The Gotham Awards () are American film awards, presented annually to the makers of independent films at a ceremony in

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, the city first nicknamed "Gotham" by native son

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, in an issue of ''

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the Gotham Film & Media Institute The Gotham Film & Media Institute (also simply the Gotham), formerly known as the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), is a membership-based, not-for-profit organization dedicated to independent film. It offers programs that assist independent fil ...

(formerly Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP)), "the largest membership organization in the United States dedicated to independent film" (founded in 1979), the awards were inaugurated in 1991 as a means of showcasing and honoring films made primarily in the northeastern region of the United States.

Scope

In 2004, the scope of the awards broadened to include the international film scene, when the number of awards presented increased from six awards given to films and those involved in making them primarily from the northeastern U.S. film community to nine awards, including in its broader scope films originating in

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, and international locations as well.

Venue

Having outgrown its previous locations in the city's

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, for the first time in its history, the 17th Annual Gotham Awards gala occurred outside of that borough, in the city's

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borough at Steiner Studios, in the

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, on November 27, 2007, and it was "promoted nationally via a partnership with ''

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. Retrieved November 16, 2012.

Categories

Current categories

From 1991 to 2002, the Tribute Award, also called Career Tribute, was awarded as a Lifetime Achievement Award to one person each year and the individual achievement awards (Filmmaker Award, Writer Award, Actor Award, Below-the-Line Award, Producer/Industry Executive Award and Independent Vision Award) were given out separately. As of the 2003 Gotham Awards, the IFP replaced all mentioned individual category awards with Career Tributes.

Discontinued categories

* Filmmaker Award: 1991 to 1997 * Below-the-Line Award: 1991 to 1998 * Writer Award: 1991 to 1998 * Producer/Industry Executive Award: 1991 to 1999 * Actor Award: 1991 to 2002 * Classical Film Tribute: 1999 to 2000 * Anthony Radziwell Documentary Achievement Award: 2000 to 2002 * Independent Vision Award: only 2001 * Celebrate New York Award: 2004 to 2005 * Best Ensemble Cast: 2005 to 2012 (2008 to 2012 as Best Ensemble Performance) * Best Film Not Playing At Theater Near You: 2005 to 2012 * Special Jury Award for Ensemble Performance: 2014 to 2018 * Best Actor: 2013 to 2020 *

Best Actress Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress aw ...

: 2013 to 2020 *

Audience Award An audience award is typically an award at a film festival (or some other type of cultural festival or similar competition) which is selected by the audience attending the festival, rather than by the festival jury or a group of critics. Example ...

: 2010 to 2020

Ceremonies

References

External links

* * {{Gotham Awards 1991 establishments in New York City 1991 in New York City Annual events in New York City Culture of Brooklyn Culture of Manhattan Mass media in New York City