Gestern Nacht wurden in New York die ersten aussagekräftigeren Preise, der noch so frühen Award-Season verliehen. Die Gotham Independent Awards spezialisieren sich, wie der Name schon sagt, auf Filme mit geringem Budget, wenig medialer Aufmerksamkeit aber hoher künstlerischen Wertigkeit.

Best Feature

• Bernie
• The Loneliest Planet
• The Master
• Middle of Nowhere
• * Moonrise Kingdom

Best Documentary

• Detropia
• * How to Survive a Plague
• Marina Abramović: 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

• Zal Batmanglij for Sound of My Voice
• Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky
• Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin for Now, Forager
• Antonio Méndez Esparza for Aquí y Allá
• * Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild

Breakthrough Actor

• Mike Birbiglia in Sleepwalk with Me
• * Emayatzy Corinealdi in Middle of Nowhere
• Thure Lindhardt in Keep the Lights On
• Melanie Lynskey in Hello, I Must Be Going
• Quvenzhané Wallis in 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 Tail in Blue

Winner of the Gothams Audience Award: “Artifact,” Filmmaker Jared Leto

Winner of inaugural Bingham Ray prize: Benh Zeitlin, director, Beasts of the Southern Wild