Kathryn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker Grabs Multiple Gotham Awards
November 30, 2009 (New York, NY) – The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the nation’s oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, announced today the winners of the 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards™ at a ceremony held at New York City’s Cipriani Wall Street.
Presented by IFP, the Gotham Independent Film Awards™ is one of the leading awards for independent film and the first major honors of the film awards season. As previously announced, the awards ceremony streamed live in its entirety for the first time to a global audience via a partnership with Ustream.com. The show was streamed at https://www.ustream.tv/gothamawards2009.
A total of 22 films received nominations in six competitive categories, including: Best Feature, Best Documentary, Breakthrough Director, Breakthrough Actor, Best Ensemble Performance and Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You®.
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.
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. The awards ceremony was hosted by the up-and-coming comedian, Kumail Nanjiani.
The 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Award™ Recipients
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
Best Documentary – FOOD, INC. – Directed and produced by Robert Kenner; Produced by Elise Pearlstein;
Released by Magnolia Pictures
Breakthrough Director Award – ROBERT SIEGEL – Writer and director, BIG FAN; Released by First Independent Pictures
Breakthrough Actor Award – CATALINA SAAVEDRA – Actress, THE MAID; Released by Elephant Eye Films
Best Ensemble Performance Award – Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Ralph Fiennes, Guy Pearce, David Morse and Evangeline Lilly – in THE HURT LOCKER; Released by Summit Entertainment / Casting director: Mark Bennett
Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You Award – YOU WONT MISS ME – Ry Russo-Young, director, producer and co-writer
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