After a busy fall film festival season, we officially have our first batch of nominations heading into the heat of awards season. The Gotham Film & Media Institute has unveiled the list of nominees for the 35th edition of the Gotham Film Awards, comprising a total of 40 feature films and 25 performances across 10 awards categories. The winners will be announced during the annual ceremony, held this year on Dec. 1 in New York City.
“This year’s nominees celebrate an extraordinary year of cinematic achievement — one defined by bold, original storytelling, festival breakouts, and filmmakers whose independent vision extends across studios and streamers,” Jeffrey Sharp, executive director of the Gotham Film & Media Institute, said in a statement provided to Gold Derby. “This year’s Gotham nominees, and our Gotham Tributes, reflect the year’s most accomplished filmmakers and performers and embody the community that has defined The Gothams for 35 years.”
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As anticipated, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another leads the nomination count with a record six nods, including Best Feature, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Performance for both Benicio Del Toro and Teyana Taylor and Breakthrough Performer for Chase Infiniti. The film’s dominant performance cements its status as the early Oscar frontrunner, although star Leonardo DiCaprio notably didn’t make the cut for Best Lead Performance (the Gothams acting categories are non-gendered).
‘Marty Supreme’
Other notable absences from the list of nominations include Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme starring Timothée Chalamet and Bradley Cooper’s Is This Thing On? starring Will Arnett and Laura Dern, both of which premiered to much acclaim during the final week of the New York Film Festival. Sources close to those contenders tell Gold Derby that neither movie was ready to screen in time for the nominating deadline and thus weren’t eligible for consideration.
Among the eligible contenders, Chloé Zhao’s film festival favorite Hamnet picked up nods for Best Feature and Best Lead Performance for star Jessie Buckley, but missed out on Best Director and Best Supporting Actor for Paul Mescal. Meanwhile, Bugonia was nominated for Best Feature, but neither Emma Stone nor Jesse Plemons were recognized for their performances. Joachim Trier’s Sentimental Value went overlooked in the Best Feature and Best Director races, but picked up Best Supporting Actor nods for Stellan Skarsgård and Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas. And Guillermo del Toro’s resurgent Frankenstein received a nomination for Jacob Elordi’s supporting turn as Frankenstein’s creature, but was omitted from Best Feature and Best Director contention.
Rose Byrne in ‘If I Had Legs I’d Kick You’A24
Several under the radar contenders scored a moment in the spotlight, starting with Mary Bronstein’s harrowing If I Had Legs, I’d Kick You starring Rose Byrne. The film was the second most-nominated contender at this year’s Gothams with a total of four nominations, including Best Feature, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Lead Performance for Byrne, who is currently holding onto the No. 5 spot on Gold Derby’s Best Actress leaderboard.
Meanwhile, Netflix’s quietly powerful Train Dreams picked up nods for Best Feature and Best Adapted Screenplay and Richard Linklater’s Blue Moon saw stars Ethan Hawke and Andrew Scott recognized for Best Lead Performance and Best Supporting Performance, respectively. Linklater’s other 2025 awards contender, Nouvelle Vague, was also recognized in Best International Feature alongside Jafar Panahi’s Cannes-winning It Was Just an Accident and Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice — both of which received three nominations apiece.
Finally, relative newcomer The Testament of Ann Lee made its voice heard with nominations for Best Feature and Best Lead Performance for Amanda Seyfried. Acquired by Searchlight last month, Mona Fastvold’s period drama/musical has been gaining a firm foothold in multiple races.
See the full list of Gotham Awards nominees below:
Best Feature
Bugonia
Ari Aster, Ed Guiney, Lars Knudsen, Jerry Kyoungboum Ko, Yorgos Lanthimos, Miky Lee, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone, producers
East of Wall
Kate Beecroft, Shannon Moss, Melanie Ramsayer, Lila Yacoub, producers
Familiar Touch
Alexandra Byer, Sarah Friedland, Matthew Thurm, producers
Hamnet
Nicolas Gonda, Pippa Harris, Liza Marshall, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg, producers
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Richie Doyle, Conor Hannon, Sara Murphy, Josh Safdie, Ryan Zacarias, producers
Lurker
Galen Core, Archie Madekwe, Marc Marrie, Charlie McDowell, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Duncan Montgomery, Alex Orlovsky, Olmo Schnabel, Jack Selby, producers
One Battle After Another
Paul Thomas Anderson, Sara Murphy, Adam Somner, producers
Sorry, Baby
Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, producers
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
Train Dreams
Michael Heimler, Will Janowitz, Marissa McMahon, Ashley Schlaifer, Teddy Schwarzman, producers
Best International Feature
It Was Just an Accident
Philippe Martin, Jafar Panahi, producers
No Other Choice
Park Chan-Wook, Alexandre Gavras, Michèle Ray Gavras, Back Jisun, producers
Nouvelle Vague
Laurent Pétin, Michèle Pétin, producers
Resurrection
Charles Gillibert, Yang Lele, Shan Zuolong, producers
Sound of Falling
Lucas Schmidt, Maren Schmitt, producers
Best Documentary Feature
2000 Meters to Andriivka
Mstyslav Chernov, director; Raney Aronson-Rath, Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, producers
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions
Kahlil Joseph, director; Onye Anyanwu, Kahlil Joseph, David Linde, Anikah McLaren, James Shani, Steven Soderbergh, producers
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow
Julia Loktev, director; Julia Loktev, producer
The Perfect Neighbor
Geeta Gandbhir, director; Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir, Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, producers
Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk
Sepideh Farsi, director; Javad Djavahery, Sepideh Farsi, producers
Best Director
Mary Bronstein, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
Kelly Reichardt, The Mastermind
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Oliver Laxe, Sirât
Breakthrough Director
Constance Tsang, Blue Sun Palace
Carson Lund, Eephus
Sarah Friedland, Familiar Touch
Akinola Davies Jr., My Father’s Shadow
Harris Dickinson, Urchin
Best Original Screenplay
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You, Mary Bronstein
It Was Just an Accident, Jafar Panahi
The Secret Agent, Kleber Mendonça Filho
Sorry, Baby, Eva Victor
Sound of Falling, Louise Peter, Mascha Schilinski
Best Adapted Screenplay
No Other Choice, Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-Mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKellar
One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson
Pillion, Harry Lighton
Preparation for the Next Life, Martyna Majok
Train Dreams, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
Outstanding Lead Performance
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Lee Byung-hun, No Other Choice
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Sopé Dìrísù, My Father’s Shadow
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love
Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
Josh O’Connor, The Mastermind
Amanda Seyfried, The Testament of Ann Lee
Tessa Thompson, Hedda
Outstanding Supporting Performance
Benicio Del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Indya Moore, Father Mother Sister Brother
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Adam Sandler, Jay Kelly
Andrew Scott, Blue Moon
Alexander Skarsgård, Pillion
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
Breakthrough Performer
A$AP Rocky, Highest 2 Lowest
Sebiye Behtiyar, Preparation for the Next Life
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Abou Sangaré, Souleymane’s Story
Tonatiuh, Kiss of the Spider Woman
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