'Beginners,' 'Tree of Life' tie at Gotham Honours

Mike Mills' drama 'Beginners' tied for the best feature as well as required home best ensemble at Monday's Gotham Honours.Terrence Malick's 'Tree of Life' tied 'Beginners' within the feature category. Focus Features emerged the large champion in the 2011 Gotham Independent Film Honours, using its pic "Beginners" scoring two kudos, together with a shared trophy to find the best feature, and drama "Pariah" nabbing one."Beginners," Mike Mills' film in regards to a man's relationship together with his just-out-of-the-closet father, was half of the rare match the feature category. Pic shared the laurel with "The Tree of Existence," the Terrence Malick-directed drama launched by Fox Searchlight."Beginners" also required home the ensemble thesping award because of its cast, brought by Ewan McGregor and Christopher Plummer. Focus' approaching "Pariah," the storyline of the Brooklyn teen growing into her sexuality, snagged the breakthrough director laurel for helmer Dee Rees.Gothams' top doc award visited "Better Our Planet,Inch Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane p la Vega's take a look at a set of American terrorists, while Felicity Johnson required breakthrough actor on her perf in Vital Vantage's love story "Constantly.InchWedding ceremony began by having an audience award win for "Girlfriend," author-helmer Justin Lerner's Toronto alum in regards to a guy with Down's Syndrome wooing just one mother. Unlike most Gotham groups, those who win which are selected by industry juries, the aud-fave champion was selected by film festivalgoers who chosen for that award online.The Gothams' annual recognition for any film that has not yet found a distributor visited "Moments of the Crime," Blue Hadaegh and Grover Babcock's doc in regards to a disputed confession. Award has a one-week run at Gotham's Museum of contemporary Art.The 21st annual honours, passed out each year by IFP, also incorporated formerly introduced career tribute laurels to Fox professional Tom Rothman, helmer David Cronenberg and thesps Charlize Theron and Gary Oldman. Cronenberg, Theron and Oldman all have potential horses within the honours-season races -- with Cronenberg's "A Harmful Method," Theron topliner "Youthful Adult" and Oldman starrer "Mess Tailor Soldier Spy" all competing for kudo attention -- along with Rothman via Fox Searchlights photos including "Tree of Existence" and "The Descendants."Also introduced in the ceremony was the champion from the first Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers "Live the Dream" Grant, a $25,000 award to have an alum of IFP's Independent Filmmaker Labs. Laurel visited Lucy Mulloy for pic "Una Noche."Complete Listing of Those who win:Best Feature: Tie between "Beginners" and "The Tree of Existence"Best Documentary: "Better our planetInch by Katie Galloway and Kelly Duane p la VegaBest Ensemble: "Beginners" - Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, Mlanie Laurent, Goran Visnjic, Kai Lennox, Mary Page Keller, Keegan Boos Breakthrough Actor: Felicity Johnson, "ConstantlyInchDevelopment Director: Dee Rees, "Pariah"Best Film Not Playing in a Theater In Your Area: "Moments of the Crime" by Blue Hadaegh & Grover Babcock Contact Gordon Cox at gordon.cox@variety.com