The Gotham Awards are finally here - 2018 Nominations and Winner
Chandra Prabu (Author) Published Date : Nov 27, 2018 13:29 ISTEntertainment
The Gotham Awards are one of the two major honors for independent film. They are presented early in awards season. The other major honor for independent film is indie awards show, the Film Independent Spirit Awards which is going to be in Los Angeles at the end of the season, the week before the Oscars. The nominations for this awards was announced on Nov. 16.
The same Best feature film which was announced in Gotham Awards which has subsequently won in Oscar occurred four times - Birdman(2014) SpotLight(2015) Moonlight(2016) and Call Me By Your Name(2017) - this streak broken last year as it did not win.
2018 Gotham Awards winners below
Best Feature
The Rider - WON
The Favourite
First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk
Madelines Madeline
Best Documentary
Hale County This Morning, This Evening - WON
Bisbee17
Minding the Gap
Shirkers
Wont You Be My Neighbor
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Bo Burnham for Eighth Grade - WON
Ari Aster for Hereditary
Jennifer Fox for The Tale
Crystal Moselle for Skate Kitchen
Boots Riley for Sorry to Bother You
Best Screenplay
First Reformed, Paul Schrader - WON
The Favourite - Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
Private Life - Tamara Jenkins
Support the Girls - Andrew Bujalski
Thoroughbreds - Cory Finley
Best Actor
Ethan Hawke in First Reformed - WON
Adam Driver in BlacKkKlansman
Ben Foster in Leave No Trace
Richard E. Grant in Can You Ever Forgive Me
Lakeith Stanfield in Sorry to Bother You
Best Actress
Toni Collette in Hereditary - WON
Glenn Close in The Wife
Kathryn Hahn in Private Life
Regina Hall in Support the Girls
Michelle Pfeiffer in Where is Kyra
Special Gotham Jury Award:
Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, and Rachel Weisz for their ensemble performance in The Favourite
Breakthrough Actor
Elsie Fisher in Eighth Grade - WON
Yalitza Aparicio in Roma
Helena Howard in Madelines Madeline
KiKi Layne in If Beale Street Could Talk
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie in Leave No Trace
Gotham Audience Award
Wont You Be My Neighbor - WON
Bisbee 17
Eighth Grade
The Favourite
First Reformed
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Hereditary
If Beale Street Could Talk
Madelines Madeline
Minding the Gap
The Rider
Shirkers
Skate Kitchen
Sorry to Bother You
The Tale
Breakthrough Series : Long Form
Killing Eve - WON
Alias Grace
Big Mouth
The End of the Fing World
Pose
Sharp Objects
Breakthrough Series : Short Form
195 Lewis- WON
Cleaner Daze
Distance
The F Word
Shes the Ticket
Congratulations to the winners!!