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IFP's Gotham Independent Film Awards^TM honor  independently distributed American feature films made with an economy of  means. Established in 1991, the Gotham Independent Film Awards celebrate the  authentic voices behind and in front of the camera in the year's best  independent films. There will be seven competitive awards in 2010 -  Best Feature, Best Documentary, Best Ensemble Performance, Breakthrough  Actor, Breakthrough Director, Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You®,  and the new Festival Genius^TM Audience Award. In the wake of IFP's new relationship with Festival Genius, the Festival Genius Audience Award has  been created to honor US films that have won audience awards at film festivals during the past year. The Festival Genius community, 200,000 film fans worldwide, will vote online to select the nominees and winner. In addition, IFP has broadened the criteria for the Best Feature category to allow consideration of independent films that have premiered on digital  platforms like VOD or Pay TV following festival runs, without them having  played theatrically. The Gotham Independent Film Awards also recognize,  through the presentation of Tributes, those who have made significant  contributions to filmmaking.The 2010  Tributes will be announced in the fall.  

Submissions are now being accepted in the five competitive categories that accept open submissions.  The  deadline for submissions is 5pm EST on September 17, 2010.  Nominees will be announced on October 18, 2010, and winners will be honored  at a star-studded 20th Anniversary ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street on  November 29.  Applications, along with full criteria for all awards,  are available at www.ifp.org.

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