Sure, sure, it would solely be October, however awards season? It’s right here. Early out of the gate: the 2025 Gotham Movie Award nominees, honoring “visionary expertise in entrance of and behind the digicam.” With the ceremony historically going down the primary week of December, the Gothams are the primary main awards occasion of the season, and its nominees can present some helpful perception into what movies and abilities are already rising to the highest.
This yr’s nominees are led by Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After One other,” which picked up six nominations. Different standouts embody “Practice Desires,” “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You,” “Sorry, Child,” “East of Wall,” “Acquainted Contact,” “Hamnet,” “It Was Simply an Accident,” and a variety of different indies.
In saying this yr’s nominations, Jeffrey Sharp, Government Director of The Gotham Movie & Media Institute, stated: “This yr’s nominees have a good time a unprecedented yr of cinematic achievement — one outlined by daring, authentic storytelling, pageant breakouts, and filmmakers whose unbiased imaginative and prescient extends throughout studios and streamers. This yr’s Gotham nominees, and our Gotham Tributes, replicate the yr’s most completed filmmakers and performers and embody the neighborhood that has outlined The Gothams for 35 years.”
For the primary time in its historical past, this yr’s batch of Gotham nominees consists of 10 Greatest Characteristic picks. In earlier years, the class solely included 5 nominees, however the class was expanded for the 2025 season to incorporate as much as 10 nominees. Additionally of word, there are handful of movies that didn’t make the minimize as a result of they weren’t submitted for consideration, together with two current NYFF premieres, Josh Safdie’s “Marty Supreme” and Bradley Cooper’s “Is This Factor On?,” which weren’t accomplished in time to share with the complete nomination committee pool.
Nominees are chosen by committees of movie critics, journalists, pageant programmers, and movie curators. Separate juries of writers, administrators, actors, producers, editors, and different movie business professionals will decide the ultimate Gothams recipients. (This yr’s nominating committees included IndieWire Editorial Director Kate Erbland and Chief Movie Critic David Ehrlich.)
The Gothams have already introduced a slew of particular awards to be offered at this yr’s ceremony, together with the Director Tribute for Noah Baumbach (in honor of his newest, “Jay Kelly”), a Highlight Tribute for “Hedda” star and producer Tessa Thompson, the Vanguard Tribute for Guillermo del Toro’s “Frankenstein,” and an Ensemble Tribute for the forged of “Sinners.”
Winners of the thirty fifth Annual Gotham Movie Awards can be honored on the awards ceremony at Cipriani Wall Road on Monday, December 1.
The total record of nominees for this yr’s Gotham Awards is as follows:
Greatest Characteristic
“Bugonia” (Focus Options) — Ari Aster, Ed Guiney, Lars Knudsen, Jerry Kyoungboum Ko, Yorgos Lanthimos, Miky Lee, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone, producers
“East of Wall” (Sony Photos Classics) — Kate Beecroft, Shannon Moss, Melanie Ramsayer, Lila Yacoub, producers
“Acquainted Contact” (Music Field Movies) — Alexandra Byer, Sarah Friedland, Matthew Thurm, producers
“Hamnet” (Focus Options) — Nicolas Gonda, Pippa Harris, Liza Marshall, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg, producers
“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” (A24) — Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Richie Doyle, Conor Hannon, Sara Murphy, Josh Safdie, Ryan Zacarias, producers
“Lurker” (Mubi) — Galen Core, Archie Madekwe, Marc Marrie, Charlie McDowell, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Duncan Montgomery, Alex Orlovsky, Olmo Schnabel, Jack Selby, producers
“One Battle After One other” (Warner Bros. Photos) — Paul Thomas Anderson, Sara Murphy, Adam Somner, producers
“Sorry, Child” (A24) — Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, producers
“The Testomony of Ann Lee” (Searchlight Photos) — Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, Joshua Horsfield, Gregory Jankilevitsch, Mark Lampert, Lillian LaSalle, Andrew Morrison, Viktória Petrányi, Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska, producers
“Practice Desires” (Netflix) — Michael Heimler, Will Janowitz, Marissa McMahon, Ashley Schlaifer, Teddy Schwarzman, producers
Greatest Worldwide Characteristic
“It Was Simply an Accident” (Neon) — Philippe Martin, Jafar Panahi, producers
“No Different Alternative” (Neon) — Park Chan-wook, Alexandre Gavras, Michèle Ray Gavras, Again Jisun, producers
“Nouvelle Imprecise” (Netflix) — Laurent Pétin, Michèle Pétin, producers
“Resurrection” (Janus Movies) — Charles Gillibert, Yang Lele, Shan Zuolong, producers
“Sound of Falling” (Mubi) — Lucas Schmidt, Maren Schmitt, producers
Greatest Documentary Characteristic
“2000 Meters to Andriivka” (PBS) — directed by Mstyslav Chernov; Raney Aronson-Rath, Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, producers
