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2010 Gotham Awards: Laura Poitras’ The Oath – Best Documentary
Academy Awards didn't even consider for the 15 list of noms, but the Gothams didn't forget The Oath, Laura Poitras' doc about a pair of folks close to Osama bin Laden that was distributed by Zeitgeist films and will most probably be compensated by the Cinema Eye Awards right before Sundance in January.
2010 Gotham Awards: Winter’s Bone – Best Ensemble Performance
If you ask me: this was a fight between an underdog in Winter’s Bone and a favorite in The Kids Are All Right (Annette Bening, Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo). The underdog won.
2010 Gotham Awards: Ronald Bronstein – Breakthrough Actor
When the Safdie bros. preemed their debut feature in Cannes (film formerly known as Go Get Some Rosemary), I was sort of shocked and admired by what I saw. Daddy Longlegs counts as a strong indication that Ronnie Bronstein might have opened the door to an unexpected extra career to that of filmmaking (his Frownland won at the Gotham awards in 2007).
2010 Gotham Awards: Mike Ott’s Littlerock (Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You)
Big congrats goes to the producers Frederick Thornton, Laura Ragsdale, Sierra Leoni and helmer Mike Ott whose Littlerock - a film that played at the San Francisco, Torino, Vienna and AFI Fest festivals receives a pretty sweet upstart package: a one week showing at the Cinema Village, and other cash prizes including some theatrical release strategy help from the fine folks at Donna Daniels PR.
2010 Gotham Awards: Kevin Asch – Breakthrough Director Winner
With no clear favorite in the category, I would have guessed that the screenwriting-turned helmers Glenn Ficarra and John Requa ballsy comedy might have a slight advantage, but the film's troubled path to distribution certainly didn't help. Instead director Kevin Asch (Holy Rollers) beats out a pair of fellow filmmakers who premiered their film at Sundance, and Lena Dunham (SXSW).
