2016 Gotham Independent Award Winners Revealed

The 26th Annual Gotham Independent Awards took place Monday, November 28^th, 2016 at Cipriani Wall Street.  Presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), the awards are designed to recognize and champion the future of storytelling.  While slightly outside the pool of contenders for the Academy Award race, the Gotham Independent Awards have predicted the best picture race for the past two years.

Hosted by Keegan-Michael Key, the evening quickly became a triumph for Barry Jenkins and his critically acclaimed coming-of-age story “Moonlight” – the film took home four awards, including Best Feature and Best Screenplay.  Casey Affleck’s turn in “Manchester by the Sea” received the Best Actor trophy, while French actress Isabelle Huppert received the Best Actress award for “Elle.”

To learn more about the Gotham Independent Awards, please visit: https://gotham.ifp.org/

The complete list of winners of the 2016 Gotham Awards are:

Best Feature Moonlight Barry Jenkins, director; Adele Romanski, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, producers

Best Documentary O.J.: Made in America Ezra Edelman, director; Caroline Waterlow, Ezra Edelman, Tamara Rosenberg, Nina Krstic, Deirdre Fenton, Erin Leyden, producers

Breakthrough Series – Long Form Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Rachel Bloom & Aline Brosh McKenna, creators; Marc Webb, Rachel Bloom, Aline Brosh McKenna, Erin Ehrlich, executive producers

Best Actress Isabelle Huppert in Elle Best Actor Casey Affleck in Manchester by the Sea

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award Trey Edward Shults for Krisha

Best Screenplay Moonlight, Story by Tarell Alvin McCraney; Screenplay by Barry Jenkins

Breakthrough Series – Short Form Her Story, Jen Richards and Laura Zak, creators

Breakthrough Actor Anya Taylor-Joy in The Witch (A24)

Special Jury Prize – Best Ensemble Moonlight

Audience Award Moonlight