By Matt Neglia
The 28th Gotham Independent Film Awards have announced their full list of nominations for 2018 officially kicking off the 2018 awards season. The awards will be handed out in New York City on November 26th 2018.
​Click below to see the full list of nominations.
Best Feature
The Favourite
First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk
Madeline’s Madeline
​The Rider
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Best Documentary
Bisbee 17
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding The Gap
Shirkers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Best Actress
Glenn Close – The Wife
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Kathryn Hahn – Private Life
Regina Hall – Support The Girls
Michelle Pfeiffer – Where Is Kyra?
Special Gotham Jury Award for ensemble performance – “The Favourite“
*The award will go to actors Olivia Colman, Emma Stone & Rachel Weisz*
Best Actor
Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman
Ben Foster – Leave No Trace
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Lakeith Stanfield – Sorry To Bother You
Best Screenplay
The Favourite
First Reformed
Private Life
Support The Girls
Thoroughbreds
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Ari Aster – Hereditary
Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
Jennifer Fox – The Tale
Crystal Moselle – Skate Kitchen
Boots Riley – Sorry To Bother You
Breakthrough Actor
Yalitza Aparicio – Roma
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Helena Howard – Madeline’s Madeline
Kiki Layne – If Beale Street Could Talk
Thomasin Harcourt Mackenzie – Leave No Trace
Breakthrough Series – Long Form
Alias Grace
Big Mouth
The End Of The F***ing World
Killing Eve
Pose
Sharp Objects
Breakthrough Series – Short Form
195 Lewis
Cleaner Daze
Distance
The F Word
She’s The Ticket
So what do you all think? Were your favorite independent films included? Was there anything excluded that puzzles you? Please let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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