\n\t\u201cAll of a Sudden,\u201d \u201cClarissa,\u201d \u201cLa Gradiva,\u201d \u201cThe Invite\u201d and \u201cTender Loving Care\u201d lead the nominations for the 36th edition of The Gothams with four nods each.<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Gotham Film & Media Institute announced nominations for the 36th edition of The Gothams, singling out 42 feature films and 25 performances in 11 award categories. \u201cClarissa\u201d and \u201cThe Invite\u201d were also nominated for best feature, alongside \u201cClub Kid,\u201d \u201cThe Debut,\u201d \u201cDreams in Nightmares,\u201d \u201cJosephine,\u201d \u201cMouse,\u201d \u201cPaper Tiger,\u201d \u201cPrimetime,\u201d \u201cTeenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma\u201d and \u201cYour Mother Your Mother Your Mother.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s a pleasure to announce this year\u2019s nominees. It has been a remarkable year for film, with audiences turning out in theaters for bold, distinctive work from first-time filmmakers and established artists alike,\u201d said Jeffrey Sharp, executive director of The Gotham Film & Media Institute, announcing the nods. \u201cThis year\u2019s nominations, alongside our Tributes and the return of the Audience Award, reflect that abundance and celebrate the creative community that has been at the heart of The Gothams for more than three decades.\u201d<\/p>\n
\n\tThe Gotham Audience Award returns after a six-year hiatus, with this year\u2019s nominees curated from films submitted for consideration and, per a release, \u201cmeasured by opening-weekend per-theater average against the highest-rated and most-watched films of 2026, as reported in box office tracking and on Letterboxd. The nominees are \u201cBackrooms,\u201d \u201cLa Bola Negra,\u201d \u201cThe Drama,\u201d \u201cThe Invite,\u201d \u201cMichael,\u201d \u201cObsession,\u201d \u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d and \u201cYou Can See Everything.\u201d Gotham members will vote on the winner, and the award will be presented to the film\u2019s credited director (or directors) and producers. <\/p>\n
\n\tThe full list of Gotham Film Awards nominees for 2026 are:<\/p>\n
\n\tBest Feature
\u201cClarissa\u201d
Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri, directors; Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri, Theresa Park, Nicholas Weinstock, producers (NEON)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cClub Kid\u201d
Jordan Firstman, director; Michael Bloom, Alex Coco, Galen Core, Ryan Heller, producers (A24)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe Debut\u201d
Jesse Eisenberg, director; Jesse Eisenberg, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Emma Stone, producers (A24)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cDreams in Nightmares\u201d
Shatara Michelle Ford, director; Naima Abed, Shatara Michelle Ford, Pin-Chun Liu, producers (Lunette Films)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe Invite\u201d
Olivia Wilde, director; Ben Browning, Megan Ellison, David Permut, producers (A24)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cJosephine\u201d
Beth de Ara\u00fajo, director; Beth de Ara\u00fajo, Josh Beirne-Golden, Gemma Chan, David Kaplan, Josh Peters, Jordan Rapaport, Mark H. Rapaport, Robina Riccitiello, Marina Stabile, Channing Tatum, Crystine Zhang, producers (Sumerian Pictures)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cMouse\u201d
Kelly O\u2019Sullivan, Alex Thompson, directors; Bonnie Comley, Pierce Cravens, Steven A. Jones, Ian Keiser, Chelsea Krant, Stewart F. Lane, Abigail Rose Solomon, Alex Thompson, Alex Wilson, producers (Independent Film Company)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cPaper Tiger\u201d
James Gray, director; Andrea Bucko, Leonardo Maria del Vecchio, Gary Farkas, James Gray, Anthony Katagas, Andrea Leone, Raffaella Leone, Marco Perego, Carlo Salem, Rodrigo Teixeira, producers (NEON)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cPrimetime\u201d
Lance Oppenheim, director; Ari Aster, Fred Berger, William Iannaccone, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Lars Knudsen, Brighton McCloskey, Robert Pattinson, producers (A24)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cTeenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma\u201d
