The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced the nominations for the 36th Gotham Film Awards on Tuesday, singling out 42 feature films and 25 performances across 11 categories. No single film ran away with it: All of a Sudden, Clarissa, La Gradiva, Tender Loving Care and The Invite each landed four nominations. Winners will be announced Monday, November 30, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.
Every category is in the At a glance list below; tap any card on the boards for the full nomination credit and our coverage.
At a glance
Best Feature
- Clarissa
- Club Kid
- The Debut
- Dreams in Nightmares
- The Invite
- Josephine
- Mouse
- Paper Tiger
- Primetime
- Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
- Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Best International Feature
- All of a Sudden
- Ben’Imana
- Blue Heron
- Everytime
- Fatherland
- Filipiñana
- La Gradiva
- Minotaur
- Possible Love
- Tender Loving Care
Best Documentary Feature
- Closure
- A Fox Under a Pink Moon
- NAZA
- Once Upon a Time in Harlem
- You Can See Everything
Best Director
- Ryusuke Hamaguchi — All of a Sudden
- Sandra Wollner — Everytime
- Andrey Zvyagintsev — Minotaur
- Jane Schoenbrun — Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
- Mike Leigh — Tender Loving Care
Breakthrough Director
- Sophy Romvari — Blue Heron
- Jordan Firstman — Club Kid
- Aleshea Harris — Is God Is
- Marine Atlan — La Gradiva
- Joel Alfonso Vargas — Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)
- John Early — Maddie’s Secret
Best Original Screenplay
- Everytime
- La Gradiva
- Possible Love
- Tender Loving Care
- Wild Horse Nine
Best Adapted Screenplay
- All of a Sudden
- Clarissa
- The Invite
- Minotaur
- Primetime
Outstanding Lead Performance
- Mahershala Ali — Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
- Gillian Anderson — Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
- Jeon Do-yeon — Possible Love
- John Early — Maddie’s Secret
- John Malkovich — Wild Horse Nine
- Ian McKellen — The Christophers
- Julianne Moore — The Debut
- Sophie Okonedo — Clarissa
- Andrew Scott — Elsinore
- John Turturro — The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
Outstanding Supporting Performance
- Tom Courtenay — Queen at Sea
- Esmé Creed-Miles — Sense and Sensibility
- Penélope Cruz — The Invite
- Adam Driver — Paper Tiger
- Andrew Garfield — Artificial
- Skyler Gisondo — Primetime
- Sandra Hüller — Fatherland
- Kate O’Flynn — Tender Loving Care
- Tao Okamoto — All of a Sudden
- Channing Tatum — Josephine
Breakthrough Performer
- Adia — Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
- India Amarteifio — Clarissa
- Guitarricadelafuente — La Bola Negra
- Colas Quignard — La Gradiva
- Mason Reeves — Josephine
Gotham Audience Award
- Backrooms
- La Bola Negra
- The Drama
- The Invite
- Michael
- Obsession
- Project Hail Mary
- You Can See Everything
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Best Feature
Clarissa
Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri, directors; Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri, Theresa Park, Nicholas Weinstock, producers (NEON)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Adapted Screenplay; Lead Performance (Sophie Okonedo); Breakthrough Performer (India Amarteifio).
4 nominationsAlso: Adapted Screenplay, Lead Performance, Breakthrough PerformerClub Kid
Jordan Firstman, director; Michael Bloom, Alex Coco, Galen Core, Ryan Heller, producers (A24)
2 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Breakthrough Director.
2 nominationsAlso: Breakthrough DirectorThe Debut
Jesse Eisenberg, director; Jesse Eisenberg, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Emma Stone, producers (A24)
2 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Lead Performance (Julianne Moore).
2 nominationsAlso: Lead PerformanceDreams in Nightmares
Shatara Michelle Ford, director; Naima Abed, Shatara Michelle Ford, Pin-Chun Liu, producers (Lunette Films)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
The Invite
Olivia Wilde, director; Ben Browning, Megan Ellison, David Permut, producers (A24)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Adapted Screenplay; Supporting Performance (Penélope Cruz); Audience Award.
4 nominationsAlso: Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Performance, Audience AwardJosephine
Beth de Araújo, director; Beth de Araújo, Josh Beirne-Golden, Gemma Chan, David Kaplan, Josh Peters, Jordan Rapaport, Mark H. Rapaport, Robina Riccitiello, Marina Stabile, Channing Tatum, Crystine Zhang, producers (Sumerian Pictures)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Supporting Performance (Channing Tatum); Breakthrough Performer (Mason Reeves).
