Film Awards

2001 Gotham Independent Film Award - Open Palm Award WinnerHedwig and the Angry InchJohn Cameron MitchellA transgender punk-rock girl from East Berlin tours the U.S. with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover/band-mate who stole her songs.AmazonThe BelieverHenry BeanA young Jewish man develops a fiercely anti-Semitic philosophy. Based on the factual story of a K.K.K. member in the 1960s who was revealed to be Jewish by a New York Times reporter.Amazon2001 Gotham Independent Film Award - Open Palm Award NomineesL.I.E.Michael CuestaAmazonSeries 7: The ContendersDaniel MinahanAmazonThe Doe BoyRandy RedroadAmazonWet Hot American SummerDavid WainAmazon

2000 Gotham Independent Film Award - Open Palm Award WinnerGirlfightKaryn KusamaDiana, without her father knowing it, trains as a boxer and achieves impressive success, blazing new trails for female boxers.Amazon2000 Gotham Independent Film Award - Open Palm Award NomineesOn the RunBruno de AlmeidaAmazonSpring ForwardTom GilroyAmazonThe OpportunistsMyles ConnellAmazonYou Can Count on MeKenneth LonerganAmazon

1999 Gotham Independent Film Award - Open Palm Award WinnerLa Ciudad (The City)David RikerThe stories of four Hispanic immigrants living in New York City.Amazon1999 Gotham Independent Film Award - Open Palm Award NomineesDear JesseTim KirkmanAmazonJoe the KingFrank WhaleyAmazonJudy BerlinEric MendelsohnAmazonTwin Falls IdahoMark PolishAmazon

1998 Gotham Independent Film Award - Open Palm Award WinnerGummoHarmony KorineLonely residents of a tornado-stricken Ohio town wander the deserted landscape trying to fulfill their boring, nihilistic lives.AmazonPiDarren AronofskyA paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.Amazon1998 Gotham Independent Film Award - Open Palm Award NomineesBuffalo '66Vincent GalloAmazonGummoHarmony KorineAmazonHigh ArtLisa CholodenkoAmazonSmoke SignalsChris EyreAmazon

1997 Gotham Independent Film Award - Open Palm Award WinnerFamily NameMacky AlstonA gay man seeks to discover what kinship, if any, exists between his white family and the nearby blacks who share the name of Alston.Amazon1997 Gotham Independent Film Award - Open Palm Award NomineesAll Over MeAlex SichelAmazonHurricane StreetsMorgan J. FreemanAmazonThe DeltaIra SachsAmazonWonderlandJohn O'HaganAmazon

1996 Gotham Independent Film Award - Open Palm Award WinnerManny & LoLisa KruegerA pregnant teen and her younger sister run away from foster homes and kidnap a woman whom they believe can help with the pregnancy.Amazon

1995 Gotham Independent Film Award - Open Palm Award WinnerAngelaRebecca MillerThe ten year-old Angela and her little sister Ellie move to an old house in the countryside with her parents Mae and Andrew. Their mother has mental illness and has just left an institution...Amazon

1994 Gotham Independent Film Award - Open Palm Award WinnerGo FishRose TrocheMax is a trendy, pretty, young lesbian, who is having trouble finding love. A friend sets her up with Ely, whom Max likes, but Ely is frumpy, homely, and older. Nor do they have much in ...Amazon

1993 Gotham Independent Film Award - Open Palm Award WinnerJust Another Girl on the I.R.T.Leslie HarrisWith hopes of becoming a doctor and not a product of her environment, a Brooklyn teenager is faced with numerous challenges that threaten her dreams.Amazon

1992 Gotham Independent Film Award - Open Palm Award WinnerSwoonTom KalinThe true story of gay lovers, Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold Jr. who kidnapped and murdered a child in the early 1920s for kicks. The plot covers the months before the crime, the ...Amazon