The Sundance Favorite “Past Lives” took the top prize at the Gotham Awards on Monday night, taking home the top prize for best feature. Meanwhile, acting honors were won by Charles Melton for his supporting performance in Todd Haynes’ “May December” and lily Gladstone for her lead performance in “The Unknown Country,” she was also phenomenal on “Killers of the Flower Moon.”
Writer-director Celine Song went on podium and accepted the award, “Thank you, Gotham, for this award. It’s such an honor. It really means the world to receive it with my debut set in New York City, a city I live in and love deeply,” Song thanked her cast and crew along with producers of distribution company A24.
Sundance winning film, “A Thousand and One” director A.V.Rockwell picked up the breakthrough director award.
Director Andrew Haigh’s metaphysical gay romance “All of Us Strangers” was the leader of the Gothams field heading into the ceremony, received four nominations across all categories. Celine Song’s “Past Lives” and A.V. Rockwell’s “A Thousand and One” followed with three nominations each.
Although the Gothams are known to recognize independent films, the Gotham Film and Media Institute removed its $35 million budget cap requirement this year for potential nominees. Even though most contenders are still indie or arthouse films, but the bigger production like “Barbie” was also in the race.
The Gothams also altered their categories for acting awards to no longer be defined by gender in 2021.
Best Feature
“Passages”
“Past Lives” – WINNER
“Reality”
“Showing Up”
“A Thousand and One”
Our Interview with Director Celine Song on “Past Lives”
Outstanding Lead Performance
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, “Origin”
Lily Gladstone, “The Unknown Country” – WINNER
Greta Lee, “Past Lives”
Franz Rogowski, “Passages”
Babetida Sadjo, “Our Father, The Devil”
Andrew Scott, “All of Us Strangers”
Cailee Spaeny, “Priscilla”
Teyana Taylor, “A Thousand and One”
Michelle Williams, “Showing Up”
Jeffrey Wright, “American Fiction”
Our Review of “The Unknown Country”
Outstanding Supporting Performance
Juliette Binoche, “The Taste of Things”
Penélope Cruz, “Ferrari”
Jamie Foxx, “They Cloned Tyrone”
Claire Foy, “All of Us Strangers”
Ryan Gosling, “Barbie”
Glenn Howerton, “BlackBerry”
Sandra Hüller, “The Zone of Interest”
Rachel McAdams, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret”
Charles Melton, “May December” – WINNER
Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers”
“All of Us Strangers,” Andrew Haigh
“Anatomy of a Fall,” Justine Triet, Arthur Harari – WINNER
“May December,” Samy Burch
“R.M.N.,” Cristian Mungiu
“The Zone of Interest,” Jonathan Glazer
Our Review of “Anatomy of a Fall”
Best International Feature
“All of Us Strangers”
“Anatomy of a Fall” – WINNER
“Poor Things”
“Tótem”
“The Zone of Interest”
Best Documentary Feature
“20 Days in Mariupol”
“Against the Tide”
“Apolonia, Apolonia”
“Four Daughters” – WINNER
“Our Body”
Our Review of “Four Daughters”
Breakthrough Director
Raven Jackson, “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt”
Georgia Oakley, “Blue Jean”
Michelle Garza Cervera, “Huesera”
Celine Song, “Past Lives”
A.V. Rockwell, “A Thousand and One” – WINNER
Our Interview with Director A.V. Rockwell
Outstanding Performance in a New Series
Jacob Anderson, “Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire”
Dominique Fishback, “Swarm”
Jharrel Jerome, “I’m a Virgo”
Natasha Lyonne, “Poker Face”
Bel Powley, “A Small Light”
Bella Ramsey, “The Last of Us”
Chaske Spencer, “The English”
Rachel Weisz, “Dead Ringers”
Ali Wong, “Beef” – WINNER
Steven Yeun, “Beef”
Breakthrough Television Over 40 Minutes
“Anne Rice’s Interview With the Vampire”
“Dead Ringers”
“The English”
“The Last of Us”
“A Small Light” – WINNER
“Telemarketers”
Breakthrough Television Under 40 Minutes
“Beef” – WINNER
“High School”
“I’m A Virgo”
“Rain Dogs”
“Swarm”