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Gothams Nominees
Best Feature
— Beginners WINNER
Dir. Mike Mills
— The Descendants
Dir. Alexander Payne
— Meek’s Cutoff
Dir. Kelly Reichardt
— Take Shelter
Dir. Jeff Nichols
— The Tree of Life WINNER
Dir. Terrence Malick
Best Documentary
— Better This World WINNER
Dirs. Katie Galloway & Kelly Duane de la Vega
— Bill Cunningham New York
Dir. Richard Press
— Hell and Back Again
Dir. Danfung Dennis
— The Interrupters
Dir. Steve James
— The Woodmans
Dir. C. Scott Willis
Best Ensemble Performance
— Beginners WINNER
Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mélanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller, Keegan Boos
— The Descendants
George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel
— Margin Call
Kevin Spacey, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Zachary Quinto, Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Stanley Tucci, Aasif Mandvi
— Martha Marcy May Marlene
Elizabeth Olsen, Christopher Abbott, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, Maria Dizzia, Julia Garner, John Hawkes, Louisa Krause, Sarah Paulson
— Take Shelter
Michael Shannon, Jessica Chastain, Tova Stewart, Shea Whigham, Katy Mixon, Kathy Baker, Ray McKinnon, Lisagay Hamilton, Robert Longstreet
Breakthrough Director
— Mike Cahill for Another Earth
— Sean Durkin for Martha Marcy May Marlene
— Vera Farmiga for Higher Ground
— Evan Glodell for Bellflower
— Dee Rees for Pariah WINNER
Breakthrough Actor
— Felicity Jones in Like Crazy WINNER
— Elizabeth Olsen in Martha Marcy May Marlene
— Harmony Santana in Gun Hill Road
— Shailene Woodley in The Descendants
— Jacob Wysocki in Terri
Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You
— Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same
Dir. Madeleine Olnek
— Green
Dir. Sophia Takal
— The Redemption of General Butt Naked
Dirs. Eric Strauss & Daniele Anastasion
— Scenes of a Crime WINNER
Dirs. Blue Hadaegh & Grover Babcock
— Without
Dir. Mark Jackson
Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers ‘Live the Dream’ Grant
— Jenny Deller for Future Weather
— Lucy Mulloy for Una Noche WINNER
— Rola Nashef for Detroit Unleaded
Gotham Independent Film Audience Award powered by Festival Genius
— Being Elmo: A Puppeteer’s Journey
Dir. Constance Marks
— Buck
Dir. Cindy Meehl
— The First Grader
Dir. Justin Chadwick
— Girlfriend WINNER
Dir. Justin Lerner
— Wild Horse, Wild Ride
Dirs. Alex Dawson & Greg Gricus
