GOTHAM WINS BIG AT 26TH GOTHAM AWARDS

Buzz online has been flitting between Manchester by the Sea and Moonlight as the likely winner of the two big American indie film organizations' 2016 awards. We'll have to wait until February to discover which triumphs (if either) with Film Independent, but we know now that it's the latter that has done so with the Gotham Independent Film Awards. Check out their nominations at this link, and their award winners below:

Best Feature

Moonlight (Dede Gardner, Barry Jenkins, Jeremy Kleiner and Adele Romanski)

Best Actress

Isabelle Huppert (Elle)

Best Actor

Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

Best Screenplay

Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight)

Best Documentary

O.J.: Made in America (Ezra Edelman, Deirdre Fenton, Nina Krstic, Erin Leyden, Tamara Rosenberg and Caroline Waterlow)

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award

Trey Edward Shults (Krisha)

Best Breakthrough Actor

Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch)

Audience Award

Moonlight

Special Gotham Jury Award for Ensemble Performance

Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Alex Hibbert, Andre Holland, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monae, Jaden Piner, Trevante Rhodes and Ashton Sanders (Moonlight)

Gotham Jury Tributes

Amy Adams

Ethan Hawke

Arnon Milchan

Oliver Stone

2016 GOTHAM AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED

Nominations have been announced for the 26th annual Independent Filmmaker Project Gotham Independent Film Awards. Specially selected committees voted across seven categories, alongside a special Gotham Jury Award for the cast of Moonlight, and previously-decided Gotham Award Tributes. IFP members will pick this year's winners, which will be revealed at the awards ceremony on the 28th of November. Take a look at all the nominations just below:

Best Feature

Certain Women (Neil Kopp, Kelly Reichardt, Vincent Savino and Anish Savjani)

Everybody Wants Some!! (Megan Ellison, Richard Linklater and Ginger Sledge)

Manchester by the Sea (Lauren Beck, Matt Damon, Kenneth Lonergan, Chris Moore, Kimberly Steward and Kevin J. Walsh)

Moonlight (Dede Gardner, Barry Jenkins, Jeremy Kleiner and Adele Romanski)

Paterson (Joshua Astrachan, Jim Jarmusch and Carter Logan)

Best Actor

Casey Affleck (Manchester by the Sea)

Jeff Bridges (Hell or High Water)

Adam Driver (Paterson)

Joel Edgerton (Loving)

Craig Robinson (Morris from America)

Best Actress

Kate Beckinsale (Love & Friendship)

Annette Bening (20th Century Women)

Isabelle Huppert (Elle)

Ruth Negga (Loving)

Natalie Portman (Jackie)

Best Screenplay

Jim Jarmusch (Paterson)

Barry Jenkins and Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight)

Kenneth Lonergan (Manchester by the Sea)

Taylor Sheridan (Hell or High Water)

Whit Stillman (Love & Friendship)

Best Documentary

Cameraperson (Kirsten Johnson and Marilyn Ness)

I Am Not Your Negro (Remi Grellety, Hebert Peck and Raoul Peck)

O. J.: Made in America (Ezra Edelman, Deirdre Fenton, Nina Krstic, Erin Leyden, Tamara Rosenberg and Caroline Waterlow)

Tower (Megan Gilbride, Keith Maitland and Susan Thomson)

Weiner (Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg)

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award

Robert Eggers (The Witch)

Anna Rose Holmer (The Fits)

Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (Swiss Army Man)

Trey Edward Shults (Krisha)

Richard Tanne (Southside with You)

Best Breakthrough Actor

Lily Gladstone (Certain Women)

Lucas Hedges (Manchester by the Sea)

Royalty Hightower (The Fits)

Sasha Lane (American Honey)

Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch)

Special Gotham Jury Award for Ensemble Performance

Mahershala Ali, Naomie Harris, Alex Hibbert, Andre Holland, Jharrel Jerome, Janelle Monae, Jaden Piner, Trevante Rhodes and Ashton Sanders (Moonlight)

