The Awardist See all the stars at the 2019 Gotham Awards By Lauren Morgan Lauren Morgan Lauren Morgan is a former senior photo editor at Entertainment Weekly. She left EW in 2023. EW's editorial guidelines Published on December 3, 2019 11:43AM EST Close 01 of 42 Adam Driver and Jennifer Lopez at the Gotham Awards Lawrence Busacca/Getty Images The annual IFP Gotham Awards honored some of the year’s best independent films and their creators Monday evening at a ceremony held in New York City. Stars who attended the 2019 event included Adam Driver (who won Best Actor for Marriage Story), Awkwafina (Best Actress winner for The Farewell), Jennifer Lopez, Adam Sandler, and special honorees Laura Dern, Sam Rockwell, and Ava DuVernay. Keep clicking for more photos, and check out the full winners list to see who else went home with awards. 02 of 42 Jennifer Lopez Steven Ferdman/FilmMagic 03 of 42 Laura Dern, Noah Baumbach, and Adam Driver Theo Wargo/Getty Images 04 of 42 Laura Dern Noam Galai/Getty Images 05 of 42 Adam Driver Theo Wargo/Getty Images 06 of 42 Constance Wu Theo Wargo/Getty Images 07 of 42 Keke Palmer Keke Palmer. Theo Wargo/Getty Images 08 of 42 Awkwafina Jemal Countess/Getty Images 09 of 42 Jason Sudeikis and Olivia Wilde Theo Wargo/Getty Images 10 of 42 Beanie Feldstein Theo Wargo/Getty Images 11 of 42 Kaitlyn Dever Roy Rochlin/WireImage 12 of 42 Sam Rockwell Roy Rochlin/WireImage 13 of 42 Noah Baumbach and Greta Gerwig Roy Rochlin/WireImage 14 of 42 Adam Sandler Roy Rochlin/WireImage 15 of 42 Ava DuVernay Theo Wargo/Getty Images 16 of 42 Daveed Diggs Theo Wargo/Getty Images 17 of 42 Daveed Diggs and Renee Elise Goldsberry Monica Schipper/Getty Images 18 of 42 Julia Stiles, Jennifer Lopez, Constance Wu, and Lili Reinhart Lawrence Busacca/Getty Images 19 of 42 Lorene Scafaria Michael Loccisano/Getty Images 20 of 42 Elisabeth Moss Noam Galai/Getty Images 21 of 42 Will Ferrell Michael Loccisano/Getty Images 22 of 42 Natasha Lyonne Theo Wargo/Getty Images 23 of 42 Aldis Hodge and Alfre Woodard Theo Wargo/Getty Images 24 of 42 Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez Lawrence Busacca/Getty Images 25 of 42 Vera Farmiga Michael Loccisano/Getty Images 26 of 42 Will Ferrell and Keke Palmer Lawrence Busacca/Getty Images 27 of 42 Willem Dafoe Michael Loccisano/Getty Images 28 of 42 Lili Reinhart Steven Ferdman/FilmMagic 29 of 42 Jonathan Majors Roy Rochlin/WireImage 30 of 42 Nicholas Braun Jemal Countess/Getty Images 31 of 42 André Holland Roy Rochlin/WireImage 32 of 42 Julia Stiles Theo Wargo/Getty Images 33 of 42 Chloe Sevigny Steven Ferdman/FilmMagic 34 of 42 Zac Posen and Uma Thurman Steven Ferdman/FilmMagic 35 of 42 Jim and Jeannie Gaffigan Theo Wargo/Getty Images 36 of 42 Unik Ernest and Djimon Hounsou Theo Wargo/Getty Images 37 of 42 Olivia Wilde, Jeremy O. Harris, Julia Stiles, and Sam Rockwell Monica Schipper/Getty Images 38 of 42 Julia Fox Noam Galai/Getty Images 39 of 42 Byron Bowers and Alma Har'el Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images 40 of 42 Akili McDowell Paul Bruinooge/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images 41 of 42 Soledad O'Brien Noam Galai/Getty Images 42 of 42 Ari Aster Jemal Countess/Getty Images