Film Awards

2017 Gotham Independent Film Award - Audience Award WinnerGet OutJordan PeeleA young African-American visits his white girlfriend's parents for the weekend, where his simmering uneasiness about their reception of him eventually reaches a boiling point.Amazon2017 Gotham Independent Film Award - Audience Award NomineesCall Me by Your NameLuca GuadagninoAmazonColumbusKogonadaAmazonEx Libris: New York Public LibraryFrederick WisemanAmazonGood TimeJosh SafdieAmazonI, TonyaCraig GillespieAmazonLady BirdGreta GerwigAmazonMenasheJoshua Z WeinsteinAmazonNovitiateMaggie BettsAmazonRat FilmTheo AnthonyAmazonStrong IslandYance FordAmazonThe Florida ProjectSean BakerAmazonThe WorkJairus McLearyAmazonWhose Streets?Sabaah FolayanAmazon

2016 Gotham Independent Film Award - Audience Award WinnerMoonlightBarry JenkinsA young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.Amazon2016 Gotham Independent Film Award - Audience Award NomineesCamerapersonKirsten JohnsonAmazonCertain WomenKelly ReichardtAmazonEverybody Wants Some!!Richard LinklaterAmazonI Am Not Your NegroRaoul PeckAmazonKrishaTrey Edward ShultsAmazonManchester by the SeaKenneth LonerganAmazonO.J.: Made in AmericaEzra EdelmanAmazonPatersonJim JarmuschAmazonSouthside with YouRichard TanneAmazonSwiss Army ManDan KwanAmazonThe FitsAnna Rose HolmerAmazonThe WitchRobert EggersAmazonTowerKeith MaitlandAmazonWeinerJosh KriegmanAmazon

2015 Gotham Independent Film Award - Audience Award WinnerTangerineSean BakerA hooker tears through Tinseltown on Christmas Eve searching for the pimp who broke her heart.Amazon2015 Gotham Independent Film Award - Audience Award NomineesApproaching the ElephantAmanda WilderAmazonAppropriate BehaviorDesiree AkhavanAmazonCarolTodd HaynesAmazonCartel LandMatthew HeinemanAmazonHeart of a DogLaurie AndersonAmazonHeaven Knows WhatJosh SafdieAmazonJames WhiteJosh MondAmazonListen to Me MarlonStevan RileyAmazonMediterraneaJonas CarpignanoAmazonSpotlightTom McCarthyAmazonThe Diary of a Teenage GirlMarielle HellerAmazonThe Look of SilenceJoshua OppenheimerAmazonThe MendJohn MagaryAmazon

2014 Gotham Independent Film Award - Audience Award WinnerBoyhoodRichard LinklaterThe life of Mason, from early childhood to his arrival at college.Amazon2014 Gotham Independent Film Award - Audience Award NomineesA Girl Walks Home Alone at NightAna Lily AmirpourAmazonActressRobert GreeneAmazonBirdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)Alejandro G. IñárrituAmazonCitizenfourLaura PoitrasAmazonCoherenceJames Ward ByrkitAmazonDear White PeopleJustin SimienAmazonIt Felt Like LoveEliza HittmanAmazonLife ItselfSteve JamesAmazonLove Is StrangeIra SachsAmazonManakamanaStephanie SprayAmazonNightcrawlerDan GilroyAmazonPoint and ShootMarshall CurryAmazonThe Grand Budapest HotelWes AndersonAmazonUnder the SkinJonathan GlazerAmazon

2013 Gotham Independent Film Award - Audience Award WinnerJake Shimabukuro: Life on Four StringsTadashi NakamuraThis intimate documentary gives viewers a singular glimpse into Jake Shimabukuro, ukulele virtuoso, but also Jake, the young boy who grew up in a modest apartment to a single mother and unsuspectingly rose to international stardom.Amazon2013 Gotham Independent Film Award - Audience Award Nominees12 Years a SlaveSteve McQueenAmazonBest Kept SecretSamantha BuckAmazonDon't Stop Believin': Everyman's JourneyRamona S. DiazAmazonFruitvale StationRyan CooglerAmazon

2012 Gotham Independent Film Award - Audience Award WinnerArtifactJared LetoTelling harsh truths about the modern music business, this riveting and award-winning documentary gives intimate access to singer/actor Jared Leto ("Requiem for a Dream," "Dallas Buyers ...Amazon2012 Gotham Independent Film Award - Audience Award NomineesBeasts of the Southern WildBenh ZeitlinAmazonBurnTom PutnamAmazonOnce in a Lullaby: PS 22 Chorus DocumentaryJonathan KalaferAmazonThe Invisible WarKirby DickAmazon

2011 Gotham Independent Film Award - Audience Award WinnerGirlfriendJustin LernerA young man with Down syndrome romantically pursues a small-town single mom who is still mixed up with her volatile ex-boyfriend.Amazon2011 Gotham Independent Film Award - Audience Award NomineesBeing Elmo: A Puppeteer's JourneyConstance MarksAmazonBuckCindy MeehlAmazonThe First GraderJustin ChadwickAmazonWild Horse, Wild RideAlex DawsonAmazon