{"id":73822,"date":"2021-11-30T14:13:06","date_gmt":"2021-11-30T14:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=73822"},"modified":"2021-11-30T14:13:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T14:13:06","slug":"the-lost-daughter-wins-big-at-31st-gotham-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=73822","title":{"rendered":"‘The Lost Daughter’ wins big at 31st Gotham Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Maggie Gyllenhaal's Elena Ferrante adaptation \u201cThe Lost Daughter” won four Gotham Awards including best feature film at the 31st Gotham Awards, the annual New York independent film celebration that serves as a boozy kickoff to Oscar season.<\/p>\n

Gyllenhaal won breakthrough director and best screenplay for her directorial debut, and star Olivia Colman shared the award for outstanding lead performance with Frankie Faison, \u201cThe Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain,\u201d a drama based on the 2011 police shooting in White Plains, New York. \u201cThe Lost Daughter,\u201d a Netflix release, opens in theaters Dec. 17.<\/p>\n

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As one of the first stops in the long march to the Oscars, Monday evening's Gothams was the first real attempt since the pandemic began to summon all the season's usual glitz and pomp. Stars including Kristen Stewart, Tessa Thompson and Dakota Johnson walked the red carpet. Inside the crowded banquet hall, attendees were required to provide proof of vaccination and a negative COVID-19 test. Last year's Gotham Awards (where \u201cNomadland\u201d won the top award) was held virtually, with winners accepting awards by Zoom and an online poker platform deployed to digitally sit guests at tables.<\/p>\n

This year, even with the recent discovery of the omicron variant spooking a film industry still trying to rebound from the pandemic, the Gothams got back to normal \u2014 even while tweaking traditions.<\/p>\n

For the first time, the Gothams were presented without gendered acting categories. While the season's top award shows \u2014 the Oscars, the Emmys, the Tonys \u2014 haven't yet embraced such a move, the Gothams are part of a growing number of awards bodies, including the Grammys and the MTV Film and TV Awards, to ditch \u201cbest actor” and \u201cbest actress.\u201d<\/p>\n

Several times during Monday night's show that was applauded. Ethan Hawke, a co-winner for his performance in the series \u201cThe Good Lord Bird,\u201d said he never understood the separate categories in the first place.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrue talent shines through the divisions meant to separate us,\u201d said \u201cBillions\u201d actor Asia Kate Dillon, a presenter, who identifies as nonbinary.<\/p>\n

Other borders seemed to disintegrate at the Gothams, once a more narrow celebration of independent film. Among the series winners was Netflix's \u201cSquid Game,\u201d the pop-culture sensation that has been watched for more than 2 billion hours, according to the streaming service. At the Gothams, speeches have often exalted the hard work and sometimes lesser-seen rewards of indie film.<\/p>\n

\u201cCODA,\u201d the celebrated coming-of-age drama about a hearing daughter in a deaf family, won several awards. Troy Kotsur, the veteran deaf actor who plays the film's fisherman father, won outstanding supporting performance. Emilia Jones, who stars as the daughter, won breakthrough performer. After an award-winning debut at a virtual Sundance Film Festival, the film's awards hopes had seemed to lag somewhat after a muted streaming debut on Apple TV+ in August. But the Gothams gave \u201cCODA\u201d a boost.<\/p>\n

“First off, I\u2019m absolutely handless right now,\u201d Kotsur said through sign language, shaking his hands.<\/p>\n

Nominees and winners (except for best film) are chosen by juries for the Gothams. In a few categories, they elected multiple winners \u2014 like for outstanding lead performance where Colman and Faison both won from a pool of 10 nominees.<\/p>\n

Other winners included Ryusuke Hamaguchi's intimate epic \u201cDrive My Car\u201d for best international film and Jonas Poher Rasmussen's \u201cFlee,” an animated film about an Afghanistan migrant's life, for best documentary.<\/p>\n

But the Gothams also trot out a number of tribute awards, some of them going to a handful of filmmakers and performers expected to play starring roles throughout awards season. Those included honors for Jane Campion, director of \u201cThe Power of the Dog”; Stewart for her performance at Princess Diana in \u201cSpencer\u201d; Peter Dinklage for the upcoming \u201cCyrano\u201d; and the cast of Jeymes Samuel's Black Western \u201cThe Harder They Fall.\u201d<\/p>\n

Often, the tribute introductions are as dramatic as the acceptance speeches. \u201cSpencer\u201d director Pablo Larrain, alongside Julianne Moore, told Stewart that she changed his life and called her \u201ca miracle of cinema.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel so visible to him,\u201d Stewart said.<\/p>\n

Dinklage, introduced with exuberance by Hawke (“If he was British, he'd be a knight”), stood aside and went \u201coff-podium\u201d for his speech because, he noted, the lectern was too high for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe podium, not me,\u201d he said. \u201cAlthough…\u201d<\/p>\n

But Dinklage, who plays Cyrano de Bergerac in the film, spoke warmly about his life in movies and his love of \u201cyou tribe of weirdos.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen it's good, it's not precious,\u201d said Dinklage of acting. \u201cIt's work.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Elena Ferrante adaptation \u201cThe Lost Daughter” won four Gotham Awards including best feature film at the 31st Gotham Awards, the annual New York independent film celebration that serves as a boozy kickoff to Oscar season. Gyllenhaal won breakthrough director and best screenplay for her directorial debut, and star Olivia Colman shared the award […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":73823,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n