Monday of this week saw the presentation of the 31st annual Gotham Awards at a gala ceremony in at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, the city that’s been home to the independent film extravaganza since 1991.
Sponsored by the Brooklyn-based Gotham Film & Media Institute, the gender-neutral awards are designed to provide early acknowledgment to groundbreaking independent films and television series. This year, for the first time, the documentary feature category was open to submissions from outside the United States.
Netflix’s “The Lost Daughter” was the clear winner this time, winning four coveted prizes: best feature, best screenplay, and breakthrough awards for director Maggie Gyllenhaal and lead performer Olivia Colman and best screenplay. In accepting her award, Gyllenhall was quoted as saying how important it was “to see women that actually look like their wives or their sisters or their mothers up on screen. I think the lineup of films being celebrated here tonight says ‘Yeah, it fuckin’ is.’”
Other prizes went to “Squid Game” and Apple’s “CODA.” In addition, tribute awards were bestowed on director Jane Campion and Magnolia Pictures mogul Eamonn Bowles. An ensemble tribute prize went to the cast of “The Harder They Fall” with performer tributes awarded to Kristen Stewart and Peter Dinklage.
Here’s the full list of winners and nominees for the event that the Gotham Film & Media Institute describes as “the first honors of the film awards season.” The Institute is head by producer Jeffrey Sharp as executive director.
BEST FEATURE
“The Green Knight” (A24)
“The Lost Daughter” (Netflix) – WINNER
“Passing” (Netflix)
“Pig” (NEON)
“Test Pattern” (Kino Lorber)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Ascension” (MTV Documentary Films)
“Faya Dayi” (Janus Films)
“Flee” (NEON) – WINNER
“President” (Greenwich Entertainment)
“Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)” (Searchlight Pictures, Onyx Collective, Hulu)
BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE
“Azor” (MUBI)
“Drive My Car” (Sideshow and Janus Films) – WINNER
“The Souvenir Part II” (A24)
“Titane” (NEON)
“What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?” (MUBI)
“The Worst Person in the World” (NEON)
BINGHAM RAY BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR AWARD
Maggie Gyllenhaal for “The Lost Daughter” (Netflix) – WINNER
Edson Oda for “Nine Days” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Rebecca Hall for “Passing” (Netflix)
Emma Seligman for “Shiva Baby” (Utopia Distribution)
Shatara Michelle Ford for “Test Pattern” (Kino Lorber)
BEST SCREENPLAY
“The Card Counter,” Paul Schrader (Focus Features)
“El Planeta,” Amalia Ulman (Utopia Distribution)
“The Green Knight,” David Lowery (A24)
“The Lost Daughter,” Maggie Gyllenhaal (Netflix) – WINNER
“Passing,” Rebecca Hall (Netflix)
“Red Rocket,” Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch (A24)
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE
Olivia Colman in “The Lost Daughter” (Netflix) – WINNER (TIE)
Frankie Faison in “The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain” (Gravitas Ventures) – WINNER (TIE)
Michael Greyeyes in “Wild Indian” (Vertical Entertainment)
Brittany S. Hall in “Test Pattern” (Kino Lorber)
Oscar Isaac in “The Card Counter” (Focus Features)
Taylour Paige in “Zola” (A24)
Joaquin Phoenix in “C’mon C’mon” (A24)
Simon Rex in “Red Rocket” (A24)
Lili Taylor in “Paper Spiders” (Entertainment Squad)
Tessa Thompson in “Passing” (Netflix)
OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE
Reed Birney in “Mass” (Bleecker Street)
Jessie Buckley in “The Lost Daughter” (Netflix)
Colman Domingo in “Zola” (A24)
Gaby Hoffmann in “C’mon C’mon” (A24)
Troy Kotsur in “CODA” (Apple) – WINNER
Marlee Matlin in “CODA” (Apple)
Ruth Negga in “Passing” (Netflix)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMER
Emilia Jones in “CODA” (Apple) – WINNER
Natalie Morales in “Language Lessons” (Shout! Studios)
Rachel Sennott in “Shiva Baby” (Utopia Distribution)
Suzanna Son in “Red Rocket” (A24)
Amalia Ulman in “El Planeta” (Utopia Distribution)
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A NEW SERIES
Jennifer Coolidge in “The White Lotus” (HBO Max/HBO)
Michael Greyeyes in “Rutherford Falls” (Peacock)
Ethan Hawke in “The Good Lord Bird” (Showtime) – WINNER (TIE)
Devery Jacobs in “Reservation Dogs” (FX)
Lee Jung-jae in “Squid Game” (Netflix)
Thuso Mbedu in “The Underground Railroad” (Amazon Studios) – WINNER (TIE)
Jean Smart in “Hacks” (HBO Max/HBO)
Omar Sy in “Lupin” (Netflix)
Anya Taylor-Joy in “The Queen’s Gambit” (Netflix)
Anjana Vasan in “We Are Lady Parts” (Peacock)
BREAKTHROUGH SERIES — LONG FORM
“The Good Lord Bird” (Showtime)
“It’s A Sin” (HBO Max)
“Small Axe” (Amazon Studios)
“Squid Game” (Netflix) – WINNER
“The Underground Railroad” (Amazon Studios)
“The White Lotus” (HBO Max/HBO)
BREAKTHROUGH SERIES — SHORT FORM
“Blindspotting” (STARZ)
“Hacks” (HBO Max/HBO)
“Reservation Dogs” (FX) – WINNER
“Run the World” (STARZ)
“We Are Lady Parts” (Peacock)
BREAKTHROUGH NONFICTION SERIES
“City So Real” (National Geographic)
“Exterminate All the Brutes” (HBO/HBO Max)
“How to With John Wilson” (HBO/HBO Max)
“Philly D.A.” (Topic, Independent Lens, PBS) – WINNER
“Pride” (FX)
JURY AWARD FOR ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
“The Harder They Fall” – WINNER