The 21st Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held on November 28, 2011. The nominees were announced on October 20, 2011. The ceremony was hosted by Edie Falco and Oliver Platt.
Winners and nominees {| class="wikitable" role="presentation" | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Beginners (TIE) The Tree of Life (TIE) The Descendants Meek's Cutoff Take Shelter | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Better This World Bill Cunningham New York Hell and Back Again The Interrupters The Woodmans |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Dee Rees – Pariah Mike Cahill – Another Earth Sean Durkin – Martha Marcy May Marlene Vera Farmiga – Higher Ground Evan Glodell – Bellflower | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Felicity Jones – Like Crazy as Anna Gardner Elizabeth Olsen – Martha Marcy May Marlene as Martha/Marcy May/"Marlene Lewis" Harmony Santana – Gun Hill Road as Vanessa Shailene Woodley – The Descendants as Alexandra "Alex" King Jacob Wysocki – Terri as Terri Thompson |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Girlfriend Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey Buck The First Grader Wild Horse, Wild Ride | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Scenes of a Crime Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same Green The Redemption of General Butt Naked Without |- | colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top;"| Beginners – Keegan Boos, Mary Page Keller, Mélanie Laurent, Kai Lennox, Ewan McGregor, Christopher Plummer, and Goran Višnjić The Descendants – Mary Birdsong, Beau Bridges, George Clooney, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Rob Huebel, Nick Krause, Matthew Lillard, Amara Miller, and Shailene Woodley Margin Call – Penn Badgley, Simon Baker, Paul Bettany, Jeremy Irons, Aasif Mandvi, Mary McDonnell, Demi Moore, Zachary Quinto, Kevin Spacey, and Stanley Tucci Martha Marcy May Marlene – Christopher Abbott, Brady Corbet, Hugh Dancy, Maria Dizzia, Julia Garner, John Hawkes, Louisa Krause, Elizabeth Olsen, and Sarah Paulson Take Shelter – Kathy Baker, Jessica Chastain, LisaGay Hamilton, Robert Longstreet, Ray McKinnon, Katy Mixon, Michael Shannon, Tova Stewart, and Shea Whigham
Special awards Spotlight on Women Filmmakers "Live the Dream" Grant Lucy Mulloy – Una Noche Jenny Deller – Future Weather Rola Nashef – Detroit Unleaded
Gotham Tributes David Cronenberg Gary Oldman Tom Rothman Charlize Theron
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