Gotham Awards

The Gotham Awards is an annual ceremony of awards presented to independent films and those who make them which takes place in New York City (first nicknamed "Gotham" by native son Washington Irving, in an issue of "Salmagundi", published on November 11, 1807).Cite news|author=Jotham Sederstrom|title=Indie Film's Best to Flock to Navy Yard for Gotham Awards|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2007/11/15/2007-11-15_indie_films_best_to_flock_to_navy_yard_f-2.html|work=New York Daily News, Brooklyn|publisher="nydailynews.com"|date=2007-11-15|accessdate=2008-06-23|quote=The ceremony, which was previously held at Chelsea Piers, Hammerstein Ballroom and Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan, grew too big for those venues. This year, the event expects to draw more than a thousand film industry notables to the Navy Yard. ] Part of the Independent Feature Project (IFP), "the largest membership organization in the United States dedicated to independent film" (founded in 1979), the Gotham Awards was inaugurated in 1991 as a means of showcasing and honoring films made primarily in the Northeastern region of the United States.Facts|date=June 2008Cite news|author=IFP|url=http://www.ifp.org/ifpnews/newsitem.php?id=553&chapter=1|title=IFP Expands 17th Annual Gotham Awards With Move to Brooklyn's Steiner Studios|work=IFP Press Release|publisher="ifp.org"|date=2007-07-22|accessdate=2008-06-23]

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The scope of the Gotham Awards broadened to include the international film scene in 2004, when the number of awards presented increased from six awards, given to films and those involved in making them primarily from Northeast U.S. film community, to nine awards including in their broader scope films originating in Los Angeles and international locations as well.Facts|date=June 2008

17th Annual Gotham Awards (2007)

In 2007, there were a total of twelve Gotham Awards: six "tribute awards" given to internationally-notable film industry professionals and the Mayor of New York City, along with the six other "competitive awards", including Gotham Awards for:

*Best Feature: "Into the Wild"
*Best Documentary: "Sicko"
*Breakthrough Actor: Ellen Page, "Juno"
*Breakthrough Director: Craig Zobel, "Great World of Sound"
*Best Ensemble Cast (tie): "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" and "Talk to Me"
*Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You: "Frownland".Cite news|author=Mayor's Office|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycmg/downloads/pdf/MayorsOffice_12-05-07.pdf|title=Mayor's Office Press Release: 17th Annual Gotham Award Winners|work=Mayor's Office of Film, Theatre, and Broadcasting|publisher="nyc.gov/film"|date=2007-12-05|accessdate=2008-06-23]

The tribute awards were presented to:
* actor Javier Bardem ("No Country for Old Men", "Love in the Time of Cholera", "Before Night Falls")
* film critic Roger Ebert
* filmmaker Mira Nair ("The Namesake", "Monsoon Wedding", "Salaam Bombay!")
* film industry veteran Jonathan Sehring, President of IFC Entertainment.
* Mayor of New York City Michael R. Bloomberg
* production designer Mark Friedberg.

Venue

;Steiner StudiosHaving outgrown its previous locations in Manhattan, for the first time in its history, the 17th Annual Gotham Awards gala occurred outside of that borough, at Steiner Studios, in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, on November 27, 2007, and it was "promoted nationally via a partnership with The New York Times and locally via broadcast on NYC TV."IMDb title|title=The 17th Annual Gotham Awards (2007) (TV)|id=1152681.]

18th Annual Gotham Awards (2008)

The 18th Annual Gotham Awards will be presented on December 2, 2008.Cite web|url=http://gotham.ifp.org/|title=Gotham Awards ... where independent film comes home|accessdate=2008-06-23]

ee also

* IFP (Independent Feature Project)

Notes

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/find?s=tt&q=Gotham+Awards&x=15&y=14 Gotham Awards] 2001–2007 (TV) – Title index at the Internet Movie Database. Accessed June 23, 2008.
* [http://gotham.ifp.org/ Gotham Awards ... where independent film comes home] – Official site (under construction). Accessed June 23, 2008.