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Awards season has begun! The first of the Oscar precursors, the Gotham Awards, has announced their nominations this morning. The Gothams are dedicated to honor the best of independent film during the last year. Their well-curated committees of film critics and movie insiders that pick the nominees result in refreshing choices that many times miss the bigger awards. Despite that, for the past three years, Gotham winners for Best Feature have gone on to win Best Picture at the Oscars.
The Gotham Awards will be hosted by John Cameron Mitchell on November 27th. This year's ceremony will also award special tributes to Sofia Coppola (The Beguiled), Nicole Kidman (The Killing of a Sacred Deer, The Beguiled), Dustin Hoffman (The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)), Jason Blum (Get Out), Ed Lachman (Wonderstruck), and Al Gore (An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power).
Check out the nominees and update your prediction charts accordingly!
BEST FEATURE
- Call Me By Your Name (Sony Pictures Classic)
- The Florida Project (A24)
- Get Out (Universal Pictures)
- Good Time (A24)
- I, Tonya (NEON)
BEST ACTOR
- James Franco, The Disaster Artist
- Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
- Daniel Kaluuya, Get Out
- Robert Pattinson, Good Time
- Harry Dean Stanton, Lucky
- Adam Sandler, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected)
BEST ACTRESS
- Haley Lu Richardson, Columbus
- Melanie Lynskey, I Don't Feel At Home in This World Anymore.
- Margot Robbie, I, Tonya
- Saoirse Ronan, Lady Bird
- Lois Smith, Marjorie Prime
BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR
- Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
- Timothée Chalamet, Call Me By Your Name
- Harris Dickinson, Beach Rats
- Kelvin Harrison, Jr., It Comes at Night
- Brooklynn Prince, The Florida Project
JURY AWARD FOR ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
- Mudbound (Carey Mulligan, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Clarke, Jason Mitchell, Mary J. Blige, Rob Morgan, Jonathan Banks)
BEST SCREENPLAY
- The Big Sick (Emily V. Gordon, Kumail Nanjiani)
- Brad's Status (Mike White)
- Call Me By Your Name (James Ivory)
- Columbus (Kogonada)
- Get Out (Jordan Peele)
- Lady Bird (Greta Gerwig)
BINGHAM RAY BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR AWARD
- Maggie Betts, Novitiate
- Greta Gerwig, Lady Bird
- Kogonada, Columbus
- Jordan Peele, Get Out
- Joshua Z Weinstein, Menashe
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- Ex Libris - The New York Public Library (Zipporah Films)
- Rat Film (MEMORY and Cinema Guild)
- Strong Island (Netflix)
- Whose Streets? (Magnolia Pictures)
- The Work (The Orchard and First Look Media)
BREAKTHROUGH SERIES - LONG FORM
- Atlanta (FX)
- Better Things (FX)
- Dear White People (Netflix)
- Fleabag (Amazon Studios)
- Search Party (TBS)
BREAKTHROUGH SERIES - SHORT FORM
- 555 (Vimeo)
- Inconceivable (YouTube)
- Junior (Blackpills, VICE)
- Let Me Die a Nun (Vimeo)
- The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes (YouTube)