Today the Gotham Awards nominations were announced, officially kicking off what’s sure to be a unique awards season. Unveiled by the Independent Filmmaker Project, the IFP Gotham Awards traditionally signals the beginning of awards season as the first group out, unveiling nominations for the best of the year as chosen by distinguished juries made up of prominent film critics.
Notably,Kelly Reichardt’s indie filmFirst Cowreceived the most nominations with four, including Best Feature, Best Screenplay (by Reichardt andJon Raymond), Bst Actor (John Magaro), and Breakthrough Actor (Orion Lee). But perhaps even more notably, for the first time ever all five films nominated for Best Feature were directed by women. In addition toFirst Cowthey includeKitty Green’s Weinstein-inspired workplace abuse dramaThe Assistant,Eliza Hittman’s abortion dramaNever Rarely Sometimes Always,Chloé Zhao’s acclaimed road dramaNomadland, andNatalie Erika James’ Australian horror filmRelic.
Chadwick Bosemanreceived a posthumous Best Actor nomination for his role in Netflix’s upcoming filmMa Rainey’s Black Bottomwhich could be the first in a long line of nominations as this awards season rolls out (there’s already talk of him winning the Oscar), andRiz Ahmedscored a Best Actor nomination for Amazon’s buzzworthySound of Metal.
Additionally, the out-of-nowhere sci-fi dramaThe Vast of Night(streaming on Amazon) picked up nominations for Best Screenplay and Breakthrough Director, whileCharlie Kafuman’s Netflix featureI’m Thinking of Ending Thingsscored acting nominations forJesse PlemonsandJesse Buckley.
Check out the full list of 2020 Gotham Awards nominations below. The awards will eb held in a hybrid format featuring virtual interactive tables on January 11th in New York City.
Best Feature
The Assistant
Kitty Green, director; Kitty Green, Scott Macaulay, James Schamus, P. Jennifer Dana, Ross Jacobson, producers (Bleecker Street)
Kelly Reichardt, director; Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, Anish Savjani, producers (A24)
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Eliza Hittman, director; Adele Romanski, Sara Murphy, producers (Focus Features)
Chloé Zhao, director; Frances McDormand, Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, Dan Janvey, Chloé Zhao, producers (Searchlight Pictures)
Natalie Erika James, director; Anna Mcleish, Sarah Shaw, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riva Marker, producers (IFC Midnight)
Best Documentary
Hao Wu, Weixi Chen, Anonymous, directors; Hao Wu, Jean Tsien, producers (MTV Documentary Films)
Frederick Wiseman, director; Frederick Wiseman, Karen Konicek, producers (Zipporah Films)
Our Time Machine
Yang Sun, S. Leo Chiang directors; S. Leo Chiang, Yang Sun, producers (Passion River Films)
A Thousand Cuts
Ramona S. Diaz, director; Ramona S. Diaz, Leah Marino, Julie Goldman, Christopher Clements, Carolyn Hepburn, producers (PBS Distribution | FRONTLINE )
Garrett Bradley, director; Lauren Domino, Kellen Quinn, Garrett Bradley, producers (Amazon Studios)
Best International Feature
Kleber Mendonça Filho, Juliano Dornelles, directors; Emilie Lesclaux, Saïd Ben Saïd, Michel Merkt, producers (Kino Lorber)
Kantemir Balagov, director; Alexander Rodnyansky, Sergey Melkumov, producers (Kino Lorber)
Cuties(Mignonnes)
Maïmouna Doucouré, director; Zangro, producer (Netflix)
Identifying Features
Fernanda Valadez, director; Astrid Rondero, producer (Kino Lorber)
Martin Eden
Pietro Marcello, director; Pietro Marcello, Beppe Caschetto, Thomas Ordonneau, Michael Weber, Viola Fügen, producers (Kino Lorber)
Wolfwalkers
Tomm Moore, Ross Stewart, directors; Paul Young, Nora Twomey, Tomm Moore, Stéphan Roelants, producers (Apple)
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Radha Blank forThe Forty-Year-Old Version(Netflix)
Channing Godfrey Peoples forMiss Juneteenth(Vertical Entertainment)
Alex Thompson forSaint Frances(Oscilloscope Laboratories)
Carlo Mirabella-Davis forSwallow(IFC Films)
Andrew Patterson forThe Vast of Night(Amazon Studios)
Best Screenplay
Bad Education,Mike Makowsky (HBO)
First Cow, Jon Raymond, Kelly Reichardt (A24)
The Forty-Year-Old Version,Radha Blank (Netflix)
Fourteen, Dan Sallitt (Grasshopper Film)
The Vast of Night, James Montague, Craig Sanger (Amazon Studios)
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed inSound of Metal(Amazon Studios)
Chadwick Boseman inMa Rainey’s Black Bottom(Netflix)
Jude Law inThe Nest(IFC Films)
John Magaro inFirst Cow(A24)
Jesse Plemons inI’m Thinking of Ending Things(Netflix)
Best Actress
Nicole Beharie inMiss Juneteenth(Vertical Entertainment)
Jessie Buckley inI’m Thinking of Ending Things(Netflix)
Yuh-Jung Youn inMinari(A24)
Carrie Coon inThe Nest(IFC Films)
Frances McDormand inNomadland(Searchlight Pictures)
Breakthrough Actor
Jasmine Batchelor inThe Surrogate(Monument Releasing)
Kingsley Ben-Adir inOne Night in Miami…(Amazon Studios)
Sidney Flanigan inNever Rarely Sometimes Always(Focus Features)
Orion Lee inFirst Cow(A24)
Kelly O’Sullivan inSaint Frances(Oscilloscope Laboratories)
Breakthrough Series – Long Format (over 40 minutes)
The Great, Tony McNamara, creator; Tony McNamara, Marian Macgowan, Mark Winemaker, Elle Fanning, Brittany Kahan Ward, Doug Mankoff, Andrew Spaulding, Josh Kesselman, Ron West, Matt Shakman, executive producers (Hulu)
Immigration Nation, Christina Clusiau, Shaul Schwarz, Dan Cogan, Jenny Raskin, Brandon Hill, Christian Thompson, executive producers (Netflix)
P-Valley,Katori Hall, creator; Katori Hall, Dante Di Loreto, Peter Chernin, Jenno Topping, Liz W. Garcia, executive producers (STARZ)
Unorthodox, Anna Winger, Alexa Karolinski , creators; Anna Winger, Henning Kamm, executive producers (Netflix)
Watchmen, Damon Lindelof, Creator for Television; Tom Spezialy , Nicole Kassell , Stephen Williams, Joseph E. Iberti, executive producers (HBO)
Breakthrough Series – Short Format (under 40 minutes)
Betty, Crystal Moselle, Lesley Arfin, Igor Srubshchik, Jason Weinberg, executive producers (HBO)
Dave, Dave Burd, Jeff Schaffer, creators; Dave Burd, Jeff Schaffer, Saladin K. Patterson, Greg Mottola, Kevin Hart, Marty Bowen, Scooter Braun, Mike Hertz, Scott Manson, James Shin, executive producers (FX Networks)
I May Destroy You, Michaela Coel , creator; Michaela Coel, Phil Clarke, Roberto Troni, executive producers (HBO)
Taste the Nation, Padma Lakshmi, David Shadrack Smith, Sarina Roma, executive producers (Hulu)
Work in Progress, Abby McEnany, Tim Mason, creators, Abby McEnany, Tim Mason, Lilly Wachowski, Lawrence Mattis, Josh Adler, Ashley Berns, Julia Sweeney, Tony Hernandez, executive producers (SHOWTIME)
