Gotham Awards chime in.

These means not a lot in terms of Oscar. But it does help for any film to be singled out by any voting body.
This is wonderful news for Sean Penn’s “Into the Wild” and it’s star “Emile Hersh. Suprisingly “Margot at the Wedding” did well as did “Great World of Sound” which looks fun.
Ellen Page gets a nice shout out, as does Mira Nair’s “The Namesake” which I thought had been all but forgotten.

The 17th Annual Gotham Award nominees are:

Best Feature

"Great World of Sound" - Craig Zobel, director; Melissa Palmer, David Gordon Green, Richard Wright, Craig Zobel, producers (Magnolia Pictures)
"I'm Not There" - Todd Haynes, director; Christine Vachon, James D. Stern, John Sloss, John Goldwyn, producers (The Weinstein Company)
"Into the Wild" - Sean Penn, director; Sean Penn, Art Linson, Bill Pohlad, producers (Paramount Vantage & River Road Entertainment)
"Margot at the Wedding" - Noah Baumbach, director; Scott Rudin, producer (Paramount Vantage)
"The Namesake" - Mira Nair, director; Lydia Dean Pilcher, Mira Nair, producers (Fox Searchlight Pictures)

Documentary

"The Devil Came on Horseback" - Annie Sundberg & Ricki Stern, directors; Ricki Stern, Annie Sundberg, Gretchen Wallace, Jane Wells, producers (International Film Circuit)
"Jimmy Carter Man from Plains" - Jonathan Demme, director; Jonathan Demme, Neda Armian, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
"My Kid Could Paint That" - Amir Bar-Lev, producer/director (Sony Pictures Classics)
"Sicko" - Michael Moore, director; Michael Moore, Meghan O'Hara, producers (The Weinstein Company)
"Taxi to the Dark Side" - Alex Gibney, director; Alex Gibney, Eva Orner, Susannah Shipman, producers (THINKFilm)

Ensemble Cast

"Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" - Albert Finney, Rosemary Harris, Ethan Hawke, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Brian F. O'Byrne, Amy Ryan, Michael Shannon, Marisa Tomei (THINKFilm)
"The Last Winter" - Connie Britton, Kevin Corrigan, Zach Gilford, James LeGros, Ron Perlman (IFC First Take)
"Margot at the Wedding" - Jack Black, Flora Cross, Ciarán Hinds, Nicole Kidman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Zane Pais, John Turturro (Paramount Vantage)
"The Savages" - Philip Bosco, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Laura Linney (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
"Talk to Me" - Cedric the Entertainer, Don Cheadle, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Mike Epps, Vondie Curtis Hall, Taraji P. Henson, Martin Sheen (Focus Features)

Breakthrough Actor

Emile Hirsch in "Into the Wild" (Paramount Vantage)
Kene Holliday in "Great World of Sound" (Magnolia Pictures)
Ellen Page in "Juno" (Fox Searchlight Pictures) Jess Weixler in Teeth (Roadside Attractions)
Luisa Williams in "Day Night Day Night" (IFC First Take)