiff & Associates, a full service brokerage firm specializing in Arts & Entertainment Insurance.
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