3 nominationsAlso: Supporting Performance, Breakthrough PerformerMouse
Kelly O’Sullivan, Alex Thompson, directors; Bonnie Comley, Pierce Cravens, Steven A. Jones, Ian Keiser, Chelsea Krant, Stewart F. Lane, Abigail Rose Solomon, Alex Thompson, Alex Wilson, producers (Independent Film Company)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
Paper Tiger
James Gray, director; Andrea Bucko, Leonardo Maria del Vecchio, Gary Farkas, James Gray, Anthony Katagas, Andrea Leone, Raffaella Leone, Marco Perego, Carlo Salem, Rodrigo Teixeira, producers (NEON)
2 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Supporting Performance (Adam Driver).
2 nominationsAlso: Supporting PerformancePrimetime
Lance Oppenheim, director; Ari Aster, Fred Berger, William Iannaccone, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Lars Knudsen, Brighton McCloskey, Robert Pattinson, producers (A24)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Adapted Screenplay; Supporting Performance (Skyler Gisondo).
3 nominationsAlso: Adapted Screenplay, Supporting PerformanceTeenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Jane Schoenbrun, director; Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, producers (MUBI)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Director; Lead Performance (Gillian Anderson).
3 nominationsAlso: Director, Lead PerformanceYour Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Bassam Tariq, director; Babak Anvari, Bassam Tariq, Lucan Toh, producers (Amazon MGM Studios)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Lead Performance (Mahershala Ali); Breakthrough Performer (Adia).
3 nominationsAlso: Lead Performance, Breakthrough PerformerBest International Feature
All of a Sudden
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, director; Julien Deris, David Gauquié, Kosuke Oshida, Yuji Sadai, producers (NEON)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Director; Adapted Screenplay; Supporting Performance (Tao Okamoto).
4 nominationsAlso: Director, Adapted Screenplay, Supporting PerformanceBen’Imana
Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, director; Samantha Biffot, Pierre-Adrien Ceccaldi, Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, Marie Epiphanie Uwayezu, producers (Alexander)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
Blue Heron
Sophy Romvari, director; Ryan Bobkin, Sara Wylie, Sophy Romvari, Gábor Osváth, producers (Janus Films)
2 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Breakthrough Director.
2 nominationsAlso: Breakthrough DirectorEverytime
Sandra Wollner, director; David Bohun, Lixi Frank, Viktoria Stolpe, producers (1-2 Special)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Director; Original Screenplay.
3 nominationsAlso: Director, Original ScreenplayFatherland
Pawel Pawlikowski, director; Edward Berger, Lorenzo Gangarossa, Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli, Ewa Puszczynska, Dimitri Rassam, Jeanne Tremsal, producers (MUBI)
2 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Supporting Performance (Sandra Hüller).
2 nominationsAlso: Supporting PerformanceFilipiñana
Rafael Manuel, director; Bianca Balbuena, Jeremy Chua, Omar El Kadi, Bradley Liew, Rafael Manuel, Alex Polunin, Nadia Turincev, producers (Kino Lorber)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
La Gradiva
Marine Atlan, director; Inès Daïen Dasi, producer (1-2 Special)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Breakthrough Director; Original Screenplay; Breakthrough Performer (Colas Quignard).
4 nominationsAlso: Breakthrough Director, Original Screenplay, Breakthrough PerformerMinotaur
Andrey Zvyagintsev, director; Charles Gillibert, Nathanaël Karmitz, Marco Perego, Andrey Zvyagintsev, producers (MUBI)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Director; Adapted Screenplay.
3 nominationsAlso: Director, Adapted ScreenplayPossible Love
Lee Chang-dong, director; Lee Joon-dong, Lee Chang-dong, David Levine, Chadwick Prichard, producers (Netflix)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Original Screenplay; Lead Performance (Jeon Do-yeon).
3 nominationsAlso: Original Screenplay, Lead PerformanceTender Loving Care
Mike Leigh, director; Georgina Lowe, producer (Bleecker Street)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Director; Original Screenplay; Supporting Performance (Kate O’Flynn).
