AWARDS SEASON NOTEBOOK | Five Films -- All Nominated for a Gotham Award -- That Are "Not Playing at a Theater Near You"

One of the coolest categories at the annual Independent Feature Project's (IFP) annual Gotham Awards, taking place on November 27th in Brooklyn, is "Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You," offering a prize recognizing films that have had solid play on the fest circuit but have not yet had major theatrical runs. The five indies nominated in the category this year are Ronald Bronstein's "Frownland," Lanre Olabisi's "August the First," John Fiege's "Mississippi Chicken," Jeremy and Randy Stalberg's "Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa," and Chris Fuller's "Loren Cass." These are all solid films that have gotten some decent fest buzz, yet even folks who hit the fest circuit may not have seen (or even heard of) them. So, here's a round-up of the five nominees, which were nominated by judges from The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), IFP and Filmmaker Magazine. The films are screening at MoMA in New York City today through Monday, and the winner, selected by the editors of Filmmaker, will be awarded at the Gotham Awards. Here's a roundup of the Gotham Awards' five best fest-circuit films you probably haven't seen yet.
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indieWIRE's Top 10 Undistributed Films of 2005

For the past eight years, indieWIRE's editors and contributors have put together a list of the best films we saw that didn't get U.S. distribution. For 2005, there were a number of strong contenders, which we have narrowed down to the top ten listed below (plus six honorable mentions). We didn't include films that were self-distributed this year, nor did we include 2004 films already acquired for release in 2005.
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