Jane Schoenbrun, director; Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, producers (MUBI)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cYour Mother Your Mother Your Mother\u201d
Bassam Tariq, director; Babak Anvari, Bassam Tariq, Lucan Toh, producers (Amazon MGM Studios)<\/p>\n
\n\tBest International Feature
\u201cAll of A Sudden\u201d
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, director; Julien Deris, David Gauqui\u00e9, Kosuke Oshida, Yuji Sadai, producers (NEON)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cBen\u2019Imana\u201d
Marie-Cl\u00e9mentine Dusabejambo, director; Samantha Biffot, Pierre-Adrien Ceccaldi, Marie-Cl\u00e9mentine Dusabejambo, Marie Epiphanie Uwayezu, producers (Alexander)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cBlue Heron\u201d
Sophy Romvari, director; Ryan Bobkin, Sara Wylie, Sophy Romvari, G\u00e1bor Osv\u00e1th, producers (Janus Films)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cEverytime\u201d
Sandra Wollner, director; David Bohun, Lixi Frank, Viktoria Stolpe, producers (1-2 Special)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cFatherland\u201d
Pawel Pawlikowski, director; Edward Berger, Lorenzo Gangarossa, Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli, Ewa Puszczynska, Dimitri Rassam, Jeanne Tremsal, producers (MUBI)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cFilipi\u00f1ana\u201d
Rafael Manuel, director; Bianca Balbuena, Jeremy Chua, Omar El Kadi, Bradley Liew, Rafael Manuel, Alex Polunin, Nadia Turincev, producers (Kino Lorber)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cLa Gradiva\u201d
Marine Atlan, director; In\u00e8s Da\u00efen Dasi, producer (1-2 Special)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cMinotaur\u201d
Andrey Zvyagintsev, director; Charles Gillibert, Nathana\u00ebl Karmitz, Marco Perego, Andrey Zvyagintsev, producers (MUBI)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cPossible Love\u201d
Lee Chang-dong, director; Lee Joon-dong, Lee Chang-dong, David Levine, Chadwick Prichard, producers (Netflix)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cTender Loving Care\u201d
Mike Leigh, director; Georgina Lowe, producer (Bleecker Street)<\/p>\n
\n\tBest Documentary Feature
\u201cClosure\u201d
Michal Marczak, director; Monika Braid, R\u00e9mi Grellety, Karolina Marczak, Michal Marczak, Katarzyna Szczerba, producers (1-2 Special)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cA Fox Under a Pink Moon\u201d
Soraya Akhlaghi, Mehrdad Oskouei, directors; Siavash Jamali, Mehrdad Oskouei, producers (Kino Lorber)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cNAZA\u201d
Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, directors; Harry Davies, Lindsay Poulton, James Wilson, producers (NEON)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cOnce Upon a Time in Harlem\u201d
David Greaves, director; Anne de Mare, Liani Greaves, producers (NEON)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cYou Can See Everything\u201d
Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, directors; Maggie Ambrose, Tatiana Bears, Jack Davis, Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, producers (A24)<\/p>\n
\n\tBest Director
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, \u201cAll of a Sudden\u201d (NEON)
Sandra Wollner, \u201cEverytime\u201d (1-2 Special)
Andrey Zvyagintsev, \u201cMinotaur\u201d (MUBI)
Jane Schoenbrun, \u201cTeenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma\u201d (MUBI)
Mike Leigh, \u201cTender Loving Care\u201d (Bleecker Street)<\/p>\n
\n\tBreakthrough Director
Sophy Romvari, \u201cBlue Heron\u201d (Janus Films)
Jordan Firstman, \u201cClub Kid\u201d (A24)
Aleshea Harris, \u201cIs God Is\u201d (Amazon MGM Studios)
Marine Atlan, \u201cLa Gradiva\u201d (1-2 Special)
Joel Alfonso Vargas, \u201cMad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)\u201d (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
John Early, \u201cMaddie\u2019s Secret\u201d (Magnolia Pictures)<\/p>\n
\n\tBest Original Screenplay
\u201cEverytime,\u201d Sandra Wollner (1-2 Special)
\u201cLa Gradiva,\u201d Marine Atlan, Anne Brouillet (1-2 Special)
\u201cPossible Love,\u201d Lee Chang-dong, Oh Jung-mi (Netflix)
