Birdman Wins Big at the NYC Gotham Independent Film Awards
The 2014 Gotham Independent Film Awards wrapped up in New York Monday night with Alejandro G. Inarritu's Birdman winning best feature. Inarritu's dark comedy beat Richard Linklater's Boyhood, which won the audience award and just hours earlier picked up best picture from the New York Film Critics Circle, the Wrap reports. The Gotham Awards showcase independent films from around the U.S. and abroad and generally marks the beginning of the awards season. Here is a rundown of the winners, Best Feature Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance, Best Documentary Citizenfour, Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award Ana Lily Amirpour, A Girl Walks Home Alone Tonight, Best Actor Michael Keaton, Birdman, Best Actress Julianne Moore, Still Alice, Breakthrough Actor Tessa Thompson, Dear White People, Spotlight on Women Filmakers Live the Dream' Grant Chloe Zhao, director, Songs my Brothers Taught Me, Gotham Independent Film Audience Award Boyhood, Special Jury Award Steve Carell, Channing Tatum and Mark Ruffalo, Foxcatcher, The Wrap