Penelope Cruz to receive the Gotham Tribute Award

The 34-year-old Spanish actress - who is currently receiving rave reviews
for her role in Woody Allen's new movie 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona' and in
'Elegy' alongside Sir Ben Kingsley - will receive the accolade at the
prestigious New York ceremony on December 2.
Michelle Byrd, executive director of Independent Feature Project, said:
"Penelope's body of work embodies what is exciting and vibrant about
filmmaking today, in particular independent filmmaking.
"Her performances working with internationally acclaimed directors and her
choice of roles are dynamic, vivacious and varied. IFP is especially pleased
to salute her still very young career this year as she delivers knockout
performances in two extremely different and winning films presently in
cinemas."
The awards ceremony recognise worthy independent films.
Past winners include 'Juno', 'Half Nelson' and 'Junebug'.
The full list of Gotham Award nominees will be released on October 20

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