2021 Gotham Awards Nominations
Once again marking the true start of the Awards Season, the Gotham Awards are back and have announced their nominations for the 2021-2022 Awards Season! Featuring some of the best films of the year that tragically will not get rewarded on bigger stages, the Gothams offer a fun start to the year even if they might not serve as that meaningful when it comes to predicting the Oscars. The winners will be announced live on November 29th.
Best Feature:
- The Green Knight
- The Lost Daughter
- Passing
- Pig
- Test Pattern
Best Documentary Feature:
- Ascension
- Faya Dayi
- Flee
- President
- Summer of Soul
Best International Feature:
- Azor
- Drive My Car
- The Souvenir Part II
- Titane
- What Do We See When We Look At The Sky?
- The Worst Person in the World
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award:
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)
- Edson Oda (Nine Days)
- Rebecca Hall (Passing)
- Emma Seligman (Shiva Baby)
- Shatara Michelle (Test Pattern)
Best Screenplay:
- The Card Counter (Paul Schrader)
- El Planeta (Amalia Ulman)
- The Green Knight (David Lowery)
- The Lost Daughter (Maggie Gyllenhaal)
- Passing (Rebecca Hall)
- Red Rocket (Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch)
Outstanding Lead Performance:
- Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
- Frankie Faison (The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain)
- Michael Greyeyes (Wild Indian)
- Brittany S. Hall (Test Pattern)
- Oscar Isaac (The Card Counter)
- Taylour Paige (Zola)
- Joaquin Phoenix (C’mon C’mon)
- Simon Rex (Red Rocket)
- Lili Taylor (Paper Spiders)
- Tessa Thompson (Passing)
Outstanding Supporting Performance:
- Reed Birney (Mass)
- Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)
- Colman Domingo (Zola)
- Gaby Hoffmann (C’mon C’mon)
- Troy Kotsur (CODA)
- Marlee Matlin (CODA)
- Ruth Negga (Passing)
Breakthrough Performer:
- Emilia Jones (CODA)
- Natalie Morales (Language Lessons)
- Rachel Sennott (Shiva Baby)
- Suzanna Son (Red Rocket)
- Amalia Ulman (El Planeta)
Breakthrough Series – Long Format (over 40 minutes):
- The Good Lord Bird
- It’s A Sin
- Small Axe
- Squid Game
- The Underground Railroad
- The White Lotus
Breakthrough Series – Short Format (under 40 minutes):
- Blindspotting
- Hacks
- Reservation Dogs
- Run the World
- We Are Lady Parts
Breakthrough Nonfiction Series:
- City So Real
- Exterminate All the Brutes
- How To with John Wilson
- Philly D.A.
- Pride
Outstanding Performance in a New Series:
- Jennifer Coolidge (The White Lotus)
- Michael Greyeyes (Rutherford Falls)
- Ethan Hawke (The Good Lord Bird)
- Devery Jacobs (Reservation Dogs)
- Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game)
- Thuso Mbedu (The Underground Railroad)
- Jean Smart (Hacks)
- Omar Sy (Lupin)
- Anya Taylor-Joy (The Queen’s Gambit)
- Anjana Vasan (We Are Lady Parts)