\u201cTender Loving Care,\u201d Mike Leigh (Bleecker Street)
\u201cWild Horse Nine,\u201d Martin McDonagh (Searchlight Pictures)<\/p>\n
\n\tBest Adapted Screenplay
\u201cAll of a Sudden,\u201d Ryusuke Hamaguchi (NEON)
\u201cClarissa,\u201d Chuko Esiri (NEON)
\u201cThe Invite,\u201d Rashida Jones, Will McCormack (A24)
\u201cMinotaur,\u201d Simon Lyashenko, Andrey Zvyagintsev (MUBI)
\u201cPrimetime,\u201d Ajon Singh (A24)<\/p>\n
\n\tOutstanding Lead Performance
Mahershala Ali, \u201cYour Mother Your Mother Your Mother\u201d (Amazon MGM Studios)
Gillian Anderson, \u201cTeenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma\u201d (MUBI)
Jeon Do-yeon, \u201cPossible Love\u201d (Netflix)
John Early, \u201cMaddie\u2019s Secret\u201d (Magnolia Pictures)
John Malkovich, \u201cWild Horse Nine\u201d (Searchlight Pictures)
Ian McKellen, \u201cThe Christophers\u201d (NEON)
Julianne Moore, \u201cThe Debut\u201d (A24)
Sophie Okonedo, \u201cClarissa\u201d (NEON)
Andrew Scott, \u201cElsinore\u201d (Focus Features)
John Turturro, \u201cThe Only Living Pickpocket in New York\u201d (Sony Pictures Classics)<\/p>\n
\n\tOutstanding Supporting Performance
Tom Courtenay, \u201cQueen at Sea\u201d (Greenwich Entertainment)
Esm\u00e9 Creed-Miles, \u201cSense and Sensibility\u201d (Focus Features)
Pen\u00e9lope Cruz, \u201cThe Invite\u201d (A24)
Adam Driver, \u201cPaper Tiger\u201d (NEON)
Andrew Garfield, \u201cArtificial\u201d (NEON)
Skyler Gisondo, \u201cPrimetime\u201d (A24)
Sandra H\u00fcller, \u201cFatherland\u201d (MUBI)
Kate O\u2019Flynn, \u201cTender Loving Care\u201d (Bleecker Street)
Tao Okamoto, \u201cAll of a Sudden\u201d (NEON)
Channing Tatum, \u201cJosephine\u201d (Sumerian Pictures)<\/p>\n
\n\tBreakthrough Performer
Adia, \u201cYour Mother Your Mother Your Mother\u201d (Amazon MGM Studios)
India Amarteifio, \u201cClarissa\u201d (NEON)
Guitarricadelafuente, \u201cLa Bola Negra\u201d (Netflix)
Colas Quignard, \u201cLa Gradiva\u201d (1-2 Special)
Mason Reeves, \u201cJosephine\u201d (Sumerian Pictures)<\/p>\n
\n\tGotham Audience Award
\u201cBackrooms\u201d
Kane Parsons, director; Kori Adelson, Michael Clear, Dan Cohen, Chris Ferguson, Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, Roberto Patino, Osgood Perkins, Jenno Topping, James Wan, producers (A24)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cLa Bola Negra\u201d
Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, directors; Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, producers (Netflix)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe Drama\u201d
Kristoffer Borgli, director; Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen, Tyler Campellone, producers (A24)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cThe Invite\u201d
Olivia Wilde, director; Ben Browning, Megan Ellison, David Permut, producers (A24)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cMichael\u201d
Antoine Fuqua, director; John Branca, John McClain, Graham King, producers (Lionsgate)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cObsession\u201d
Curry Barker, director; James Harris, Haley Nicole Johnson, Christian Mercuri, Roman Viaris, producers (Focus Features)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cProject Hail Mary\u201d
Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, directors; Ryan Gosling, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Rachel O\u2019Connor, Amy Pascal, Aditya Sood, Andy Weir, producers (Amazon MGM Studios)<\/p>\n
\n\t\u201cYou Can See Everything\u201d
Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, directors; Maggie Ambrose, Tatiana Bears, Jack Davis, Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, producers (A24)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cAll of a Sudden,\u201d \u201cClarissa,\u201d \u201cLa Gradiva,\u201d \u201cThe Invite\u201d and \u201cTender Loving Care\u201d lead the nominations for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":816348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96,59,214225,267890,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-816347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-entertainment","tag-gb","tag-gotham-awards","tag-the-gotham-film-media-institute","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/816348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}