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24Oct

Nominees Announced for Gotham Independent Film Awards

DateFriday, October 24, 2008 at 7:12AM
Getting a jump on everybody else, the Gotham Independent Film Awards have already released their nominations for 2008 honors, and I assume, based on the name, that Batman is charged with keeping the names of the winners safe and secure until the envelopes are opened.

If you only go to the movies five or six times a year and just to check out the blockbusters, these titles won't mean anything to you. If you follow independent film, you'll probably say to yourself, "Damn it! When can I see that?"

These awards don't predict much when it comes to the Oscars, but there are usually a couple of smaller films to keep an eye on later in the year, and the Gotham Awards highlight quite a few of those possibilities. There aren't individual acting awards, other than a breakthrough award, but Gotham, like virtually every award not named the Academy Awards, has an ensemble honor.

The complete list of nominees follows, but the ones you should really watch out for in various categories come Oscar time are probably The Visitor, The Wrestler, Man on Wire, and Rachel Getting Married.

Best Feature
Ballast
Frozen River
Synecdoche, New York
The Visitor
The Wrestler

Best Documentary
Chris & Don: A Love Story
Encounters at the End of the World
Man on Wire
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Trouble the Water

Best Ensemble Performance
Ballast
Rachel Getting Married
Synecdoche, New York
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
The Visitor

Breakthrough Director
Antonio Campos, Afterschool
Dennis Dortch, A Good Day to Be Black & Sexy
Lance Hammer, Ballast
Barry Jenkins, Medicine for Melancholy
Alex Rivera, Sleep Dealer

Breakthrough Actor
Pedro Castaneda, August Evening
Rosemarie DeWitt, Rachel Getting Married
Rebecca Hall, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Melissa Leo, Frozen River
Alejandro Polance, Chop Shop
Michael J. Smith, Sr., Ballast

Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You
Afterschool
Meadowlark
The New Year Parade
Sita Sings the Blues
Wellness

The Gotham Awards will be held December 2nd at Cipriani on Wall Street in New York.

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