The 2025 Gotham Film Awards is underway, with the star-studded ceremony taking place Monday night at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another went into this year’s ceremony with a record six nominations, including in the top category of best feature.
Anderson was also nominated for best director and adapted screenplay, with Benicio Del Toro and Teyana Taylor both nominated in the Gothams’ gender-neutral best supporting performance category. Scene stealer Chase Infiniti was nominated for breakthrough performer.
In the best feature category, One Battle After Another faces off against four-time nominee If I Had Legs I’d Kick You as well as double nominees Familiar Touch; Hamnet; Sorry, Baby; The Testament of Ann Lee; and Train Dreams, in addition to Bugonia, East of Wall and Lurker. This year, the Gothams upped the number of best feature nominees from five to 10.
In addition to best feature, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You went into the night up for best director and original screenplay (Mary Bronstein) and lead performance (Rose Byrne).
Other films receiving multiple nominations include three-time nominees It Was Just an Accident and No Other Choice and double nominees The Mastermind, Secret Agent and My Father’s Shadow.
Since 2021, the Gotham Awards has recognized performers in gender-neutral categories.
Recent Gotham Award winners have included Oscar winners No Other Land, Everything Everywhere All at Once, CODA, Nomadland, Marriage Story, American Factory, Moonlight, Spotlight and Birdman.
In addition to the competitive awards, a number of films and individuals are set to receive special tribute honors.
Noah Baumbach received the director tribute for his work on Jay Kelly; the cast of Sinners will receive the ensemble tribute; Julia Roberts and Luca Guadagnino are set to be recognized with the Visionary tribute for their work together on After the Hunt.
Nia DaCosta and Nina Hoss presented Tessa Thompson with the Spotlight tribute for Hedda, with DaCosta and Thompson recalling first meeting a decade ago, when Thompson said she couldn’t have imagined being in one of DaCosta’s films, and adding that she’s “always in awe” of DaCosta’s bravery.
Frankenstein‘s Guillermo del Toro, Oscar Isaac and Jacob Elordi received the Vanguard tribute, presented by J.J. Abrams — as del Toro declared his movie was made “for humans, by humans” and left the stage with a mic-drop “fuck AI.” Kate Hudson and Hugh Jackman received the first musical tribute for Song Sung Blue from director Craig Brewer; and Jeremy Allen White and Scott Cooper were honored with the cultural icon tribute for Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere by Steven Van Zandt.
It Was Just an Accident filmmaker Jafar Panahi won the first award of the night for best original screenplay, just hours after his lawyer announced that Iran sentenced the Palme d’Or-winning director to one year in prison in absentia. “I would like to dedicate the honor of this award to independent filmmakers in Iran and around the world — filmmakers who keep the camera rolling in silence, without support, and at times by risking everything they have, only with their faith in truth and humanity,” Panahi said via a translator, to applause from the room. “I hope that this dedication will be considered a small tribute to all filmmakers who have been deprived of the right to see and to be seen, but continue to create and exist.” He returned to the stage shortly after when It Was Just an Accident won for best international feature.
A complete list of this year’s Gotham Film Awards nominees follows. Winners will be noted as they’re announced live. Refresh for the latest.
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) (WINNER)
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) (WINNER)
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) (WINNER)
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) (WINNER)
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) (WINNER)
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) (WINNER)
Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly (Netflix)
Andrew Scott, Blue Moon (Sony Pictures Classics)
Alexander Skarsgard, Pillion (A24)
Stellan Skarsgard, 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) (WINNER)
Tonatiuh, Kiss of the Spider Woman (Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate, LD Entertainment)
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