The Master
The awards season is officially underway as the Gotham Independent Film Awards announced its nominees.
Early Oscar favourites such as The Silver Lining Playbook and The master are amongst the nominees.
The Master is the early favourite for the Best Feature gong but it has some tough competition from the likes of Moonrise Kingdom, Middle of Nowhere, The Loneliest Planet and Bernie.
Bernie and Moonrise Kingdom are also nominated for Best Ensemble Performance alongside Safety Not Guaranteed, Silver Lining's Playbook and Your Sister's Sister.
Quvenzhane Wallis is one of the new talents of 2012 that everyone has been talking about and she is being tipped as a possible Oscar contender for her role in Beasts of the Southern Wild.
And she has picked up a nod for Best Breakthrough Actor while Benh Zeitlin has been nominated for Best Breakthrough Director as he made his debut with this project.
Full list of nominations
- Best Feature
Bernie
The Loneliest Planet
The Master
Middle of Nowhere
Moonrise Kingdom
- Best Documentary
Detropia
How to Survive a Plague
Marina Abramavic: The Artist is Present
Room 237
The Waiting Room
- Best Ensemble Performance
Bernie
Moonrise Kingdom
Safety Not Guaranteed
Silver Linings Playbook
Your Sister's Sister
- Breakthrough Director
Antonio Mendez Esparza - Aqui y Alla (Here and There)
Benh Zeitlin - Beasts of the Southern Wild
Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky - Francine
Jason Cortlund, Julia Halperin - Now, Forager
Zal Batmanglij - Sound of My Voice
- Breakthrough Actor
Mike Birbiglia - Sleepwalk with Me
Emayatzy Corinealdi - Middle of Nowhere
Thure Lindhardt - Keep the Lights On
Melanie Lynskey - Hello, I Must Be Going
Quvenzhane Wallis - "Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You
Kid-Thing
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty
Red Flag
Sun Don't Shine
Tiger Tall in Blue