Gotham Independent Film Awards 2009 Explained

19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Host:	Kumail Nanjiani
Country:	United States
Presenter:	Independent Filmmaker Project
Most Wins:	The Hurt Locker (2)
Most Nominations:	Big Fan and The Hurt Locker (3)
Award1 Type:	Best Feature
Award1 Winner:	The Hurt Locker
Award2 Type:	Breakthrough Director
Award2 Winner:	Robert D. Siegel – Big Fan
Previous:	18th
Main:	Gotham Awards
Next:	20th

The 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held on November 30, 2009.^{[1] [2]} The nominees were announced on October 19, 2009.^{[3] [4] [5]} The ceremony was hosted by Kumail Nanjiani.^[6]

Winners and nominees

The Hurt Locker Amreeka Big Fan The Maid A Serious Man	Food, Inc. Good Hair My Neighbor, My Killer Paradise Tyson
Robert D. Siegel – Big Fan Cruz Angeles – Don't Let Me Drown Frazer Bradshaw – Everything Strange and New Noah Buschel – The Missing Person Derick Martini – Lymelife	Catalina Saavedra – The Maid as Raquel Ben Foster – The Messenger as SSG Will Montgomery Patton Oswalt – Big Fan as Paul Aufiero Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker as Sergeant First Class William James Souléymane Sy Savané – Goodbye Solo as Solo
The Hurt Locker – Ralph Fiennes, Brian Geraghty, Evangeline Lilly, Anthony Mackie, David Morse, Guy Pearce, and Jeremy Renner Adventureland – Jesse Eisenberg, Bill Hader, Margarita Levieva, Ryan Reynolds, Martin Starr, Kristen Stewart, and Kristen Wiig Cold Souls – Paul Giamatti, Dina Korzun, David Strathairn, Emily Watson, and Katheryn Winnick A Serious Man – Richard Kind, Sari Lennick, Fred Melamed, and Michael Stuhlbarg Sugar – Richard Bull, Michael Gaston, Andre Holland, Ellary Porterfield, Rayniel Rufino, Algenis Perez Soto, Jaime Tirelli, and Ann Whitney	You Won't Miss Me Everything Strange and New Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench October Country Zero Bridge

Gotham Tributes

• Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner
• Kathryn Bigelow
• Natalie Portman
• Stanley Tucci

Notes and References

1. Web site: King. Susan. The Hurt Locker wins Gotham's best feature award. Los Angeles Times. February 18, 2017. November 30, 2009. October 29, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211029051612/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2009/11/the-hurt-locker-wins-gothams-best-feature-award.html. live.
2. Web site: Kay . Jeremy . Hurt Locker, The Maid among IFP New York Gotham winners . ScreenDaily . October 5, 2018 . December 2, 2009 . August 14, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220814184625/https://www.screendaily.com/hurt-locker-the-maid-among-ifp-new-york-gotham-winners/5008653.article . live .
3. News: Swart . Sharon . Locker, Fan top Gotham noms . October 5, 2018 . Variety . October 19, 2009 . October 6, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181006000455/https://variety.com/2009/scene/awards/locker-fan-top-gotham-noms-1118010118/ . live .
4. Web site: Gaita. Paul. IFP to honor Natalie Portman, Stanley Tucci, Kathryn Bigelow at Gotham Awards. Los Angeles Times. February 18, 2017. September 24, 2009. September 26, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200926075320/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2009/09/ifp-to-honor-portman-tucci-bigelow-at-gotham-awards.html. live.
5. Web site: 2009 Winners and nominees. Gotham Independent Film Awards. November 9, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20160505004648/http://gotham.ifp.org/flash/Timeline/2009.html. May 5, 2016. dead.
6. News: Swart . Sharon . Nanjiani to host Gothams . October 5, 2018 . Variety . November 16, 2009 . October 6, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181006000415/https://variety.com/2009/film/awards/nanjiani-to-host-gothams-1118011430/ . live .