2013 Gotham Award Nominations

 
     And so it begins. The first set of film nominations were announced yesterday. Another year, another awards season. The 2013 Independent Filmmaker Project Gotham Independent Film Awards nominations were unveiled and even though there are not many awards handed out, Steve McQueen's slavery drama 12 Years A Slave nabbed three nominations and appears to be setting its pace to possibly be the film to beat this year. Although the Gotham's are small potatoes in the big award season, it is nice to see them awarding and recognizing small, independent films. It has been a good year in small, low budget film. These awards focus solely on independent, non-mainstream films, even if most of the nominees are well known, especially the list of directors and their films. Last years two big winners included Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom as Best Feature and David France's How to Survive A Plague as Best Documentary. A complete list of last years recipients can be found here. This year's awards will handed out on December 2, 2013. Here are the nominees for 2013:

BEST FEATURE

• 12 Years A Slave   d. Steve McQueen
• Ain't Them Bodies Saints   d. David Lowery
• Before Midnight   d. Richard Linklater
• Inside Llewyn Davis   d. Joel & Ethan Coen
• Upstream Color   d. Shane Carruth

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• The Act of Killing   d. Joshua Oppenheimer
• The Crash Reel   d. Lucy Walker
• First Cousin Once Removed   d. Alan Berliner
• Let the Fire Burn   d. Jason Osder
• Our Nixon   d. Penny Lane

BEST ACTOR

• Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 Years A Slave)
• Oscar Isaac (Inside Llewyn Davis)
• Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Buyers Club)
• Robert Redford (All Is Lost)
• Isaiah Washington (Blue Caprice)

BEST ACTRESS

• Cate Blanchett (Blue Jasmine)
• Scarlett Johansson (Don Jon)
• Brie Larson (Short Term 12)
• Amy Seimetz (Upstream Color)
• Shailene Woodley (The Spectacular Now)

BINGHAM RAY BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR

• Ryan Coogler (Fruitvale Station)
• Adam Leon (Gimme the Loot)
• Alexandre Moors (Blue Caprice)
• Stacie Passon (Concussion)
• Amy Seimetz (Sun Don't Shine)

BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR

• Dane DeHaan (Kill Your Darlings)
• Kathryn Hahn (Afternoon Delight)
• Michael B. Jordan (Fruitvale Station)
• Lupita Nyong'o (12 Years A Slave)
• Robin Weigert (Concussion)

SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN'S FILMMAKERS 'LIVE THE DREAM' GRANT

• Afia Nathaniel (Dukhthar)
• Gita Pullapilly (Beneath the Harvest Sky)
• Deb Shoval (AWOL)

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