a different person Winner of the 2024 Gotham Awards for Best Picture, and nickel boy and Sing The pair each picked up two awards at a star-studded ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on Monday night.
a different person Director Aaron Schmberg, who accepted the top prize, said he was “completely shocked” to win and admitted he had not prepared a speech.
“I think it’s arrogant to even consider preparing a speech, given the other nominees. So I’m going to wing it,” Schimberg said, thanking Gotham and the team behind the film, including star Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson previously said. “I’m sorry that I really didn’t prepare a better speech. I really didn’t think that was a possibility.
Heading into awards ceremony, Sean Baker wins Palme d’Or Anora The film was nominated for four awards, including Best Picture, but came away empty-handed.
Among the best features, Anora and a different person face baby girl challenger and nickel boy. nickel boy It won three awards in total, with additional nominations coming in the Best Director (Rumel Rose) and Breakthrough Performer (Brandon Wilson) categories.
Roth won Best Director and Wilson won Breakthrough Performance nickel boy When co-star and host Anjanu Ellis-Taylor announced Wilson as the winner, she was shocked. When Wilson took the stage, he admitted that he didn’t expect to be on stage, but noted that he took off his shoes because Taylor was not wearing shoes either.
Sing Both leading and supporting actors won, with Colman Domingo winning the lead role and Clarence Maclin winning the best supporting actor award.
baby girlwhich likes different peopleworked up all night to win two awards, and came away empty-handed like a three-time nominee. I saw the TV glow and dual nominees cruel truth and fire inside.
Since 2021, the Gotham Awards have been honoring performers in gender-neutral categories.
This year, however, is the first time in years that no television categories will be awarded during the fall awards show, as Gotham recently split the categories into a separate television awards show in June.
In addition to competitive awards, Gotham also honors the following characters and films: piano lessons Earned Band Tribute; Franklin Leonard and The Blacklist receive Anniversary; Angelina Jolie receives Performer Tribute Award Maria; Zendaya gets spotlight challenger; Sing Earns social justice tribute; Denis Villeneuve receives director’s tribute for his directorial work Dune: Part 2; Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold receive Visionary Award Completely unknown.
Maria Director Pablo Larraín was on hand to present Jolie with the award, and the star noted that the day was Maria Callas’ 101st birthday. Jolie also paid tribute to her mother for introducing her to art, stressing the importance of these early experiences because “art was a way for us to come together to get to know each other, laugh with each other, and understand each other. That’s why in our Teaching the arts is so important in schools, and it’s worrying that many of these programs are declining.
Introduction to Domingo Sing Radhika Jones presented the honor to Franklin Leonard, challenger Star Josh O’Connor presented the award to Zendaya, who returned with Jake Gyllenhaal to pay tribute to Villeneuve. Introducing Zoe Kravitz piano lessons Oscar Isaac honors Chalamet and Mangold Completely unknown.
Gotham Award nominees are selected by a committee of critics, journalists, film festival programmers and film curators.
An independent jury composed of writers, directors, actors, producers, editors and others directly involved in the making of the films determines the final winners.
Recent Gotham Award winners include Oscar winners Everything happens at the same time, CODA, Nomadland, Marriage Story, American Factory, Moonlight, Spotlight and Birdman.
The full list of this year’s Gotham Awards winners is below.
Best Features
Anora
Sean Baker, Director; Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, Producers (NEON)
baby girl
Halina Reijn, director; David Hinojosa, Julia Oh, Halina Reijn, producers (A24)
challenger
Luca Guadagnino, director; Luca Guadagnino, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Zendaya, producers (Amazon MGM Pictures)
a different person
Aaron Schmberg, Director; Gabriel Mayers, Vanessa McDonnell, Christine Vachon, Producers (A24) (Winner)
nickel boy
Ramel Rose, director; Jocelyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, producers (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Pictures)
Best International Feature Film
Everything we imagine is light
Payal Kapadia, Director; Julien Graff, Thomas Hakim, Producers (Sideshow and Janus Films) (winner)
green border
Agnieszka Holland, director; producers Fred Bernstein, Agnieszka Holland, Marcin Wierzchoslawski (Kino Lorber)
cruel truth
Mike Leigh, director; Georgina Lowe, producer (Bleecker Street)
Inside the yellow cocoon shell
Fan Tianan, director; Jeremy Chua, Tran Van Thi, producers (Kino Lorber)
red
Maura Delpero, director; Francesca Andreoli, Maura Delpero, Santiago Fondevila Sance, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli, producers (Sideshow and Janus Films)
best documentary
dahomey
Mati Diop, director; Mati Diop, Judith Lou Lévy, Eve Robin, producers (MUBI)
intercepted
Oksana Karpovich, 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 People (Antipode Films) (winner)
coup soundtrack
John Grimmpreis, director; Remy Gulletti, Dan Milius, producers (Gino Lorber)
frightened
Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, Director; Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn, Producer (National Geographic Documentaries)
alliance
Stephen Maing, Brett Story, directors; Samantha Curley, Mars Verrone, producers (self-released)
best director
Payal Kapadia, Everything we imagine is light (Video and Janus Movies)
Sean Baker, Anora (neon)
Guan Hu, black dog (furnace)
Jane Schoenbrun, I saw the TV glow (A24)
Rachel Ross, nickel boy (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Pictures) (Winner)
best screenplay
between templesNathan Silver, C. Mason Welles (Sony Pictures Classics)
evil does not existRyusuke Hamaguchi (Sideshow and Janus Films)
femaleSam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (Utopia)
his three daughtersAzazel Jacobs (Netflix) (Winner)
janet planetAnne Baker(A24)
breakthrough director
Shuchi Talati, girls will be girls (Juno Films)
indian donaldson, nice one (Metrograph photo)
Alexandra Lacorazza, in summer (Music Box Movie)
Vera Drew, the people’s clown (Changing Innocence) (Winner)
Mahdi Fleifer, Travel to unknown lands (watermelon picture)
Excellent leading performance
Pamela Anderson, the last showgirl (roadside attraction)
Adrien Brody, fauvism (A24)
Coleman Domingo, Sing (A24) (Winner)
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, cruel truth (Bleecker Street)
Nicole Kidman, baby girl (A24)
Keith Kupfler, ghost light (IFC Films)
McGee Madison, Anora (neon)
Demi Moore, substance (bad)
saoirse ronan, transcend (Sony Pictures Classics)
Judge Smith, I saw the TV glow (A24)
Excellent supporting performance
Yura Borisov, Anora (neon)
Kieran Culkin, real pain (Searchlight photo)
Danielle Deadweiler, piano lessons (Netflix)
Bridget Lundy Paine, I saw the TV glow (A24)
Natasha Lyonne, his three daughters (Netflix)
Clarence McLean, Sing (A24) (Winner)
Katie O’Brien, love lies bleed (A24)
Guy Pierce, fauvism (A24)
Adam Pearson, a different person (A24)
Brian Tyree Henry, fire inside (Amazon MGM Studios)
breakthrough performer
Lily Kollias, nice one (Metrograph photo)
Ryan Destiny, fire inside (Amazon MGM Studios)
Macy Stella, my old ass (Amazon MGM Studios)
King Isaac, drop (key features)
Brandon Wilson, nickel boy (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Pictures) (Winner)
This article was first published on December 2 at 4:19 pm
