The 2024 Gotham Award (GOTHAM) Winners

The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced this evening their winners for the 34^th edition of The Gothams. The 2024 ceremony took place at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City. The Gothams provides early recognition and media attention for outstanding and groundbreaking storytellers, including writers, directors, producers and actors. Separate juries from the nominating juries consisting writers, directors, actors, producers, editors, and other film industry professional determined the final recipients of The Gothams.

The Gothams film winners for 2024 are…

Best Feature
Anora – Sean Baker, director; Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, producers (NEON)
Babygirl – Halina Reijn, director; David Hinojosa, Julia Oh, Halina Reijn, producers (A24)
Challengers – Luca Guadagnino, director; Luca Guadagnino, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Zendaya, producers (Amazon MGM Studios)
A Different Man – Aaron Schimberg, director; Gabriel Mayers, Vanessa McDonnell, Christine Vachon, producers (A24)
Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross, director; Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, producers (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)

Best International Feature
All We Imagine as Light – Payal Kapadia, director; Julien Graff, Thomas Hakim, producers (Sideshow and Janus Films)
Green Border – Agnieszka Holland, director; Fred Bernstein, Agnieszka Holland, Marcin Wierzchoslawski, producers (Kino Lorber)
Hard Truths – Mike Leigh, director; Georgina Lowe, producer (Bleecker Street)
Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell – Thien An Pham, director; Jeremy Chua, Tran Van Thi, producers (Kino Lorber)
Vermiglio – Maura Delpero, director; Francesca Andreoli, Maura Delpero, Santiago Fondevila Sance, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli, producers (Sideshow and Janus Films)

Best Documentary Feature
Dahomey – Mati Diop, director; Mati Diop, Judith Lou Lévy, Eve Robin, producers (MUBI)
Intercepted – Oksana Karpovych, director; Darya Bassel, Olha Beskhmelnytsina, Rocío B. Fuentes, Giacomo Nudi, Lucie Rego Pauline Tran Van Lieu, producers (Grasshopper Film)
No Other Land – Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, directors; Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, producers (Antipode Films)
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat – Johan Grimonprez, director; Rémi Grellety, Daan Milius, producers (Kino Lorber)
Sugarcane – Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, directors; Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn, producers (National Geographic Documentary Films)
Union – Stephen Maing, Brett Story, directors; Samantha Curley, Mars Verrone, producers (Self-Distributed)

Best Director
Payal Kapadia – All We Imagine as Light (Sideshow and Janus Films)
Sean Baker – Anora (NEON)
Guan Hu – Black Dog (The Forge)
Jane Schoenbrun – I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
RaMell Ross – Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Screenplay
Between the Temples – Nathan Silver, C. Mason Wells (Sony Pictures Classics)
Evil Does Not Exist – Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Sideshow and Janus Films)
Femme – Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (Utopia)
His Three Daughters – Azazel Jacobs (Netflix)
Janet Planet – Annie Baker (A24)

Breakthrough Director
Shuchi Talati – Girls Will Be Girls (Juno Films, Inc)
India Donaldson – Good One (Metrograph Pictures)
Alessandra Lacorazza – In the Summers (Music Box Films)
Vera Drew – The People’s Joker (Altered Innocence)
Mahdi Fleifel – To a Land Unknown (Watermelon Pictures)

Outstanding Lead Performance
Pamela Anderson – The Last Showgirl (Roadside Attractions)
Adrien Brody – The Brutalist (A24)
Colman Domingo – Sing Sing (A24)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths (Bleecker Street)
Nicole Kidman – Babygirl (A24)
Keith Kupferer – Ghostlight (IFC Films)
Mikey Madison – Anora (NEON)
Demi Moore – The Substance (MUBI)
Saoirse Ronan – The Outrun (Sony Pictures Classics)
Justice Smith – I Saw the TV Glow (A24)

Outstanding Supporting Performance
Yura Borisov – Anora (NEON)
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)
Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson (Netflix)
Brigette Lundy-Paine – I Saw the TV Glow (A24)
Natasha Lyonne – His Three Daughters (Netflix)
Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing (A24)
Katy O’Brian – Love Lies Bleeding (A24)
Guy Pearce – The Brutalist (A24)
Adam Pearson – A Different Man (A24)
Brian Tyree Henry – The Fire Inside (Amazon MGM Studios)

Breakthrough Performer
Lily Collias – Good One (Metrograph Pictures)
Ryan Destiny – The Fire Inside (Amazon MGM Studios)
Maisy Stella – My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios)
Izaac Wang – Dìdi (Focus Features)
Brandon Wilson – Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)

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