Gotham Independent Film Awards 2010

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20th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
DateNovember 29, 2010 (2010-11-29)
CountryUnited States
Presented by Independent Filmmaker Project
Hosted by Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci
Highlights
Best Feature: Winter's Bone
Breakthrough Director:Kevin Asch – Holy Rollers

The 20th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held on November 29, 2010 and were hosted by Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci. [1] [2] The nominees were announced on October 18, 2010. [3] [4] [5]

The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) is the name for a series of membership-based, not-for-profit organizations that produce programs that assist independent filmmakers in connecting with film-industry professionals and, ultimately, audiences.

Patricia Clarkson American actress

Patricia Davies Clarkson is an American actress. She has starred in numerous leading and supporting roles in a variety of films, ranging from independent features to major studio productions. Her accolades include one Academy Award nomination, two Golden Globe Award nominations, four Screen Actors Guild Award nominations, one Tony Award nomination, two Primetime Emmy Awards, two National Society of Film Critics Awards, and one British Independent Film Award.

Stanley Tucci American actor, writer, film producer and film director

Stanley Tucci is an American actor, writer, producer and film director. Involved in acting from a young age, he made his film debut in 1985's Prizzi's Honor, and played a wide variety of supporting roles in many major Hollywood film productions. He has also played as lead actor in a number of films, starting with lead billing in the 1996 film A Modern Affair.

Contents

Winners and nominees

Best Feature

Winter's Bone

<i>Black Swan</i> (film) 2010 American psychological horror film by Darren Aronofsky

Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological thriller film directed by Darren Aronofsky. The screenplay was written by Mark Heyman, John McLaughlin, and Andres Heinz, based on an original story by Heinz. The film stars Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, Mila Kunis, Barbara Hershey, and Winona Ryder. The plot revolves around a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet by the prestigious New York City Ballet company. The production requires a ballerina to play the innocent and fragile White Swan, for which the committed dancer Nina (Portman) is a perfect fit, as well as the dark and sensual Black Swan, which are qualities better embodied by the new arrival Lily (Kunis). Nina is overwhelmed by a feeling of immense pressure when she finds herself competing for the part, causing her to lose her tenuous grip on reality and descend into a living nightmare.

<i>Blue Valentine</i> (film) 2010 film by Derek Cianfrance

Blue Valentine is a 2010 American romantic drama film written and directed by Derek Cianfrance. Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne, and Joey Curtis wrote the film, and Michelle Williams and Ryan Gosling played the lead roles as well as serving as co-executive producers for the film. The band Grizzly Bear scored the film. The film depicts a married couple, Dean Pereira (Gosling) and Cynthia "Cindy" Heller (Williams), shifting back and forth in time between their courtship and the dissolution of their marriage several years later.

<i>The Kids Are All Right</i> (film) 2010 film by Lisa Cholodenko

The Kids Are All Right is a 2010 American comedy-drama film directed by Lisa Cholodenko and written by Cholodenko and Stuart Blumberg. It is among the first mainstream movies to show a same-sex couple raising two teenagers. A hit at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival, it opened in limited release on July 9, 2010, expanding to more theaters on July 30, 2010. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on November 16, 2010. The film was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy, and Annette Bening was awarded the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. The film also received four Academy Award nominations, including one for Best Picture, at the 83rd Academy Awards.

Best Documentary

The Oath

<i>12th & Delaware</i> 2010 documentary film directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady

12th & Delaware is a documentary film set in a crisis pregnancy center and an abortion clinic across the street from it in Fort Pierce, Florida. The film was produced and filmed by Rachel Grady and Heidi Ewing and covers the center and its patients over the period of a year. The film shows interviews of staff at both facilities, as well as pregnant women who are going to them. 12th & Delaware premiered on January 24, 2010 at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival in the U.S. Documentary Competition. It won a Peabody Award that same year "for its poignant portrait of women facing exceedingly difficult decisions at a literal intersection of opposing ideologies."

