Gotham Independent Film Awards 2005 Explained

15th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Host:	Kyra Sedgwick
Country:	United States
Presenter:	Independent Filmmaker Project
Most Wins:	Capote (2)
Most Nominations:	Brokeback Mountain, Capote, Junebug, Keane, and Me and You and Everyone We Know (2)
Award1 Type:	Best Feature
Award1 Winner:	Capote
Award2 Type:	Breakthrough Director
Award2 Winner:	Bennett Miller – Capote
Previous:	14th
Main:	Gotham Awards
Next:	16th

The 15th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held on November 30, 2005 and were hosted by Kyra Sedgwick.^{[1] [2]} The nominees were announced on October 25, 2005.^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Winners and nominees

Capote Brokeback Mountain A History of Violence Keane Me and You and Everyone We Know	Murderball Ballets Russes Grizzly Man William Eggleston in the Real World
Bennett Miller – Capote Miranda July – Me and You and Everyone We Know Phil Morrison – Junebug Andrew Wagner – The Talent Given Us Alice Wu – Saving Face	Amy Adams – Junebug as Ashley Johnsten Camilla Belle – The Ballad of Jack and Rose as Rose Slavin Joseph Gordon-Levitt – Mysterious Skin as Neil McCormick Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow as DJay Damian Lewis – Keane as William Keane
The Squid and the Whale – William Baldwin, Jeff Daniels, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, Laura Linney, and Anna Paquin Brokeback Mountain – Linda Cardellini, Anna Faris, Jake Gyllenhaal, Anne Hathaway, Heath Ledger, Randy Quaid, and Michelle Williams Crash – Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon, Jennifer Esposito, William Fichtner, Brendan Fraser, Nona Gaye, Terrence Howard, Thandie Newton, Michael Peña, Ryan Phillippe, and Larenz Tate Good Night, and Good Luck – Patricia Clarkson, George Clooney, Jeff Daniels, Robert Downey Jr., Frank Langella, and David Strathairn Nine Lives – Kathy Baker, Amy Brenneman, Elpidia Carrillo, Glenn Close, Stephen Dillane, Dakota Fanning, William Fichtner, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Jason Isaacs, Joe Mantegna, Ian McShane, Molly Parker, Mary Kay Place, Sydney Tamiia Poitier, Aidan Quinn, Miguel Sandoval, Amanda Seyfried, Sissy Spacek, and Robin Wright Penn	I Am a Sex Addict Al otro lado In a Nutshell: A Portrait of Elizabeth Tashjian Police Beat Sir! No Sir!

Special awards

Celebrate New York Award

• Mad Hot Ballroom

Gotham Tributes

• Matt Dillon
• Jim Jarmusch

Notes and References

1. News: Mohr . Ian . IFP honors to Capote . October 5, 2018 . Variety . November 30, 2005 . May 13, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220513163019/https://variety.com/2005/film/news/ifp-honors-to-capote-1117933799/ . live .
2. Web site: Goldstein. Gregg. Gotham Awards shine on Capote, Murderball. Today. February 18, 2017. December 1, 2005. October 11, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231011104131/https://www.today.com/popculture/gotham-awards-shine-capote-murderball-wbna10283301. live.
3. News: Brokeback, Capote Get Gotham Award Nods. February 18, 2017. Fox News. October 26, 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20171110114712/https://www.foxnews.com/story/2005/10/26/brokeback-capote-get-gotham-award-nods.html. November 10, 2017. dead.
4. News: Mohr . Ian . IFP picks pix for kudos . October 5, 2018 . Variety . October 24, 2005 . October 6, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181006000717/https://variety.com/2005/film/awards/ifp-picks-pix-for-kudos-1117931518/ . live .
5. Web site: Gotham Awards Nominations Announced . Filmmaker Magazine . January 3, 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140314002444/http://filmmakermagazine.com/2046-gotham-awards-nominations-announced/ . March 14, 2014 . October 25, 2005.
6. Web site: 2005 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. November 9, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170219125955/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2005.html. February 19, 2017. dead.