SFF alumni award season, so far…

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It was a huge night for Sarasota Film Festival alumni at the IFP Gotham Awards in New York City! Artistic Director Tom Hall was on hand to see SFF 2011 Closing Night Film BEGINNERS win Best Ensemble Performance (with 2011 Tributee Christopher Plummer accepting) and tie TREE OF LIFE (produced by 2011 Producer’s Award Honoree Sarah Green) for Best Picture plus BETTER THIS WORLD, winner of the 2011 Best Documentary Feature Competition, win Best Documentary!

Congrats to all of our winning 2011 alums — Mike Mills, Christopher Plummer, Sarah Green, Katie Galloway, Kelly Duane de la Vega, Julie Goldman — and all of our nominated alumni on your great success this year! Here’s a full list:

GOTHAM AWARDS — Winners

  • Beginners, Best Ensemble Cast (Featuring 2011 Tributee Christopher Plummer)
  • Beginners, Tie: Best Film (Director Mike Mills, 2011 SFF Guest, 2011 Closing Night Film)
  • The Tree Of Life, Tie: Best Film (2011 Producer Award Tributee Sarah Green)
  • Better This World, Best Documentary (2011 SFF Guests Directors Katie Galloway, Kelly Duane de la Vega, Producer Julie Goldman, 2011 SFF Documentary Film Competition Winner)

GOTHAM AWARDS — Nominees

  • Another Earth
  • Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same
  • Meek’s Cutoff
  • Terri (2011 SFF Guest Jacob Wysocki nominated for Breakthrough Performance)
  • Without

 

SFF honoree Christopher Plummer at last night's Gotham Awards, photo The Daily Mail/Splas

And congratulations to Sarasota Film Festival 2008 Tributee Charlize Theron on her 2011 Gotham Award Tribute! More good news for SFF also just came from the Independent Spirit Awards and the New York Film Critics Circle, too! Here’s a list of our alums honored:

INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS (Presented by Film Independent) — Nominees

  • Beginners, Best Feature (Director Mike Mills 2011 SFF Guest, 2011 Closing Night Film)
  • Mike Mills, Best Director, Beginners (2011 SFF Guest)
  • Another Earth, Best First Feature
  • Woody Harrelson, Best Male Lead, Rampart (SFF 2009 Guest)
  • Christopher Plummer, Best Supporting Male Lead, Beginners (2011 SFF Tributee, 2011 Closing Night Film)
  • Benjamin Kasulke, Best Cinematography, The Off Hours (2011 SFF Independent Visions Competition)
  • Mike Mills, Best Screenplay, Beginners (2011 SFF Guest, 2011 Closing Night Film)
  • Mike Cahill & Brit Marling, Best First Screenplay, Another Earth
  • Patreck DeWitt, Best First Screenplay, Terri
  • Heather Courtney, Truer Than Fiction Award, Where Soldiers Come From (2011 SFF Guest)
  • Mark Jackson, Someone To Watch Award, Without (2011 SFF Guest)

NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE — Winners

  • Cave Of Forgotten Dreams, Best Documentary (Florida Premiere at 2011 SFF, Werner Herzog 2006 SFF Honoree)

More nominations are sure to follow, stay tuned!

Posted by: SFF Created on: Sat 27 November 2010 23:00 Last modified: Tue 10 January 2012 15:31
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