The Gotham Award (GOTHAM) 2025: Nominations Announced
The Gotham Award (GOTHAM), the first real awards show of the season has announced its nominations for 2025.
The Gothams’ film nominations for 2025 are:
Best Feature
Bugonia – Ari Aster, Ed Guiney, Lars Knudsen, Jerry Kyoungboum Ko, Yorgos Lanthimos, Miky Lee, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone, producers (Focus Features)
East of Wall – Kate Beecroft, Shannon Moss, Melanie Ramsayer, Lila Yacoub, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
Familiar Touch – Alexandra Byer, Sarah Friedland, Matthew Thurm, producers (Music Box Films)
Hamnet – Nicolas Gonda, Pippa Harris, Liza Marshall, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg, producers (Focus Features)
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Richie Doyle, Conor Hannon, Sara Murphy, Josh Safdie, Ryan Zacarias, producers (A24)
Lurker – Galen Core, Archie Madekwe, Marc Marrie, Charlie McDowell, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Duncan Montgomery, Alex Orlovsky, Olmo Schnabel, Jack Selby, producers (MUBI)
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson, Sara Murphy, Adam Somner, producers (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Sorry, Baby – Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, producers (A24)
The Testament of Ann Lee – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, Joshua Horsfield, Gregory Jankilevitsch, Mark Lampert, Lillian LaSalle, Andrew Morrison, Viktória Petrányi, Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska, producers (Searchlight Pictures)
Train Dreams – Michael Heimler, Will Janowitz, Marissa McMahon, Ashley Schlaifer, Teddy Schwarzman (producers) (Netflix)
Best International Feature
It Was Just an Accident – Philippe Martin, Jafar Panahi, producers (NEON)
No Other Choice – Park Chan-Wook, Alexandre Gavras, Michèle Ray Gavras, Back Jisun, producers (NEON)
Nouvelle Vague – Laurent Pétin, Michèle Pétin, producers (Netflix)
Resurrection – Charles Gillibert, Yang Lele, Shan Zuolong, producers (Janus Films)
Sound of Falling – Lucas Schmidt, Maren Schmitt, producers (MUBI)
Best Documentary Feature
2000 Meters to Andriivka – Mstyslav Chernov, director; Raney Aronson-Rath, Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, producers (PBS)
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions – Kahlil Joseph, director; Onye Anyanwu, Kahlil Joseph, David Linde, Anikah McLaren, James Shani, Steven Soderbergh, producers (Rich Spirit)
My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow – Julia Loktev, director; Julia Loktev, producer (self-distributed)
The Perfect Neighbor – Geeta Gandbhir, director; Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir, Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, producers (Netflix)
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk – Sepideh Farsi, director; Javad Djavahery, Sepideh Farsi, producers (Kino Lorber)
Best Director
Mary Bronstein – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident (NEON)
Kelly Reichardt – The Mastermind (MUBI)
Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Oliver Laxe – Sirât (NEON)
Breakthrough Director
Constance Tsang – Blue Sun Palace (Dekanalog)
Carson Lund – Eephus (Music Box Films)
Sarah Friedland – Familiar Touch (Music Box Films)
Akinola Davies Jr. – My Father’s Shadow (MUBI)
Harris Dickinson – Urchin (1-2 Special)
Best Original Screenplay
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – Mary Bronstein (A24)
It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi (NEON)
The Secret Agent – Kleber Mendonça Filho (NEON)
Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor (A24)
Sound of Falling – Louise Peter, Mascha Schilinski (MUBI)
Best Adapted Screenplay
No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-Mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKellar (NEON)
One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Pillion – Harry Lighton (A24)
Preparation for the Next Life – Martyna Majok (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Train Dreams – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar (Netflix)
Outstanding Lead Performance
Jessie Buckley – Hamnet (Focus Features)
Lee Byung-hun – No Other Choice (NEON)
Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (A24)
Sopé Dìrísù – My Father’s Shadow (MUBI)
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love (MUBI)
Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent (NEON)
Josh O’Connor – The Mastermind (MUBI)
Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee (Searchlight Pictures)
Tessa Thompson – Hedda (Orion Pictures/Amazon/MGM Studios)
Outstanding Supporting Performance
Benicio Del Toro – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein (Netflix)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value (NEON)
Indya Moore – Father Mother Sister Brother (MUBI)
Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Andrew Scott – Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Alexander Skarsgård – Pillion (A24)
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value (NEON)
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Breakthrough Performer
A$AP Rocky – Highest 2 Lowest (A24)
Sebiye Behtiyar – Preparation for the Next Life (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)
Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another (Warner Bros. Pictures)
Abou Sangaré – Souleymane’s Story (Kino Lorber)
Tonatiuh – Kiss of the Spider Woman (Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate, LD Entertainment)

