The nomination for the 21st Gotham Annual Independent Film Awards was announced by The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) yesterday.

Gotham Annual Independent Film Awards were given to a total of 24 films across six competitive categories for Best Feature, Best Documentary, Breakthrough Director, Breakthrough Actor, Best Ensemble Performance, and Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You.

The Gotham Awards’ ceremony will be held on Monday, November 28th at Cipriani Wall Street. In addition to the competitive awards, Charlize Theron, Gary Oldman, David Cronenberg and Tom Rothman will each be presented with a career tribute.

Complete list of nominations for the 21st Gotham Independent Film Awards

BEST FEATURE

Beginners, Mike Mills
The Descendants, Alexander Payne
Meek’s Cutoff, Kelly Reichardt
Take Shelter, Jeff Nichols
The Tree of Life, Terrence Malick

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Better This World, Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane de la Vega
Bill Cunningham New York, Richard Press
Hell and Back Again, Danfung Dennis
The Interrupters, Steve James
The Woodmans, C. Scott Willis

BREAKTROUGH DIRECTOR

Mike Cahill for Another Earth
Sean Durkin for Martha Marcy May Marlene
Vera Farmiga for Higher Ground
Evan Glodell for Bellflower
Dee Rees for Pariah

BREAKTROUGH ACTOR

Felicity Jones in Like Crazy
Elizabeth Olsen in Marta Marcy May Marlene
Harmony Santana in Gun Hill Road
Shailene Woodley in The Descendants
Jacob Wysocki in Terri

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

Beginners
The Descendants
Margin Call
Martha Marcy May Marlene
Take Shelter

BEST FILM NOT PLAYING AT A THEATER NEAR YOU

Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same, Madeleine Olnek
Green, Sophia Takal
The Redemption of General Butt Naked, Eric Strauss
Scenes of a Crime, Blue Hadaegh and Grover Babcock
Without, Mark Jackson

SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN FILMMAKERS ‘LIVE THE DREAM’ GRANT

Jenny Deller for Future Weather
Lucy Mulloy for Una Noche
Rola Nashef for Detroit Unleaded

AUDIENCE AWARD‘s voting begins today. The nominees will be announced on November 7th and voting second round will start then.
Go here to cast you vote!