Gotham Independent Film Awards 2009

The 19th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards were held on November 30, 2009.

Winners and nominees

Best Feature

The Hurt Locker

• Amreeka
• Big Fan
• The Maid
• A Serious Man

Best Documentary

Food, Inc.

• Good Hair
• My Neighbor, My Killer
• Paradise
• Tyson

Best Ensemble Performance

The Hurt Locker

• Adventureland
• Cold Souls
• A Serious Man
• Sugar

Best Breakthrough Actor/Actress

Catalina Saavedra – The Maid (La nana)

• Ben Foster – The Messenger
• Patton Oswalt – Big Fan
• Jeremy Renner – The Hurt Locker
• Souléymane Sy Savané – Goodbye Solo

Best Breakthrough Director

Robert D. Siegel – Big Fan

• Cruz Angeles – Don't Let Me Drown
• Frazer Bradshaw – Everything Strange and New
• Noah Buschel – The Missing Person
• Derick Martini – Lymelife

Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You

You Won't Miss Me

• Everything Strange and New
• Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench
• October Country
• Zero Bridge