Earlier today, we learned that the 2020 IFP Gotham Awards are introducing a new special tribute. This year will mark the first instance of a now annual prize, which is the Ensemble Tribute. The Gotham Awards will kick off the citation by honoring Aaron Sorkin’s The Trial of the Chicago 7. Of course, the cast includes Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jeremy Strong, Mark Rylance, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, Alex Sharp, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Caitlin Fitzgerald, Alice Kremelberg, and Ben Shenkman, so congrats to them. You can check out the press release below, but Gotham will be bestowing this prize on the cast at their ceremony on January 11th. Here is the full press release: The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP), announced today they will introduce a new annual tribute this year: the Ensemble Tribute at the 2020 IFP Gotham Awards. In its inaugural year the award will be presented to THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. Previously a juried award, the tribute will honor the performances of a group of dynamic and noteworthy cast onscreen and celebrate their collective effort and contributions to the film’s narrative. The IFP Gotham Awards is one of the leading awards for independent film and signals the kick-off to the film awards season. As the first major awards ceremony of the season, the IFP Gotham Awards provide critical early recognition and media attention to worthy independent films and their writers, directors, producers, and actors with eleven competitive awards categories. The awards are also unique for their ability to assist in catapulting award recipients prominently into national awards season attention. The 30th Anniversary of the IFP Gotham Awards ceremony will be held on Monday, January 11th, 2021. The awards show will be presented live from Cipriani Wall Street New York in a hybrid format featuring virtual interactive tables in order to follow health and safety protocols brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. THE TRIAL OF THE CHICAGO 7 features an ensemble cast of Sacha Baron Cohen, Eddie Redmayne, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Jeremy Strong, Mark Rylance, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Michael Keaton, Frank Langella, John Carroll Lynch, Alex Sharp, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Caitlin Fitzgerald, Alice Kremelberg, and Ben Shenkman. The film follows the true story of the Chicago Seven, a group of anti–Vietnam War protesters who were charged surrounding the uprising at the 1968 Democratic […]