Well, an interesting little start to the awards season. The much beloved and expertly well-made
12 Years a Slave surprisingly goes home empty handed at the 2013 IFP Gotham Awards. The almost equally beloved
Inside Llewyn Davis from the Coen brothers took home the top prize. I think the Coen's are the best American filmmakers of the last twenty, twenty-five years, but I really thought Steve McQueen's
12 Years a Slave would easily take Best Feature and Best Actor. If its not McQueen's film, I am glad it is the Coen's one. Ryan Coogler's exceptional
Fruitvale Station took home Breakthrough Director for Ryan Coogler and Breakthrough Actor for Michael B. Jordan. The acting awards went to Matthew McConaughey for
Dallas Buyers Club and Brie Larson for
Short Term 12. Best Documentary went to festival favorite
The Act of Killing. There were also tributes to the late James Gandolfini,
Before Midnight director Richard Linklater and
Lee Daniels' The Butler star Forrest Whitaker. I have a list of nominees you can check out right
here. Here is a list of the winners:
BEST FEATURE
Inside Llweyn Davis
BEST DOCUMENTARY
The Act of Killing
BINGHAM RAY BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR AWARD
Ryan Coogler,
Fruitvale Station
BEST ACTOR
Matthew McConaughey,
Dallas Buyers Club
BEST ACTRESS
Brie Larson,
Short Term 12
BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR
Michael B. Jordan,
Fruitvale Station
FILM AUDIENCE AWARD
Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings d. Tadashi Nakamura
SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN FILMMAKERS 'LIVE THE DREAM' GRANT
Beneath the Harvest Sky d. Gita Pullapilly
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