Indie producer Jeffrey Sharp, whose credits include You Can Count on Me (2000), was preparing to celebrate his one-year anniversary as executive director of the Independent Film Project when the coronavirus struck. IFP is host of the Gotham Awards, the first major awards show of the season and an Oscar bellwether — Moonlight, Spotlight and The Hurt Locker are among the handful of films named best feature by both IFP and the Academy Awards.