Gotham Independent Film Awards 2006

16th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
16th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Date	November 29, 2006
Country	United States
Presented by	Independent Filmmaker Project
Hosted by	David Cross
Highlights
Most awards	Half Nelson (3)
Most nominations	Half Nelson (3)
Best Feature	Half Nelson
Breakthrough Director	Ryan Fleck – Half Nelson
Website	https://gotham.ifp.org

The 16th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held on November 29, 2006 and were hosted by David Cross.^[1]^[2] The nominees were announced on October 23, 2006.^[3]^[4]

Winners and nominees

Best Feature

Half Nelson
- The Departed
- Little Children
- Marie Antoinette
- Old Joy

Best Documentary Feature

Iraq in Fragments

Breakthrough Director

Ryan Fleck – Half Nelson
- Ramin Bahrani – Man Push Cart
- Laurie Collyer – Sherrybaby
- So Yong Kim – In Between Days
- James Marsh – The King

Breakthrough Actor

Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson as Drey (TIE)
Rinko Kikuchi – Babel as Chieko Wataya (TIE)
- Abigail Breslin – Little Miss Sunshine as Olive Hoover
- Melinda Page Hamilton – Sleeping Dogs Lie as Amy
- Channing Tatum – A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints as Young Antonio

Best Ensemble Performance

Babel – Boubker Ait El Caid, Adriana Barraza, Gael García Bernal, Cate Blanchett, Rinko Kikuchi, Brad Pitt, Said Tarchani, and Kōji Yakusho
- For Your Consideration – Bob Balaban, Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Harry Shearer, and Fred Willard
- Little Miss Sunshine – Alan Arkin, Abigail Breslin, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, and Greg Kinnear
- A Prairie Home Companion – Woody Harrelson, Tommy Lee Jones, L. Q. Jones, Garrison Keillor, Kevin Kline, Lindsay Lohan, Virginia Madsen, John C. Reilly, Maya Rudolph, Tim Russell, Sue Scott, Meryl Streep, and Lily Tomlin
- Shortbus – Raphael Barker, Lindsay Beamish, Jay Brannan, Justin Vivian Bond, Paul Dawson, PJ DeBoy, Sook-Yin Lee, and Peter Stickles

Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You

Choking Man

Gotham Tributes

References

^ Zeitchik, Steven (November 29, 2006). "Half Nelson tops Gotham Awards". Variety. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
^ "Full Court Press for Half Nelson". The New York Times. November 30, 2006. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
^ "IFP Gotham Awards name noms". Variety. October 23, 2006. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
^ "2006 Winners and nominees". Gotham Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.

External links

Official website

[1] Zeitchik, Steven (November 29, 2006). "Half Nelson tops Gotham Awards". Variety. Retrieved October 5, 2018.

[2] "Full Court Press for Half Nelson". The New York Times. November 30, 2006. Retrieved February 18, 2017.

[3] "IFP Gotham Awards name noms". Variety. October 23, 2006. Retrieved October 5, 2018.

[4] "2006 Winners and nominees". Gotham Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original on February 19, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.

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