Independent Film Award Winners The awards season has officially begun with the winners for the 2018 Gotham Awards. The awards ceremony, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) in New York City, consists of 10 awards given to independent features and series.
For the complete collection, SmartBrowse ‘2018 Gotham Award.’ Winner for: Best Feature
Winner for: Best Actor - Ethan Hawke and Best Screenplay
The Rider
First Reformed
Starring: Brady Jandreau, Tim Jandreau, Lilly Jandreau
Starring: Amanda Seyfried, Ethan Hawke, Cedric the Entertainer
After suffering a near fatal head injury, a young cowboy undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America. R 103 min. (2017) $2M Drama DVD 12113061 $19.49 BLU-RAY 12200637 $27.99
A pastor of a small church in upstate New York starts to spiral out of control after a soul-shaking encounter with an unstable environmental activist and his pregnant wife. R 108 min. (2017) $3M Drama DVD 12136898 $14.99 BLU-RAY 12136899 $18.74
Winner for: Breakthrough Actor - Elsie Fisher and Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director - Bo Burnham
Winner for: Breakthrough Series - Long Form
Eighth Grade
Killing Eve
Starring: Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Emily Robinson
Starring: Sandra Oh, Jodie Comer, Fiona Shaw
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school (the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year) before she begins high school. R 94 min. (2018) $13M Comedy DVD 12172924 $14.99 BLU-RAY 12172925 $18.74
Eve is a security officer whose deskbound job doesn’t fulfill her fantasies of being a spy. Villanelle is a talented killer who clings to the luxuries her violent job affords her. Follow these two women, equally obsessed with each other, as they go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse. UNK 338 min. (2018) Drama DVD 12182163 $18.74 (2 Discs) BLU-RAY 12182164 $22.49 (2 Discs)
Season 1
Winner for: Best Actress - Toni Collette
Hereditary Starring: Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff When the matriarch of the Graham family passes away, her daughter’s family begins to unravel cryptic and increasingly terrifying secrets about their ancestry. R 127 min. (2018) $44M Drama DVD 12152047 $22.49 BLU-RAY+DVD 12152048 $29.99 (2 Discs) 4K+BLU-RAY 12178607 $32.24 (2 Discs)
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