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Director Darren Aronofsky, actors Hilary Swank and Robert Duvall, and Focus Features CEO James Schamus were not only nominated, they've already won honorary awards!

The (other) winners will be announced Monday, November 29th at Cipriani Wall Street. UPDATED AND REPUBLISHED TUESDAY NOVEMBER 30 WITH THE WINNERS MARKED IN BOLD DARK RED!

The ceremony will be hosted by Stanley Tucci and Patricia Clarkson.

I've indicated with an arrow ==> some films that I think are especially interesting, and may even win!


BEST FEATURE

==>Black Swan
Darren Aronofsky, director; Mike Medavoy, Arnold W. Messer, Brian Oliver, Scott Franklin, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Blue Valentine
Derek Cianfrance, director; Jamie Patricof, Lynette Howell, Alex Orlovsky, producers (The Weinstein Company)

The Kids Are All Right
Lisa Cholodenko, director; Gary Gilbert, Jeffrey Levy-Hinte, Celine Rattray, Jordan Horowitz, Daniela Taplin Lundberg, Philippe Hellmann, producers (Focus Features)

Let Me In
Matt Reeves, director; Simon Oakes, Alex Brunner, Guy East, Tobin Armbrust, Donna Gigliotti, John Nording, Carl Molinder, producers (Overture Films)

==>Winter’s Bone
Debra Granik, director; Anne Rosellini, Alix Madigan-Yorkin, producers (Roadside Attractions)


BEST DOCUMENTARY

12th & Delaware
Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady, directors/producers (HBO Documentary Films)

==>Inside Job
Charles Ferguson, director; Charles Ferguson, Audrey Marrs, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)

The Oath
Laura Poitras, director/producer (Zeitgeist Films and American Documentary/POV)

Public Speaking
Martin Scorsese, director; Martin Scorsese, Graydon Carter, Margaret Bodde, Fran Lebowitz, producers (HBO Documentary Films)

Sweetgrass
Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash, directors; Ilisa Barbash, producer (Cinema Guild)


BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

The Kids Are All Right
Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Mark Ruffalo, Mia Wasikowska, Josh Hutcherson (Focus Features)

Life During Wartime
Shirley Henderson, Ciarán Hinds, Allison Janney, Michael Lerner, Chris Marquette, Rich Pecci, Charlotte Rampling, Paul Reubens, Ally Sheedy, Dylan Riley Snyder, Renée Taylor, Michael Kenneth Williams (IFC Films)

Please Give
Catherine Keener, Amanda Peet, Oliver Platt, Rebecca Hall, Ann Guilbert, Lois Smith, Sarah Steele, Thomas Ian Nicholas (Sony Pictures Classics)

==>Tiny Furniture
Lena Dunham, Laurie Simmons, Grace Dunham, Rachel Howe, Merritt Wever, Amy Seimetz, Alex Karpovsky, David Call, Jemima Kirke, Sarah Sophie Flicker, Garland Hunter, Isen Hunter (IFC Films)

==>Winter’s Bone
Jennifer Lawrence, John Hawkes, Dale Dickey, Lauren Sweetser, Garret Dillahunt, Kevin Breznahan (Roadside Attractions)


BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR

John Wells for The Company Men (The Weinstein Company)

Kevin Asch for Holy Rollers (First Independent Pictures)

Glenn Ficarra and John Requa for I Love You Phillip Morris (Roadside Attractions)

Tanya Hamilton for Night Catches Us (Magnolia Pictures)

==>Lena Dunham for Tiny Furniture (IFC Films)


BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR

Prince Adu in Prince of Broadway (Elephant Eye Films)

Ronald Bronstein in Daddy Longlegs (IFC Films)

Greta Gerwig in Greenberg (Focus Features)

==>Jennifer Lawrence in Winter’s Bone (Roadside Attractions)

John Ortiz in Jack Goes Boating (Overture Films)


BEST FILM NOT PLAYING AT A THEATER NEAR YOU

Kati with an i
Robert Greene, director; Douglas Tirola, Susan Bedusa, producers

Littlerock
Mike Ott, director; Frederick Thornton, Laura Ragsdale, Sierra Leoni, producers

==>On Coal River
Francine Cavanaugh and Adams Wood, directors; Jillian Elizabeth, Adams Wood, Francine Cavanaugh, producers

Summer Pasture
Lynn True and Nelson Walker, directors/producers; Tsering Perlo, co-director/co-producer

The Wolf Knife
Laurel Nakadate, director/producer


FESTIVAL GENIUS AUDIENCE AWARD: Waiting For Superman

IFC HOME PAGE: http://www.ifc.com/

Labels: Black Swan, Darren Aronofsky, Debra Granik, Gotham Independent Film Awards, Hillary Swank, IFC, Jennifer Lawrence, Lena Dunham, Robert Duvall, Stanley Tucci, Winter's Bone

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Winter's Bone takes place in the mountains of Missouri amidst metamphetamine dealing. It was filmed on location and uses local residents together with professional actors. Jennifer Lawrence, a young beauty, plays a powerful role as a young woman searching for her missing father.

