More awards

Some are coming soon to the heartland. Some are marked with estimated DVD release dates. Some will live in obscurity. Too bad.

The National Board of Review Winners

Best Film: Her

Best Director: Spike Jonze, Her

Best Actor: Bruce Dern, Nebraska

Best Actress: Emma Thompson, Saving Mr. Banks (DVD May 2014)

Best Supporting Actor: Will Forte, Nebraska

Best Supporting Actress: Octavia Spencer, Fruitvale Station (DVD 1/14/13)

Best Original Screenplay: Joel and Ethan Coen, Inside Llewyn Davis

Best Adapted Screenplay: Terence Winter, The Wolf of Wall Street

Best Animated Feature: The Wind Rises

Breakthrough Performance: Michael B. Jordan, Fruitvale Station (DVD 1/14/13)
Breakthrough Performance: Adèle Exarchopoulos, Blue Is the Warmest Color (DVD 2/25/14)

Best Directorial Debut: Ryan Coogler, Fruitvale Station (DVD 1/14/13)

Best Foreign Language Film: The Past

Best Documentary: Stories We Tell

William K. Everson Film History Award: George Stevens, Jr.

Best Ensemble: Prisoners (DVD 12/17/13)

Spotlight Award: Career Collaboration of Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio

NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Wadjda

Creative Innovation in Filmmaking Award: Gravity (DVD December 2013)

Top Ten Films (in alphabetical order)
12 Years A Slave (DVD February 2014)

Fruitvale Station (DVD 1/14/13)

Gravity (DVD December 2013)
Inside Llewyn Davis
Lone Survivor
Nebraska
Prisoners (DVD 12/17/13)
Saving Mr. Banks (DVD May 2014)
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Wolf of Wall Street

Top 5 Foreign Language Films (in alphabetical order)
Beyond the Hills
Gloria
The Grandmaster (DVD out now)

A Hijacking
The Hunt (DVD 12/10/13)

Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order)
20 Feet from Stardom (DVD 1/14/14)
The Act Of Killing
After Tiller
Casting By
The Square

Top Ten Independent Films (in alphabetical order)
Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (DVD 12/17/13)
Dallas Buyers Club

In a World… (DVD 1/21/14)
Mother of George
Much Ado About Nothing
Mud (DVD out now)
The Place Beyond the Pines (DVD out now)
Short Term 12 (DVD 1/14/14)
Sightseers

The Spectacular Now (DVD 1/14/14)

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The Gotham Awards nominations, more recognition for independent films:

Best Feature
12 Years A Slave (DVD February 2014)

Ain’t Them Bodies Saints (DVD 12/17/13)
Before Midnight (DVD out now)
Inside Llewyn Davis
Upstream Color

Best Documentary
The Act Of Killing
The Crash Reel
First Cousin Once Removed
Let the Fire Burn
Our Nixon

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Ryan Coogler for Fruitvale Station (DVD 1/14/13)
Adam Leon for Gimme The Loot
Alexandre Moors for Blue Caprice (DVD 1/14/14)
Stacie Passon for Concussion
Amy Seimetz for Sun Don’t Shine

Best Actor
Chiwetel Ejiofor in 12 Years A Slave (DVD February 2014)
Oscar Isaac in Inside Llewyn Davis
Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club
Robert Redford in All Is Lost (DVD 2/11/14)
Isaiah Washington in Blue Caprice (DVD 1/14/14)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett in Blue Jasmine (DVD 1/21/14)
Scarlett Johansson in Don Jon (DVD 11/31/13)
Brie Larson in Short Term 12 (DVD 1/14/14)
Amy Seimetz in Upstream Color
Shailene Woodley in The Spectacular Now (DVD 1/14/14)

Breakthrough Actor
Dane DeHaan in Kill Your Darlings
Kathryn Hahn in Afternoon Delight
Michael B. Jordan in Fruitvale Station (DVD 1/14/13)
Lupita Nyong’o in 12 Years A Slave (DVD February 2014)
Robin Weigert in Concussion

For the third consecutive year, IFP is proud to present the euphoria Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers ‘Live the Dream’ grant, a $25,000 cash award for an alumna of IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Labs. This grant aims to further the careers of emerging women directors by supporting the completion, distribution and audience engagement strategies of their first feature film.
The nominees:
Afia Nathaniel, director, Dukhthar
Gita Pullapilly, director, Beneath The Harvest Sky
Deb Shoval, director, AWOL