4 nominationsAlso: Director, Original Screenplay, Supporting PerformanceBest Documentary Feature
Closure
Michal Marczak, director; Monika Braid, Rémi Grellety, Karolina Marczak, Michal Marczak, Katarzyna Szczerba, producers (1-2 Special)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
A Fox Under a Pink Moon
Soraya Akhlaghi, Mehrdad Oskouei, directors; Siavash Jamali, Mehrdad Oskouei, producers (Kino Lorber)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
NAZA
Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, directors; Harry Davies, Lindsay Poulton, James Wilson, producers (NEON)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
David Greaves, director; Anne de Mare, Liani Greaves, producers (NEON)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
You Can See Everything
Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, directors; Maggie Ambrose, Tatiana Bears, Jack Davis, Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, producers (A24)
2 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Documentary Feature; Audience Award.
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2 nominationsAlso: Audience AwardBest Director
All of a Sudden
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, All of a Sudden (NEON)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Director; Adapted Screenplay; Supporting Performance (Tao Okamoto).
4 nominationsAlso: International Feature, Adapted Screenplay, Supporting PerformanceEverytime
Sandra Wollner, Everytime (1-2 Special)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Director; Original Screenplay.
3 nominationsAlso: International Feature, Original ScreenplayMinotaur
Andrey Zvyagintsev, Minotaur (MUBI)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Director; Adapted Screenplay.
3 nominationsAlso: International Feature, Adapted ScreenplayTeenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Jane Schoenbrun, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (MUBI)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Director; Lead Performance (Gillian Anderson).
3 nominationsAlso: Feature, Lead PerformanceTender Loving Care
Mike Leigh, Tender Loving Care (Bleecker Street)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Director; Original Screenplay; Supporting Performance (Kate O’Flynn).
4 nominationsAlso: International Feature, Original Screenplay, Supporting PerformanceBreakthrough Director
Blue Heron
Sophy Romvari, Blue Heron (Janus Films)
2 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Breakthrough Director.
2 nominationsAlso: International FeatureClub Kid
Jordan Firstman, Club Kid (A24)
2 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Breakthrough Director.
2 nominationsAlso: FeatureIs God Is
Aleshea Harris, Is God Is (Amazon MGM Studios)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
La Gradiva
Marine Atlan, La Gradiva (1-2 Special)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Breakthrough Director; Original Screenplay; Breakthrough Performer (Colas Quignard).
4 nominationsAlso: International Feature, Original Screenplay, Breakthrough PerformerMad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)
Joel Alfonso Vargas, Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
Maddie’s Secret
John Early, Maddie’s Secret (Magnolia Pictures)
2 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Breakthrough Director; Lead Performance (John Early).
2 nominationsAlso: Lead PerformanceBest Original Screenplay
Everytime
Everytime, Sandra Wollner (1-2 Special)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Director; Original Screenplay.
3 nominationsAlso: International Feature, DirectorLa Gradiva
La Gradiva, Marine Atlan, Anne Brouillet (1-2 Special)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Breakthrough Director; Original Screenplay; Breakthrough Performer (Colas Quignard).
4 nominationsAlso: International Feature, Breakthrough Director, Breakthrough PerformerPossible Love
Possible Love, Lee Chang-dong, Oh Jung-mi (Netflix)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Original Screenplay; Lead Performance (Jeon Do-yeon).
3 nominationsAlso: International Feature, Lead PerformanceTender Loving Care
Tender Loving Care, Mike Leigh (Bleecker Street)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Director; Original Screenplay; Supporting Performance (Kate O’Flynn).
4 nominationsAlso: International Feature, Director, Supporting PerformanceWild Horse Nine
Wild Horse Nine, Martin McDonagh (Searchlight Pictures)
2 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Original Screenplay; Lead Performance (John Malkovich).
2 nominationsAlso: Lead PerformanceBest Adapted Screenplay
All of a Sudden
All of a Sudden, Ryusuke Hamaguchi (NEON)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Director; Adapted Screenplay; Supporting Performance (Tao Okamoto).
4 nominationsAlso: International Feature, Director, Supporting PerformanceClarissa
Clarissa, Chuko Esiri (NEON)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Adapted Screenplay; Lead Performance (Sophie Okonedo); Breakthrough Performer (India Amarteifio).
4 nominationsAlso: Feature, Lead Performance, Breakthrough PerformerThe Invite
The Invite, Rashida Jones, Will McCormack (A24)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Adapted Screenplay; Supporting Performance (Penélope Cruz); Audience Award.