(NOTE: The film is the cover story in the Spring 2010 issue of Filmmaker Magazine, which includes interviews with Debra Granik and Jennifer Lawrence.)

MOMA is one of the most interesting venues for special films in New York. (Some others are listed at the end of this post.)

It is -- however -- not that easy to navigate the MOMA web site for information about films, so we've given below some direct links to help in navigating the MOMA site.

One way to keep informed is to subscribe to the MOMA film e-mail newsletter:
http://moma.org/e-news

(Note: Consistent with the nature of the home institution as a museum -- rather than a theater or film society -- film presentations are called "exhibitions.")

MOMA has three comfortable theaters available for screenings. (But never on Tuesday, when the museum is closed.)

A calendar (you have to enter the date for future details) can be found at:
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/filters/3

A description of films in June, July & August can be found in the links below. However, some mistakes seem to creep into these PDF files, so it is best to double check items of interest with a "second source" such as a call to the museum, or a check on the calendar above.
http://press.moma.org/images/press/film_calendar/MayJune10FilmMC.pdf
http://press.moma.org/images/press/film_calendar/JulyAug10FilmMC.pdf

MoMA also supports film festivals, including

NEW DIRECTORS / NEW FILMS and
DOCUMENTARY FORTNIGHT

They have an important circulating film and video library:
http://www.moma.org/learn/resources/circulatingfilm

Here is a description of current exhibitions:
http://www.moma.org/explore/films

Here is a list of some upcoming exhibitions:

June 9 - MoMA Premiere: Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone
June 9 - The Art and Technique of the American Commercial: The AICP Show at MoMA
June 13 - MoMA Presents: Neil Diamond’s Reel Injun
June 14–20 - Lisandro Alonso
June 25–28 - Sally Potter
July 7–21 - Ida Lupino: Mother Directs
July 14–September 8 - Premiere Brazil 2010
August 26–September 20 - Lillian Gish
November 26–December 13 - French Comedy, Gaumont Style



Note: Here's a brief list of places to find independant, foreign, historical, artistic, and other kinds of interesting films in New York City, including MOMA and some additional, important venues...

MOMA -
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/filters/3


FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER -
http://www.filmlinc.org/

BAM -
http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=6&g=82

ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES -
http://www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/

MILLENNIUM FILM WORKSHOP -
http://www.millenniumfilm.org/

IFC CENTER -
http://www.ifccenter.com/

FILM FORUM -
http://www.filmforum.org/

QUAD CINEMA -
http://www.quadcinema.com/

CINEMA VILLAGE -
http://www.cinemavillage.com/chc/cv/

ANGELIKA FILM CENTER -
http://angelikafilmcenter.com/

MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY IMAX -
http://www.amnh.org/visitors/imax_shows.php

ASTORIA FILM CENTER - MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE -
http://www.movingimage.us/site/site.php

PALEY CENTER FOR MEDIA -
http://www.paleycenter.org/

SYMPHONY SPACE LEONARD NIMOY THALIA -
http://www.symphonyspace.org/genre/film

LANDMARK SUNSHINE CINEMA -
http://www.landmarktheatres.com/market/NewYork/NewYork_frameset.htm

TRIBECA CINEMAS -
http://www.tribecacinemas.com/

BMCC TRIBECA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER -
http://www.tribecapac.org/

NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY FILM COLLECTION -
http://www.nypl.org/locations/lpa/reserve-film-and-video-collection



The following institutions often have screenings of films from the region they represent:

FRENCH INSTITUTE ALLIANCE FRANCAISE -
http://www.fiaf.org/

JAPAN SOCIETY -
http://www.japansociety.org/japancuts

ASIA SOCIETY -
http://www.asiasociety.org/arts-culture/film

INSTITUTO CERVANTES -
http://nuevayork.cervantes.es/en/default.shtm

BRECHT FORUM -
http://brechtforum.org/

GOETHE INSTITUT -
http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/ney/deindex.htm

CZECH CENTER -
http://www.czechcentres.cz/newyork/novinky.asp

Labels: Debra Granik, Jennifer Lawrence, MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, Winter's Bone

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