'Birdman' Rules at Gotham Independent Film Awards 2014 - Winners List

The critics groups have started naming their best pictures of the year, as awards season is in full swing.

Last night was the Gotham Independent Film Awards 2014, taking place at the Cipriani Wall Street in New York. The ceremony, as one could probably guess from its name, honors the best in independent film, making this a bit of a mirror with the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, which share some winners (namely, Richard Linklater's Boyhood and the Edward Snowden documentary CITIZENFOUR).

Michael Keaton is one step closer to perhaps landing his first Oscar nomination, winning Best Actor for his role in Birdman, which was also named Best Feature. Julianne Moore, meanwhile, scored Best Actress for Still Alice, a movie that has not only gained considerable Oscar buzz in the past few weeks, but has also been in the headlines as one of the five films that were leaked online following a hacker attack on Sony.

But what other films and stars earned top honors?

Check out the full list of winners for the Gotham Independent Film Awards 2014 below:

Credit: Fox Searchlight Pictures

GOTHAM INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS 2014 WINNERS LIST

Best Feature:
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Best Actress:
Julianne Moore, Still Alice

Best Actor:
Michael Keaton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

Best Documentary:
CITIZENFOUR

Independent Film Audience Award:
Boyhood

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award:
Ana Lily Amirpour, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

Breakthrough Actor:
Tessa Thompson, Dear White People

Special Gotham Jury Award:
The 2014 Best Actor nominating panel also voted to award a special Gotham Jury Award jointly to Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo and Channing Tatum for their ensemble performance in Foxcatcher (Sony Pictures Classics).

Spotlight on Women Filmmakers "Live the Dream" Grant:
Chloé Zhao (director), Songs My Brothers Taught Me

(For the fourth consecutive year, IFP is proud present the euphoria Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers "Live the Dream" grant, a $25,000 cash award for an alumna of IFP’s Independent Filmmaker Labs. This grant aims to further the careers of emerging women directors by supporting the completion, distribution and audience engagement strategies of their first feature film.)