Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards

By: Dec. 03, 2008
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The event was held on December 2 at Museum of Finance in New York City on December 2, 2008. In attendance was Darren Aronofsky, Rachel Weisz, Amy Adams, Penelope Cruz and many more.

The Gotham Independent Film Awards, selected by distinguished juries and presented in New York City, the home of independent film, are the first honors of the film awards season. This public showcase honors the filmmaking community, expands the audience for independent films, and supports the work that IFP does behind the scenes throughout the year to bring such films to fruition.

About IFP
Founded as a satellite program of the 1979 New York Film Festival, the nonprofit IFP has evolved into the nation's oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, and also the premier advocate for them. Since its start, IFP has supported the production of 7,000 films and provided resources to more than 20,000 filmmakers' voices that otherwise might not have been heard. IFP believes that independent films broaden the palette of cinema, seeding the global culture with new ideas, kindling awareness, and fostering activism.

Currently, IFP represent a network of 10,000 filmmakers in New York City and around the world. Through its workshops, seminars, conferences, mentorships, and Filmmaker Magazine, IFP schools its members in the art, technology, and business of independent filmmaking (there are special programs to promote racial, ethnic, religious, ideological, gender, and sexual diversity). IFP builds audiences by hosting screenings, often in collaboration with other cultural institutions and also bestows the Gotham Independent Film Awards, the first honors of the film awards season. When all is said and done, IFP fosters the development of 200 feature and documentary films each year.


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Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Darren Aronofsky and Rachel Weisz

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Penelope Cruz


Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Danai Gurira and Haaz Sleiman

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Rachel Weisz

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Rachel Weisz

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Danai Gurira

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Lena Olin

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Penelope Cruz

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Pedro Castaneda

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Evan Rachel Wood

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Rebecca Hall

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Liz Smith

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Rebecca Hall

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Penelope Cruz

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Penelope Cruz

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Aasif Mandvi

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Lena Olin

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Melissa Leo

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Rachel Weisz

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Danai Gurira

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Melissa Leo

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Rosemarie Dewitt

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Evan Rachel Wood

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Rachel Weisz

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Rebecca Hall

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Penelope Cruz

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Evan Rachel Wood

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Veronica Loren

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Rachel Weisz

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Rosemarie Dewitt

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Dennis Hopper

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Lena Olin

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Haaz Sleiman

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Penelope Cruz

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Pedro Castaneda

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Veronica Loren

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Rosemarie Dewitt

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Liz Smith and Sheila Nevins

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Evan Rachel Wood

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Veronica Loren

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Evan Rachel Wood

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Evan Rachel Wood

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Penelope Cruz

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Haaz Sleiman

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Dennis Hopper

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Evan Rachel Wood

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Pedro Castaneda

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Rosemarie Dewitt

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Rachel Weisz

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Dennis Hopper

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Lena Olin

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Ben Kingsley

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Amy Adams

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Ben Kingsley

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Amy Adams

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Amy Adams

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Ben Kingsley

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Amy Adams

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Ben Kingsley

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Ben Kingsley

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Michelle Williams

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Terrence Howard

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Ethan Hawke and Ryan Shawhughes

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Jennifer Esposito

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Ethan Hawke

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Mira Nair

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Mickey Rourke

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Terrence Howard

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Amy Adams

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Amy Adams

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Mickey Rourke

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Alison Pill

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Ethan Hawke

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Tom McCarthy

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Debra Winger and Arliss Howard

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Alison Pill

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Debra Winger

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Terrence Howard

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Terrence Howard

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Sharon R. Frederick and Richard Jenkins

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Amy Adams

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Jennifer Esposito

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Amy Adams

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Mickey Rourke

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Gus Van Sant

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Ethan Hawke

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Jeff Goldblum

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Jeff Goldblum

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Patricia Clarkson

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Richard Jenkins and Tom McCarthy

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Tom McCarthy

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Jennifer Esposito

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Michelle Williams

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Alison Pill

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Jeff Goldblum

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Melvin Van Peebles

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Mickey Rourke

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Jennifer Esposito

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Michelle Williams

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Patricia Clarkson

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Alison Pill

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Ethan Hawke and Ryan Shawhughes

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Patricia Clarkson

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Michelle Williams

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Debra Winger

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Jeff Goldblum

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Gus Van Sant

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Ethan Hawke and Ryan Shawhughes

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Richard Jenkins

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Tom McCarthy

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Darren Aronofsky and Rachel Weisz

Photo Coverage: 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Darren Aronofsky and Rachel Weisz



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