Mike Mills Cant Believe Beginners Won at the Gotham Awards, Either

Mike Mills.

Last night at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, the jury (which included Natalie Portman and Nicole Kidman)stunned observers by handingthe Best Feature award to the soulful Ewan McGregorChristopher Plummer dramedy Beginners in a tie with Terrence Malick's The Tree of Life, and no one was more surprised than Beginners director Mike Mills. "Really, just that Nicole Kidman, Natalie Portman and ... who else was it? There was another person that saw the film Im still at the point where Im, like, Oh my God, fucking Nicole Kidman saw my movie!" he laughed to us. "You know, uh, so I really wasnt prepared for this. I was really happy to be nominated, I didnt know how to ... I dont understand this part of it, but its really, obviously, its great." How did the filmmaker (who is married to fellow director-artist Miranda July) intend to celebrate his win? "Im going to call my wife. And hug her through the phone somehow," he said.