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'Winter’s Bone' wins best film at Gotham Film Awards
by Neha Gupta - November 30, 2010 - comments
Jennifer plays the role of 17-year-old Ree Dolly, an Ozark Mountain girl, who is struggling to sustain her poor family.
Debra Granik's 'Winter's Bone,' has won the best feature film award at the 20th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards Monday in New York.
Made on a budget of $2 million, the movie has also won the Bronze Horse for best film, the topmost award, at the Stockholm International Film Festival.
The Stockholm's jury, consisting of directors Tarik Saleh and Johan Kling, producer Fredrik Wikstrom and journalist Carole Horst, was all praises for the movie.
The film shows Ree putting her life to danger for the sake of her family and to know the truth.
"The jury surrendered to a world so fully described by the director and a protagonist's dilemma in a community seldom represented in America," the jury said in a statement.
"Through her heroine, the director paints an original portrait of a matriarchy who, by turns, warns, punishes, and ultimately offers an unlikely deliverance."
The movie
'Winter’s Bone' is an adaptation of Daniel Woodrell's 2006 novel, 'Winter’s Bone.'
Directed by Granik, the movie has Jennifer Lawrence in the lead role.
Jennifer plays the role of 17-year-old Ree Dolly, an Ozark Mountain girl, who is struggling to sustain her poor family.
Ree takes an adventurous journey consisting of dangerous social terrain and harrowing encounters in order to search for her father who is involved in the local drug trade.
She continues her search even after the news of her father’s death, brought to her by her uncle.
The film shows Ree putting her life to danger for the sake of her family and to know the truth.
Other awards at the Gothams
The Gotham Awards are hosted by the Independent Feature Project which is a nonprofit organization founded in 1979.
The breakthrough actor award was given to Ronald Bronstein for playing the role of a divorced father of two young boys in 'Daddy Longlegs,'.
Kevin Asch was presented the breakthrough director award for 'Holy Rollers,' his debut feature film.
'Waiting for Superman,' a documentary, won the festival genius audience award this year, while the Best documentary award went to Laura Poitras' 'The Oath.'
Actor Robert Duvall, actress Hilary Swank, 'Black Swan' director Darren Aronofsky and producer and screenwriter James Schamus were honored with tribute awards at the ceremony.