Awards season has begun: The Gotham Awards were handed out tonight to honor the best of the year in independent film.  Wes Anderson‘s Moonrise Kingdom landed the top award, Best Feature, a choice I won’t argue with.  As far as recognizable names go, Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt, and Mark Duplass won Best Ensemble Performance for Your Sister’s Sister.  Although Beasts of the Southern Wild must have been a strong contender for Best Feature, Benh Zeitlin had to settle for Breakthrough Director.

You better believe that the Gotham Awards go more obscure than Beasts, including an award for Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You.  So hit the jump for the full list.

Via THR:

Best Feature

MOONRISE KINGDOM

• Directed by Wes Anderson
• Produced by Wes Anderson, Scott Rudin, Steven Rales, Jeremy Dawson
• Released by Focus Features

Best Documentary

HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE

• Directed and produced by David France
• Produced by Howard Gertler
• Released by IFC Films

Best Ensemble Performance

Emily Blunt, Rosemarie DeWitt and Mark Duplass in YOUR SISTER’S SISTER

• Released by IFC Films

Breakthrough Actor

EMAYATZY CORINEALDI in MIDDLE OF NOWHERE

• Released by AFFRM and Participant Media

Breakthrough Director

BENH ZEITLIN for BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD

• Released by Fox Searchlight Pictures

Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You

AN OVERSIMPLIFICATION OF HER BEAUTY

• Directed and produced by Terence Nance
• Produced by Andrew Corkin and James Bartlett

Audience Award

ARTIFACT

• Directed by Bartholomew Cubbins
• Produced by Jared Leto and Emma Ludbrook