Gotham Honours: The Descendants, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Beginners And Take Shelter Lead Nominations

NY, NY (October 20, 2011) The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nations earliest and greatest organization of independent filmmakers introduced today the nominees for your Gotham Independent Film Honours. Signaling the kick-away and off to the film honours season, IFPs Gotham Independent Film Honours nominations received with a total of 24 films across six competitive groups for top Feature, Best Documentary, Breakthrough Director, Breakthrough Actor, Best Ensemble Performance, and greatest Film Not Playing inside a Theater In Your Town. The Gotham Honours ceremony will probably be held on Monday, November 28th at Cipriani Wall Street. Furthermore for the competitive honours, Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, David Cronenberg and Tom Rothman will each get work tribute. Since the initial honours ceremony in the film season, the Gotham Independent Film Honours provide critical early recognition and media concentrate on worthy independent films. Previous individuals who win for top Feature and greatest Documentary include WINTERS BONE (2010), THE OATH (2010), THE HURT LOCKER (2009), FOOD, Corporation (2009), FROZEN RIVER (2008) and TROUBLE Water (2008). The honours may also be unique for capability to help with catapulting award visitors plainly into national honours season attention, including recent individuals who win and ultimate Oscar competitors: feature individuals who win WINTERS BONE (2010) as well as the HURT LOCKER (2009) Breakthrough Stars Melissa Leo (2008), Ellen Page (2007), Rinko Kikuchi (2006) and may Be (2005). Primary criteria for nomination consideration includes American (US-based or US-born company company directors and producers), feature-length films produced utilizing a perspective. Additional criteria include individually distributed films produced utilizing an economy of means. For just about any complete report on criteria, see http://gotham.ifp.org. Selecting the 2010 nominees were 21 film experts, journalists, and curators (see list below). Separate juries of authors, company company directors, stars, producers, editors while others directly associated with making films determines final award visitors. Our prime excellence of the years Gotham Honours nominees tasks are truly amazing, mentioned Joana Vicente, Executive Director of IFP. This amazing quantity of filmmakers and talent, both established and new, are breaking obstacles and finding fresh, innovative techniques to interact audiences through unique storytelling. Were passionate about losing light on deserved and needed independent cinema and excited to begin what's going to certainly be described as a momentous honours season. The nominees for your 21st Annual Gotham Independent Film Honours are: Best Feature Beginners Mike Mills, director Leslie Urdang, Dean Vanech, Miranda p Pencier, Jay Van Hoy, Lars Knudsen, producers (Focus Features) The Descendants Alexander Payne, director Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Meeks Cutoff Kelly Reichardt, director Neil Kopp, Anish Savjani, Elizabeth Cuthrell, David Urrutia, producers (Oscilloscope Labs) Take Shelter Rob Nichols, director Tyler Davidson, Sophia Lin, producers (The brand new the new sony Pictures Classics) The Tree of Existence Terrence Malick, director Sarah Eco-friendly, Bill Pohlad, Kaira Pitt, Dede Gardner, Grant Hill, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Best Documentary Better Our World Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane p la Vega, company company directors Katie Galloway, Kelly Duane p la Vega, Mike Nicholson, producers (Loteria Films, Picturebox, Motto Pictures and Passion Pictures ITVS in colaboration with American Documentary POV) Bill Cunningham NY Richard Press, director Philip Gefter, producer (Zeitgeist Films) Hell and Again Danfung Dennis, director Mike Lerner, Martin Sardines, producers (Docurama Films) The Interrupters Steve James, director Alex Kotlowitz, Steve James, producers (The Cinema Guild) The Woodmans C. Scott Willis, director Neil Barrett, Rob Werner, C. Scott Willis, producers (Lorber Films Kino Lorber, Corporation.) Best Ensemble Performance Beginners Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mlanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller, Keegan Boos (Focus Features) The Descendants George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Love Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Burns, Mary Birdsong, Make the most of Huebel (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Margin Call Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci, Aasif Mandvi (Kerbside Sights) Martha Marcy May Marlene Elizabeth Olsen, Christopher Abbott, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, Maria Dizzia, Julia Garner, John Hawkes, Louisa Krause, Sarah Paulson (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Take Shelter Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Kathy Baker, Ray McKinnon, Lisagay Hamilton, Robert Longstreet (The brand new the new sony Pictures Classics) Breakthrough Director Mike Cahill for the next Earth (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Sean Durkin for Martha Marcy May Marlene (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Vera Farmiga for Greater Ground (The brand new the new sony Pictures Classics) Evan Glodell for Bellflower (Oscilloscope Labs) Dee Rees for Pariah (Focus Features) Breakthrough Actor Felicity Manley in Constantly (Vital Vantage) Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Harmony Santana in Gun Hill Road (Motion Film Group) Shailene Woodley inside the Descendants (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Jacob Wysocki in Terri (ATO Pictures) Best Film Not Playing inside a Theater In Your Town Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same Madeleine Olnek, director Laura Terruso, Madeleine Olnek, producers Eco-friendly Sophia Takal, director Lawrence Michael Levine, producer The Redemption of General Butt Naked Eric Strauss, Daniele Anastasion, company company directors and producers Moments from the Crime Blue Hadaegh & Grover Babcock, company company directors and producers Without Mark Jackson, director Mark Jackson, Jessica Dimmock, Michael Requa, Jaime Keeling, producers New this year, IFP is proud present the inaugural excitement Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers Live the Dream grant, a $25,000 cash award with an alumnus of IFPs Independent Filmmaker Labs. This grant aims to assist the careers of emerging women company company directors by supporting the final outcome, distribution and audience engagement techniques from the first feature film. The nominees are: Jenny Deller, director, FUTURE WEATHER Lucy Mulloy, director, UNA NOCHE Rola Nashef, director, DETROIT UNLEADED The 2nd Annual Gotham Independent Film Audience Award will probably be selected on again with the independent film community, 230,000 film fans worldwide. Being qualified, a U.S. film must have won an audience award at one of the top 50 U.S. or Canadian film festivals from November 2010 through October 2011. Voting begins today at http://gotham.ifp.org/audience_award. The nominees will probably be introduced November seventh as well as the champion will probably be revealed within the Gotham Honours ceremony.