4 nominationsAlso: Feature, Supporting Performance, Audience AwardMinotaur
Minotaur, Simon Lyashenko, Andrey Zvyagintsev (MUBI)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Director; Adapted Screenplay.
3 nominationsAlso: International Feature, DirectorPrimetime
Primetime, Ajon Singh (A24)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Adapted Screenplay; Supporting Performance (Skyler Gisondo).
3 nominationsAlso: Feature, Supporting PerformanceOutstanding Lead Performance
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Mahershala Ali, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (Amazon MGM Studios)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Lead Performance (Mahershala Ali); Breakthrough Performer (Adia).
3 nominationsAlso: Feature, Breakthrough PerformerTeenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Gillian Anderson, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (MUBI)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Director; Lead Performance (Gillian Anderson).
3 nominationsAlso: Feature, DirectorPossible Love
Jeon Do-yeon, Possible Love (Netflix)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Original Screenplay; Lead Performance (Jeon Do-yeon).
3 nominationsAlso: International Feature, Original ScreenplayMaddie’s Secret
John Early, Maddie’s Secret (Magnolia Pictures)
2 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Breakthrough Director; Lead Performance (John Early).
2 nominationsAlso: Breakthrough DirectorWild Horse Nine
John Malkovich, Wild Horse Nine (Searchlight Pictures)
2 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Original Screenplay; Lead Performance (John Malkovich).
2 nominationsAlso: Original ScreenplayThe Christophers
Ian McKellen, The Christophers (NEON)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
The Debut
Julianne Moore, The Debut (A24)
2 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Lead Performance (Julianne Moore).
2 nominationsAlso: FeatureClarissa
Sophie Okonedo, Clarissa (NEON)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Adapted Screenplay; Lead Performance (Sophie Okonedo); Breakthrough Performer (India Amarteifio).
4 nominationsAlso: Feature, Adapted Screenplay, Breakthrough PerformerElsinore
Andrew Scott, Elsinore (Focus Features)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
The Only Living Pickpocket in New York
John Turturro, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (Sony Pictures Classics)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
Outstanding Supporting Performance
Queen at Sea
Tom Courtenay, Queen at Sea (Greenwich Entertainment)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
Sense and Sensibility
Esmé Creed-Miles, Sense and Sensibility (Focus Features)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
The Invite
Penélope Cruz, The Invite (A24)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Adapted Screenplay; Supporting Performance (Penélope Cruz); Audience Award.
4 nominationsAlso: Feature, Adapted Screenplay, Audience AwardPaper Tiger
Adam Driver, Paper Tiger (NEON)
2 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Supporting Performance (Adam Driver).
2 nominationsAlso: FeatureArtificial
Andrew Garfield, Artificial (NEON)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
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Primetime
Skyler Gisondo, Primetime (A24)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Adapted Screenplay; Supporting Performance (Skyler Gisondo).
3 nominationsAlso: Feature, Adapted ScreenplayFatherland
Sandra Hüller, Fatherland (MUBI)
2 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Supporting Performance (Sandra Hüller).
2 nominationsAlso: International FeatureTender Loving Care
Kate O’Flynn, Tender Loving Care (Bleecker Street)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Director; Original Screenplay; Supporting Performance (Kate O’Flynn).
4 nominationsAlso: International Feature, Director, Original ScreenplayAll of a Sudden
Tao Okamoto, All of a Sudden (NEON)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Director; Adapted Screenplay; Supporting Performance (Tao Okamoto).
4 nominationsAlso: International Feature, Director, Adapted ScreenplayJosephine
Channing Tatum, Josephine (Sumerian Pictures)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Supporting Performance (Channing Tatum); Breakthrough Performer (Mason Reeves).
3 nominationsAlso: Feature, Breakthrough PerformerBreakthrough Performer
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Adia, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (Amazon MGM Studios)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Lead Performance (Mahershala Ali); Breakthrough Performer (Adia).
3 nominationsAlso: Feature, Lead PerformanceClarissa
India Amarteifio, Clarissa (NEON)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Adapted Screenplay; Lead Performance (Sophie Okonedo); Breakthrough Performer (India Amarteifio).
4 nominationsAlso: Feature, Adapted Screenplay, Lead PerformanceLa Bola Negra
Guitarricadelafuente, La Bola Negra (Netflix)
2 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Breakthrough Performer (Guitarricadelafuente); Audience Award.
