The 22nd Annual Gotham Awards took place Monday night, November 26 at Cipriani Wall Street and congratulations go to Wes Anderson and his Moonrise Kingdom crew as they took home the Best Feature award over films such as Richard Linklater‘s Bernie which is confusingly being pushed pundits all over the Internet and the much-buzzed about Middle of Nowhere from Ava DuVernay, which I just received a screener for today and will be diving into soon based on all the love it has received.
As a matter of fact, a surprise winner in the Breakthrough Actor category comes in the form of Middle of Nowhere star Emayatzy Corinealdi. I say surprise only because Beasts of the Southern Wild star Quevenzhané Wallis is all anyone is talking about as the youngster is poised for an Oscar nomination, but perhaps this Gotham win may be the start of something bigger for Corinealdi, whom I’ve read is quite great in Nowhere.
And speaking of Beasts, while it wasn’t even nominated for Best Feature, director Benh Zeitlin took home the Breakthrough Director prize.
In the documentary category the HIV-based doc How to Survive a Plague won over Detropia, Marina Abramavic: The Artist is Present, Room 237 and The Waiting Room.
I have listed all the winners below in bold red along with the nominees. The award season is upon us folks!
Best Feature
- Bernie
- The Loneliest Planet
- The Master
- Middle of Nowhere
- Moonrise Kingdom
Best Documentary
- Detropia
- How to Survive a Plague
- Marina Abramavic: The Artist is Present
- Room 237
- The Waiting Room
Best Ensemble Performance
- Bernie
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Safety Not Guaranteed
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Your Sister’s Sister
Breakthrough Director
- Antonio Méndez Esparza (Aquà y Allá (Here and There))
- 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 Corinealdi (Middle of Nowhere)
- Thure Lindhardt (Keep the Lights On)
- Melanie Lynskey (Hello, I Must Be Going)
- Quevenzhané 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