Gotham Award Tributes

Amy Adams

Ethan Hawke

Arnon Milchan

Oliver Stone

GOTHAM AWARDS 2015 - SPOTLIGHT WINS BEST FEATURE

Mere hours away from the true start of awards season, the Gotham jury announced their choices for the finest in film and TV of 2015. Tom McCarthy's journalism drama Spotlight won the top award, Best Feature, also taking Best Screenplay in a potential show of strength that could be emulated as the critics awards roll out through December. Check out the nominees here and the winners below:

Best Feature

Spotlight (Steve Golin, Tom McCarthy, Blye Pagan Faust, Nicole Rocklin and Michael Sugar)

Best Actor

Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)

Best Actress

Bel Powley (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)

Best Screenplay

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)

Best Documentary

The Look of Silence (Signe Byrge Sorensen and Joshua Oppenheimer)

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award

Jonas Carpignano (Mediterranea)

Best Breakthrough Actor

Mya Taylor (Tangerine)

Gotham Jury Award

Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci (Spotlight)

Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Directors 'Live the Dream' Award

Chanelle Aponte Pearson (195 Lewis)

Gotham Independent Film Audience Award

Tangerine

Film Tribute Award

Steve Golin

Todd Haynes

Helen Mirren

Robert Redford

2015 GOTHAM AWARD NOMINEES - THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL LEADS WITH 4

Nominations for the 2015 IFP Gotham Independent Film Awards have been announced! Over a small and select group of categories, Marielle Heller's The Diary of a Teenage Girl has chalked up the most mentions, earning nominations across four, with several films including fellow Best Feature nominees Carol and Tangerine scoring three each. Winners will be announced at the group's awards ceremony on the 30th of November. Check out all the nominations below:

Best Feature
Carol (Todd Haynes, Elizabeth Karlsen, Tessa Ross, Christine Vachon and Stephen Woolley)
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (Miranda Bailey, Anne Carey, Bert Hamelinck, Marielle Heller and Madeline Samit)
Heaven Knows What (Sebastian Bear-McClard, Oscar Boyson, Benny Safdie and Josh Safdie)
Spotlight (Steve Golin, Tom McCarthy, Blye Pagan Faust, Nicole Rocklin and Michael Sugar)
Tangerine (Sean Baker, Karrie Cox, Marcus Cox, Darren Dean and Tsou Shih Ching)

Best Actor
Christopher Abbott (James White)
Kevin Corrigan (Results)
Paul Dano (Love & Mercy)
Peter Sarsgaard (Experimenter)
Michael Shannon (99 Homes)

Best Actress
Cate Blanchett (Carol)
Blythe Danner (I'll See You in My Dreams)
Brie Larson (Room)
Bel Powley (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)
Lily Tomlin (Grandma)
Kristen Wiig (Welcome to Me)

Best Screenplay
Noah Baumbach (While We're Young)
Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)
Michael Alan Lerner and Oren Moverman (Love & Mercy)
Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (Spotlight)
Phyllis Nagy (Carol)

Best Documentary
Approaching the Elephant (Jay Craven, Robert Greene and Amanda Rose Wilder)
Cartel Land (Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin)
Heart of a Dog (Laurie Anderson and Dan Janvey)
Listen to Me Marlon (John Battsek, George Chignell, R. J. Cutler and Stevan Riley)
The Look of Silence (Signe Byrge Sorensen and Joshua Oppenheimer)

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Desiree Akhavan (Appropriate Behaviour)
Jonas Carpignano (Mediterranea)
Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)
John Magary (The Mend)
Josh Mond (James White)

Best Breakthrough Actor
Rory Culkin (Gabriel)
Arielle Holmes (Heaven Knows What)
Lola Kirke (Mistress America)
Kitana Rodriguez (Tangerine)
Mya Taylor (Tangerine)

Gotham Jury Award
Brian d'Arcy James, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery and Stanley Tucci (Spotlight)

Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Directors 'Live the Dream' Award
Chanelle Aponte Pearson (195 Lewis)
Claire Carre (Embers)
Deb Shoval (AWOL)

Gotham Independent Film Audience Award
Approaching the Elephant
Appropriate Behaviour
Carol
Cartel Land
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Heart of a Dog
Heaven Knows What
James White
Listen to Me Marlon
The Look of Silence
Mediterranea
The Mend
Spotlight
Tangerine