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La Gradiva
Colas Quignard, La Gradiva (1-2 Special)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: International Feature; Breakthrough Director; Original Screenplay; Breakthrough Performer (Colas Quignard).
4 nominationsAlso: International Feature, Breakthrough Director, Original ScreenplayJosephine
Mason Reeves, Josephine (Sumerian Pictures)
3 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Supporting Performance (Channing Tatum); Breakthrough Performer (Mason Reeves).
3 nominationsAlso: Feature, Supporting PerformanceGotham Audience Award
Backrooms
Kane Parsons, director; Kori Adelson, Michael Clear, Dan Cohen, Chris Ferguson, Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, Roberto Patino, Osgood Perkins, Jenno Topping, James Wan, producers (A24)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
La Bola Negra
Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, directors; Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, producers (Netflix)
2 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Breakthrough Performer (Guitarricadelafuente); Audience Award.
2 nominationsAlso: Breakthrough PerformerThe Drama
Kristoffer Borgli, director; Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen, Tyler Campellone, producers (A24)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
The Invite
Olivia Wilde, director; Ben Browning, Megan Ellison, David Permut, producers (A24)
4 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Feature; Adapted Screenplay; Supporting Performance (Penélope Cruz); Audience Award.
4 nominationsAlso: Feature, Adapted Screenplay, Supporting PerformanceMichael
Antoine Fuqua, director; John Branca, John McClain, Graham King, producers (Lionsgate)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
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Obsession
Curry Barker, director; James Harris, Haley Nicole Johnson, Christian Mercuri, Roman Viaris, producers (Focus Features)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
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Project Hail Mary
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, directors; Ryan Gosling, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Aditya Sood, Andy Weir, producers (Amazon MGM Studios)
1 nomination at the 36th Gothams.
You Can See Everything
Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, directors; Maggie Ambrose, Tatiana Bears, Jack Davis, Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, producers (A24)
2 nominations at the 36th Gothams: Documentary Feature; Audience Award.
2 nominationsAlso: Documentary FeatureWho leads
Four nominations each, five films, no tiebreaker. Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s All of a Sudden (NEON) took International Feature, Director, Adapted Screenplay and Supporting Performance for Tao Okamoto. Clarissa (Arie and Chuko Esiri, NEON) is in Best Feature, Adapted Screenplay, Lead Performance for Sophie Okonedo and Breakthrough Performer for India Amarteifio. Marine Atlan’s La Gradiva (1-2 Special) got International Feature, Breakthrough Director, Original Screenplay and Breakthrough Performer for Colas Quignard. Mike Leigh’s Tender Loving Care (Bleecker Street) scored International Feature, Director, Original Screenplay and Supporting Performance for Kate O’Flynn. Olivia Wilde’s The Invite (A24) earned Best Feature, Adapted Screenplay, Supporting Performance for Penélope Cruz and a spot in the Audience Award race. Seven more films sit at three apiece, including Everytime, Minotaur and Primetime.
Worth noting
The Gotham Audience Award is back after a six-year hiatus, and the mechanics are new: nominees were curated from submitted films using opening-weekend per-theater average, box office tracking and Letterboxd data, and Gotham members vote. Project Hail Mary, Michael and Backrooms are in that race alongside La Bola Negra and The Invite.
Cristian Mungiu’s Palme d’Or winner Fjord, a film we’ve covered closely, received no nominations, not even in International Feature.
Of the five previously announced tribute honorees, three also turned up on the nominations list: La Bola Negra (Audience Award, plus Breakthrough Performer for Guitarricadelafuente), Michael (Audience Award) and Elsinore (Andrew Scott, Lead Performance). LAIKA and Danny Boyle’s Ink did not. TheWrap characterised the field as markedly more indie than last year’s, when Warner Bros.’ One Battle After Another and Sinners drew multiple nods.
About the Gotham Film Awards
The 36th Gotham Film Awards ceremony takes place Monday, November 30, 2026, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. Nominees are selected by committees of film critics, journalists, festival programmers and film curators; separate juries of writers, directors, actors, producers, editors and other industry professionals choose the winners. The Gotham Film & Media Institute had already announced this year’s tributes: LAIKA (Anniversary Tribute, Wildwood), Danny Boyle (Director Tribute, Ink), La Bola Negra (Vanguard Tribute), the cast and creative team of Michael (Musical Tribute) and Elsinore (Legacy Tribute in honor of Ian Charleson).
Source: The Gotham Film & Media Institute nominations announcement.
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