The 22nd Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards were held last night in New York City at the Cipriani Wall Street, Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom took the top prize for Best Feature Film and How to Survive a Plague took the best prize for Best Documentary.

Benh Zeitlin won the Best Director award for his work on the superb indie drama, “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” and Jared Leto’s documentary, “Artifact,” received the Gotham Independent Film Audience Award, voted online.

In addition the awards (see more below) Marion Cotillard, Matt Damon, David O. Russell and Jeffrey Skoll received Career Tributes.

The complete list of awards:

BEST FEATURE:

“Bernie”
“The Loneliest Planet”
“The Master”
“Middle of Nowhere”
“Moonrise Kingdom”

BEST DOCUMENTARY:

“Detropia”
“How to Survive a Plague”
“Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present”
“Room 237″
“The Waiting Room”

BEST DIRECTOR:

Zal Batmanglij, “Sound of My Voice”
Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky, “Francine”
Jason Cortlund and Julia Halperin, “Now, Forager”
Antonio Méndez Esparza, “Aquí y Allá”
Benh Zeitlin, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

BEST ACTOR:

Mike Birbiglia, “Sleepwalk with Me”
Emayatzy Corinealdi, “The Middle of Nowhere”
Thure Lindhardt, “Keep the Lights On”
Melanie Lynskey, “Hello, I Must Be Going”
Quvenzhané Wallis, “Beasts of the Southern Wild”

BEST ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE:

“Bernie”
“Moonrise Kingdom”
“Safety Not Guaranteed”
“Silver Linings Playbook”
“Your Sister’s Sister”

BEST FILM NOT PLAYING AT A THEATER NEAR YOU:

“Kid-Thing”
“An Oversimplification of Her Beauty”
“Red Flag”
“Sun Don’t Shine”
“Tiger Tail in Blue”

 

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