<i>Inside Job</i> (2010 film) 2010 film by Charles Ferguson

Inside Job is a 2010 American documentary film, directed by Charles Ferguson, about the late-2000s financial crisis. Ferguson, who began researching in 2008, says the film is about "the systemic corruption of the United States by the financial services industry and the consequences of that systemic corruption". In five parts, the film explores how changes in the policy environment and banking practices helped create the financial crisis.

<i>Public Speaking</i> (film) 2010 film directed by Martin Scorsese

Public Speaking is a 2010 HBO documentary film directed by Martin Scorsese, about the American author Fran Lebowitz, containing interviews and clips from speaking engagements.

Best Ensemble Performance

Winter's Bone

<i>Life During Wartime</i> (film) 2009 film by Todd Solondz

Life During Wartime is a 2009 American comedy-drama film written and directed by filmmaker Todd Solondz. The film is a loose sequel to his 1998 film Happiness, with new actors playing the same characters.

<i>Please Give</i> 2010 film by Nicole Holofcener

Please Give is a 2010 dark comedy film written and directed by Nicole Holofcener and starring Catherine Keener. It is the fourth film Keener and Holofcener have made together. The film also stars Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Lois Smith, Elizabeth Keener, Kevin Corrigan, and Ann Guilbert. This was also Guilbert's last film role before passing away in June 2016.

<i>Tiny Furniture</i> 2010 film by Lena Dunham

Tiny Furniture is a 2010 American independent comedy-drama film written, directed by, and starring Lena Dunham. The film premiered at South by Southwest, where it won the award for Best Narrative Feature, screened at such festivals as Maryland Film Festival, and was released theatrically in the United States on November 12, 2010. Dunham’s own mother, the artist Laurie Simmons, plays Aura’s mother, while her real sister, Grace, plays Aura’s on-screen sibling. The actors Jemima Kirke and Alex Karpovsky would also appear in Dunham's television series Girls.

Breakthrough Actor/Actress

Ronald Bronstein – Daddy Longlegs

<i>Prince of Broadway</i> (film) 2008 film directed by Sean S. Baker

Prince of Broadway is a 2008 American independent drama film written and directed by Sean Baker.

Greta Gerwig American actress

Greta Celeste Gerwig is an American actress, screenwriter and film director. She first garnered attention after working on and appearing in several mumblecore films. Between 2006 and 2009, she appeared in a number of films by Joe Swanberg, some of which she co-wrote and/or co-directed, including Hannah Takes the Stairs (2007) and Nights and Weekends (2008).

<i>Greenberg</i> (film) 2010 film by Noah Baumbach

Greenberg is a 2010 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Noah Baumbach. The film stars Ben Stiller, Greta Gerwig, Rhys Ifans, Brie Larson and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Greenberg was produced by Scott Rudin Productions and distributed by Focus Features. The film's soundtrack features the first film score by James Murphy.

Breakthrough Director

Kevin Asch – Holy Rollers

Lena Dunham American actress, television producer and writer

Lena Dunham is an American actress, writer, director, and producer. She is known as the creator, writer, and star of the HBO television series Girls (2012–2017), for which she received several Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe Awards. Dunham also directed several episodes of Girls and became the first woman to win the Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directing – Comedy Series. Prior to Girls, Dunham wrote, directed, and starred in the semi-autobiographical independent film Tiny Furniture (2010), for which she won an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.

Glenn Ficarra American writer

Glenn Ficarra is an American writer, producer, actor and director.

John Requa American screenwriter

John Requa is an American screenwriter of Cats & Dogs, Bad Santa and the 2005 remake Bad News Bears.

Audience Award

Waiting for "Superman"

Gotham Tributes

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References

  1. ↑ Cox, Gordon (November 29, 2010). "'Winter's Bone' nabs Gothams buzz". Variety. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  2. ↑ Ryzik, Melena (November 29, 2010). "'Winter's Bone' Dominates at Gothams". The New York Times. Retrieved December 2, 2010.
  3. ↑ Cox, Gordon (October 19, 2010). "Women at the helm of Gotham nominations". Variety. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
  4. ↑ "2010 Gotham Awards nominees". IndependentFilm. October 19, 2010. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  5. ↑ "2010 Winners and nominees". Gotham Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
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