The Hurt Locker scored the first big win of Oscar season at tonight’s Gotham Independent Film Awards. Last year, Frozen River took its Gotham win all the way to the Oscar red carpet, nabbing a nomination for Best Actress (Melissa Leo) and Best Original Screenplay (Courtney Hunt). With Hollywood player Kathryn Bigelow at the helm of The Hurt Locker (she is James Cameron’s ex-wife, after all), chances are this one will have longer legs.
Gotham Award Winners via IndieWire:
Best Feature
The Hurt Locker Kathryn Bigelow, director; Kathryn Bigelow, Mark Boal, Nicolas Chartier, Greg Shapiro, producers (Summit Entertainment)Best Documentary
Food, Inc. Robert Kenner, director; Robert Kenner, Elise Pearlstein, producers (Magnolia Pictures)Best Ensemble Performance
The Hurt LockerBreakthrough Director
Robert Siegel for Big FanBreakthrough Actor
Catalina Saavedra in The MaidBest Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You
You Won’t Miss Me; Ry Russo-Young, director/producer
Stay tuned tomorrow for the Film Independent Spirit Award nominations.
And as a sidenote: Kudos to IFP for streaming tonight’s show on USTREAM.TV. Don’t know they did this happened last year, but I’m prepared to watch any awards show this way.
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