“Winter’s Bone” has received three nominations, including Best Picture, for the 20th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, which are handed out by the New York-based Independent Filmmaker Project.
“The Kids Are All Right” and “Tiny Furniture” each received two.
Besides “Winter’s Bone” and “The Kids Are All Right,” films nominated for Best Feature are “Black Swan,” “Blue Valentine” and “Let Me In.”
The nominations were announced via a live webcast hosted by critic and TV/radio host Elvis Mitchell. The Gotham ceremony will take place on Monday, November 29 at Cirpriani Wall Street in New York City.
Besides the competitive awards, the Gothams will present special honors to actors Robert Duvall and Hilary Swank, director Darren Aronofsky and Focus Features CEO James Schamus.
Last year’s Gotham Best Feature winner was the eventual Oscar champ, “The Hurt Locker.”
The full list of nominees:
BEST FEATURE
"Black Swan"
Darren Aronofsky, director; Mike Medavoy, Arnold W. Messer, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
"Blue Valentine"
Derek Cianfrance, director; Jamie Patricof, Lynette Howell, Alex Orlovsky, producers (The Weinstein Company)
"The Kids Are All Right
"
Lisa Cholodenko, director; Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray, Jordan Horowitz, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Philippe Hellmann, producers (Focus Features)
"Let Me In"
Matt Reeves, director; Simon Oakes, Alex Brunner, Guy East, Tobin Armbrust, Donna Gigliotti, John Nording, Carl Molinder, producers (Overture Films)
"Winter’s Bone
"
Debra Granik, director; Anne Rosellini, Alix Madigan-Yorkin, producers (Roadside Attractions)
BEST DOCUMENTARY
"12th & Delaware"
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, directors/producers (HBO Documentary Films)
"Inside Job"
Charles Ferguson, director; Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
"The Oath"
Laura Poitras, director/producer (Zeitgeist Films and American Documentary/POV)
"Public Speaking"
Martin Scorsese, director; Martin Scorsese, Graydon Carter, Margaret Bodde, Fran Lebowitz, producers (HBO Documentary Films)
"Sweetgrass"
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash, directors; Ilisa Barbash, producer (Cinema Guild)
BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
"The Kids Are All Right
"
Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson (Focus Features)
"Life During Wartime"
Shirley Henderson, Ciarán Hinds, Allison Janney, Michael Lerner, Chris Marquette, Rich Pecci, Charlotte Rampling, Paul Reubens, Ally Sheedy, Dylan Riley Snyder, Renée Taylor, Michael Kenneth Williams (IFC Films)
"Please Give
"
Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Ann Guilbert, Lois Smith, Sarah Steele, Thomas Ian Nicholas (Sony Pictures Classics)
"Tiny Furniture
"
Lena Dunham, Laurie Simmons, Grace Dunham, Rachel Howe, Merritt Wever, Amy Seimetz, Alex Karpovsky, David Call, Jemima Kirke, Sarah Sophie Flicker, Garland Hunter, Isen Hunter (IFC Films)
"Winter’s Bone
"
Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Dale Dickey, Lauren Sweetser, Garret Dillahunt, Kevin Breznahan
(Roadside Attractions)
BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR
John Wells for "The Company Men" (The Weinstein Company)
Kevin Asch for "Holy Rollers" (First Independent Pictures)
Glenn Ficarra and John Requa for "I Love You Phillip Morris" (Roadside Attractions)
Tanya Hamilton for "Night Catches Us" (Magnolia Pictures)
Lena Dunham for "Tiny Furniture" (IFC Films)
BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR
Prince Adu in "Prince of Broadway" (Elephant Eye Films)
Ronald Bronstein in "Daddy Longlegs" (IFC Films)
Greta Gerwig in "Greenberg" (Focus Features)
Jennifer Lawrence in "Winter’s Bone" (Roadside Attractions)
John Ortiz in "Jack Goes Boating" (Overture Films)
BEST FILM NOT PLAYING AT A THEATER NEAR YOU
"Kati with an i
"
Robert Greene, director; Douglas Tirola, Susan Bedusa, producers
"Littlerock"
Mike Ott, director; Frederick Thornton, Laura Ragsdale, Sierra Leoni, producers
"On Coal River"
Francine Cavanaugh and Adams Wood, directors; Jillian Elizabeth, Adams Wood, Francine Cavanaugh, producers
"Summer Pasture"
Lynn True and Nelson Walker, directors/producers; Tsering Perlo, co-director/co-producer
"The Wolf Knife"
Laurel Nakadate, director/producer
More information is available at http://gotham.ifp.org.
