IFP's 17th annual
Gotham Awards were handed out last night at Brooklyn's Steiner Studios with
Sean Penn's
Into The Wild winning the Best Feature prize. The other winners include
Michael Moore's
Sicko for Best Doc; Best Ensemble Cast went to two films,
Sidney Lumet's
Before The Devil Knows You're Dead, and
Kasi Lemmons's
Talk To Me; director
Craig Zobel walked away with the Breakthough Director prize, his debut film
The Great World of Sound received three Gotham Award nominations;
Juno's
Ellen Page won Breakthrough Actor and
Ronald Bronstein's
Frownland won The Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You prize.
Hosted by Tony Award winning actor and playwright
Sarah Jones, tribute awards were also given out to New York City mayor
Michael Bloomberg,
Javier Bardem,
Mira Nair, IFC Entertainment president
Jonathan Sehring, production designer
Mark Friedberg and
Roger Ebert, who took the stage with his wife
Shaz in an emotional moment to accept the award. Shaz spoke to the audience, as Mr. Ebert is unable to talk due to his ongoing battle with thyroid cancer.
The awards will be broadcast locally on
NYC TV on Dec. 4, at 9:00 and will air nationally on
The Documentary Channel on Dec. 8 at 8:00 EST.
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posted by Jason Guerrasio @ 11/28/2007 12:11:00 PM
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