Anne Hathaway nominated for 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Award

Anne Hathaway nominated for 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Award

Anne Hathaway and her ‘Rachel Getting Married’ co-stars have been nominated for Best Ensemble Performance at the 18th Annual Gotham Independent Film
Awards.
The brunette beauty is expected to attend the prestigious ceremony in New York on December 2.
Anne and her co-stars face competition from Scarlett Johansson, Penelope
Cruz and Rebecca Hall – who have been nominated in the same category for
their roles in Woody Allen’s upcoming movie ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ - as
well as the cast of movies ‘Ballast’, 'Synecdoche, New York' and ‘The
Visitor’.
Michelle Byrd, the Executive Director for non-profit film organisation IFP
who run the awards, said: “2008 has proven to be an extremely strong year
for an immensely diverse group of filmmakers tackling a range of subjects
and forms in new and dynamic ways.”
Other categories include Best Feature, Breakthrough Actor, Breakthrough
Director, Best Documentary and Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You.

18th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, full list of nominations:

Best Feature:
'Ballast'
'Frozen River'
'Synecdoche, New York'
'The Visitor'
'The Wrestler'

Best Ensemble Performance:
Micheal J. Smith Sr., JimMyron Ross, Tarra Riggs and Johnny McPhail for
'Ballast'
Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt, Bill Irwin, Tunde Adebimpe, Mather Zickel,
Anna Deavere Smith, Anisa George and Debra Winger for 'Rachel Getting
Married'
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine
Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis and Tom
Noonan for 'Synecdoche, New York'
Scarlett Johansson, Rebecca Hall, Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz for 'Vicky
Cristina Barcelona'
Richard Jenkins, Hiam Abbas, Haaz Sleiman and Danai Gurira for 'The Visitor'

Breakthrough Actor:
Pedro Castaneda, 'August Evening'
Rosemarie DeWitt, 'Rachel Getting Married'
Rebecca Hall, 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona'
Melissa Leo, 'Frozen River'
Alejandro Polanco, 'Chop Shop'
Micheal J. Smith Sr., 'Ballast'

Breakthrough Director:
Antonio Campos for 'Afterschool'
Dennis Dortch for 'A Good Day to Be Black and Sexy'
Lance Hammer for 'Ballast'
Barry Jenkins for 'Medicine for Melancholy'
Alex Rivera for 'Sleep Dealer'

Best Documentary:
'Chris and Don: A Love Story'
'Encounters at the End of the World'
'Man on Wire'
'Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired'
'Trouble the Water'

Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You:
'Afterschool'
'Meadowlark'
'The New Year Parade'
'Sita Sings the Blues'
'Wellness'

Image WENN