“BLKNWS: Phrases & Situations” (Wealthy Spirit) — directed by Kahlil Joseph; Onye Anyanwu, Kahlil Joseph, David Linde, Anikah McLaren, James Shani, Steven Soderbergh, producers
“My Undesirable Mates: Half I – Final Air in Moscow” (self-distributed) — directed and produced by Julia Loktev
“The Excellent Neighbor” (Netflix) — directed by Geeta Gandbhir; Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir, Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, producers
“Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Stroll” (Kino Lorber) — directed by Sepideh Farsi; Javad Djavahery, Sepideh Farsi, producers
Greatest Director
Mary Bronstein, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” (A24)
Jafar Panahi, “It Was Simply an Accident” (Neon)
Kelly Reichardt, “The Mastermind” (Mubi)
Paul Thomas Anderson, “One Battle After One other” (Warner Bros. Photos)
Oliver Laxe, “Sirât” (Neon)
Greatest Unique Screenplay
“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” (A24) — written by Mary Bronstein
“It Was Simply an Accident” (Neon) — written by Jafar Panahi
“The Secret Agent” (Neon) — written by Kleber Mendonça Filho
“Sorry, Child” (A24) — written by Eva Victor
“Sound of Falling” (Mubi) — written by Louise Peter, Mascha Schilinski
Greatest Tailored Screenplay
“No Different Alternative” (Neon) — written by Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee, Don McKellar
“One Battle After One other” (Warner Bros. Photos) — written by Paul Thomas Anderson
“Pillion” (A24) — written by Harry Lighton
“Preparation for the Subsequent Life” (Orion Photos/Amazon MGM Studios) — written by Martyna Majok
“Practice Desires” (Netflix) — written by Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar
Breakthrough Director
Constance Tsang, “Blue Solar Palace” (Mubi)
Carson Lund, “Eephus” (Music Field Movies)
Sarah Friedland, “Acquainted Contact” (Music Field Movies)
Akinola Davies Jr., “My Father’s Shadow” (Mubi)
Harris Dickinson, “Urchin” (1-2 Particular)
Excellent Lead Efficiency
Jessie Buckley, “Hamnet” (Focus Options)
Lee Byung-hun, “No Different Alternative” (Neon)
Rose Byrne, “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” (A24)
Sopé Dìrísù, “My Father’s Shadow” (Mubi)
Ethan Hawke, “Blue Moon” (Sony Photos Classics)
Jennifer Lawrence, “Die My Love” (Mubi)
Wagner Moura, “The Secret Agent” (Neon)
Josh O’Connor, “The Mastermind” (Mubi)
Amanda Seyfried, “The Testomony of Ann Lee” (Searchlight Photos)
Tessa Thompson, “Hedda” (Orion Photos/Amazon MGM Studios)
Excellent Supporting Efficiency
Benicio Del Toro, “One Battle After One other” (Warner Bros. Photos)
Jacob Elordi, “Frankenstein” (Netflix)
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, “Sentimental Worth” (Neon)
Indya Moore, “Father Mom Sister Brother” (Mubi)
Wunmi Mosaku, “Sinners” (Warner Bros. Photos)
Adam Sandler, “Jay Kelly” (Netflix)
Andrew Scott, “Blue Moon” (Sony Photos Classics)
Alexander Skarsgård, “Pillion” (A24)
Stellan Skarsgård, “Sentimental Worth” (Neon)
Teyana Taylor, “One Battle After One other” (Warner Bros. Photos)
Breakthrough Performer
A$AP Rocky, “Highest 2 Lowest” (A24)
Sebiye Behtiyar, “Preparation for the Subsequent Life” (Orion Photos/Amazon MGM Studios)
Chase Infiniti, “One Battle After One other” (Warner Bros. Photos)
Abou Sangaré, “Souleymane’s Story” (Kino Lorber)
Tonatiuh, “Kiss of the Spider Lady” (Roadside Sights/Lionsgate/LD Leisure)
Nominating Committees for The Gothams have been:
Nominating Committee for Greatest Characteristic and Greatest Worldwide Characteristic
Peter Debruge, Chief Movie Critic, Selection
Justin Chang, Movie Critic, The New Yorker
Kate Erbland, Editorial Director, IndieWire
David Concern, Senior Movie Critic, Rolling Stone
Tomris Laffly, Freelance
Nominating Committee for Greatest Documentary Characteristic
Eric Hynes, Movie Curation and Programming, Jacob Burns Movie Middle
Eric Kohn, Inventive Director, Southampton Playhouse
Karen McMullen, Senior Programmer, Options and Shorts, DOC NYC
Tania Ahmadi, Editor Director & Curator, Docunight
Sky Sitney, Pageant Director and Co-Founder DC/DOX
Nominating Committee for Unique Screenplay and Tailored Screenplay
Tim Grierson, Senior U.S. Critic, Display screen Worldwide
Jon Frosch, Critiques Editor and Movie Critic, The Hollywood Reporter
Monica Castillo, Critic and Movie Programmer, Freelance
Carlos Aguilar, Freelance
Esther Zuckerman, Freelance
Nominating Committee for Greatest Director and Breakthrough Director
David Ehrlich, Head Critic and Critiques Editor, IndieWire
Man Lodge, Movie Critic, Selection
Lindsey Bahr, Movie Author, Related Press
Beatrice Loayza, Movie Critic, Freelance
Brittany Luse, Host of NPR’s It’s Been A Minute
Nominating Committee for Excellent Lead Efficiency, Excellent Supporting Efficiency, and Breakthrough Performer
Brian Tallerico, Managing Editor, RobertEbert.com
Robert Daniels, Affiliate Editor, RobertEbert.com
Douglas Greenwood, Leisure Editor, i-D; Contributor to GQ Journal and New York Journal
Alison Wilmore, Movie Critic, New York Journal
Jourdain Searles, Critic, The Hollywood Reporter