The Gotham Awards nominations include some of this year’s best releases, including Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers from Amazon MGM Studios, which earned a Best Feature nomination. Sean Baker’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner Enora has earned nominations in four major categories, including Best Feature, Best Director, Outstanding Lead Performance for Mickey Madison and Outstanding Supporting Performance for Yura Borisov.
Another production from Amazon MGM, the historical drama Nickel Boys, won in the best feature and best director categories, and Brandon Wilson received an award for breakthrough performer. Until last year, the awards show highlighted indie-centric and low-budget films rather than expensive and extravagant films. However, the budget threshold for eligibility was removed this year, opening up equal opportunities for big-budget studios and streamers.
Netflix’s His Three Daughters, starring Elizabeth Olsen and Carrie Coon, also earned nominations in the Best Director and Outstanding Supporting Performance (Natasha Lyonne) categories. Danielle Deadwyler of Piano Lessons received a nomination for the Best Supporting Category.
Jeffrey Sharp, President of the Gotham Film & Media Institute, announced the nominations and explained their selection process. He said that nominating committees prioritized an “independent perspective” when selecting candidates. “This year’s nominations celebrate voices from around the world, reflecting the growing interest in international cinema by audiences everywhere,” he said.
Check out the full list of nominations below:
best feature
Anora
Shawn Baker, Director; Shawn Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Kwan, Producer (Neon)
Baby girl
Halina Reason, Director; David Hinojosa, Julia Oh, Halina Reason, Producers (A24)
Challengers
Luca Guadagnino, director; Luca Guadagnino, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Zendaya, Producer (Amazon MGM Studios)
a different man
Aaron Shimberg, Director; Gabriel Meyers, Vanessa McDonnell, Christine Vachon, Producer (A24)
nickel boy
Ramel Ross, Director; Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levin, Producer (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Best International Feature
We imagine everything as light
green border
harsh truth
inside the yellow cocoon shell
Vermiglio
Best Documentary Feature
dahomey
no other land
Coup soundtrack
Sugarcane
Milan
Stephen Manning, Brett Story, director; Samantha Curley, Mars Veron, Producer
best director
Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light (Sideshow and Janus Films)
Shawn Baker, Anora (Neon)
Guan Hu, Black Dog (The Forge)
Jan Schonbrunn, I saw the glow of the TV (A24)
Remmel Ross, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
best screenplay
Among the Temples, Nathan Silver, C. Mason Wells (Sony Pictures Classics)
Evil Does Not Exist, Ryosuke Hamaguchi (Sideshow and Janus Films)
Fame, Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (Utopia)
Their Three Daughters, Azazel Jacobs (Netflix)
Janet Planet, Annie Baker (A24)
decisive director
Shuchi Talati, Girls Will Be Girls (Juno Films, Inc.)
India Donaldson, Good One (Metrograph Pictures)
Alessandra Lacorazza, In the Summer (Music Box Films)
Vera Drew, The People’s Joker (Altered Innocence)
Mahdi Fliefel, To a Land Unknown (watermelon painting)
excellent leadership performance
Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl (Roadside Attraction)
Adrien Brody, Brutalist (A24)
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing (A24)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths (Bleecker Street)
Nicole Kidman, Babygirl (A24)
Keith Kupferer, Ghostlight (IFC Films)
Mickey Madison, Anora (Neon)
Demi Moore, The Substance (MUBI)
Saoirse Ronan, Outrun (Sony Pictures Classics)
Justice Smith, I saw the glow of the TV (A24)
excellent supporting performance
Yura Borisov, Anora (Neon)
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson (Netflix)
Bridget Lundy-Paine, I saw the glow of the TV (A24)
Natasha Lyonne, Her Three Daughters (Netflix)
Clarence Macklin, Sing Sing (A24)
Katy O’Brien, Love Lies Bleeding (A24)
Guy Pearce, Brutalist (A24)
Adam Pearson, A Different Man (A24)
Brian Tyree Henry, The Fire Inside (Amazon MGM Studios)
Breakthrough Artist
Lily Kollias, Good One (Metrograph Pictures)
Ryan Destiny, The Fire Inside (Amazon MGM Studios)
Maisie Stella, My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios)
Izaak Wang, Diddy (Focus Features)
Brandon Wilson, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
