Gotham Independent Film Awards 2014

24th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
24th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Date	December 1, 2014
Country	United States
Presented by	Independent Filmmaker Project
Hosted by	Uma Thurman
Highlights
Most awards	Birdman (2)
Most nominations	Boyhood (5)
Best Feature	Birdman
Breakthrough Director	Ana Lily Amirpour – A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Website	https://awards.thegotham.org/

The 24th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held on December 1, 2014.^[1]^[2] The nominees were announced on October 23, 2014.^[3]^[4] The ceremony was hosted by Uma Thurman.^[5]

Winners and nominees

Best Feature

Birdman
- Boyhood
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Love Is Strange
- Under the Skin

Best Documentary Feature

Citizenfour
- Actress
- Life Itself
- Manakamana
- Point and Shoot

Breakthrough Director

Ana Lily Amirpour – A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
- James Ward Byrkit – Coherence
- Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler
- Eliza Hittman – It Felt Like Love
- Justin Simien – Dear White People

Breakthrough Actor

Tessa Thompson – Dear White People as Samantha "Sam" White
- Riz Ahmed – Nightcrawler as Rick
- Macon Blair – Blue Ruin as Dwight Evans
- Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood as Mason Evans Jr.
- Joey King – Wish I Was Here as Grace
- Jenny Slate – Obvious Child as Donna Stern

Best Actor

Michael Keaton – Birdman as Riggan Thomson
- Bill Hader – The Skeleton Twins as Milo Dean
- Ethan Hawke – Boyhood as Mason Evans Sr.
- Oscar Isaac – A Most Violent Year as Abel Morales
- Miles Teller – Whiplash as Andrew Neiman

Best Actress

Julianne Moore – Still Alice as Dr. Alice Howland
- Patricia Arquette – Boyhood as Olivia Evans
- Scarlett Johansson – Under the Skin as The Female
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Beyond the Lights as Noni Jean
- Mia Wasikowska – Tracks as Robyn Davidson

Audience Award

Boyhood
- Actress
- Birdman
- Citizenfour
- Coherence
- Dear White People
- A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- It Felt Like Love
- Life Itself
- Love Is Strange
- Manakamana
- Nightcrawler
- Point and Shoot
- Under the Skin

Special awards

Special Jury Award – Ensemble Performance

Foxcatcher – Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, and Channing Tatum

Spotlight on Women Filmmakers "Live the Dream" Grant

Chloé Zhao – Songs My Brothers Taught Me
- Garrett Bradley – Below Dreams
- Claire Carré – Embers

Gotham Tributes

References

^ "Gotham Awards: Birdman Named Best Feature; Julianne Moore & Michael Keaton Score Acting Wins (Complete Winners List)". Deadline Hollywood. December 1, 2014. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
^ Luers, Erik (December 2, 2014). "24th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards by IFP Winners Announced". Independent Filmmaker Project. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
^ Lewis, Hilary (October 23, 2014). "2014 Gotham Award Nominations Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
^ Lyttelton, Oliver (October 23, 2014). "Boyhood Leads Gotham Award Nominations, Oscar Isaac Gets Best Actor Nod for A Most Violent Year". IndieWire. Archived from the original on November 29, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2014.
^ Setoodeh, Ramin (November 25, 2014). "Uma Thurman to Host a Star-Studded Gotham Awards". Variety. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2018.

External links

Official website

[1] "Gotham Awards: Birdman Named Best Feature; Julianne Moore & Michael Keaton Score Acting Wins (Complete Winners List)". Deadline Hollywood. December 1, 2014. Archived from the original on December 3, 2021. Retrieved February 19, 2017.

[2] Luers, Erik (December 2, 2014). "24th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards by IFP Winners Announced". Independent Filmmaker Project. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 6, 2018.

[3] Lewis, Hilary (October 23, 2014). "2014 Gotham Award Nominations Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on October 19, 2017. Retrieved October 28, 2014.

[4] Lyttelton, Oliver (October 23, 2014). "Boyhood Leads Gotham Award Nominations, Oscar Isaac Gets Best Actor Nod for A Most Violent Year". IndieWire. Archived from the original on November 29, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2014.

[5] Setoodeh, Ramin (November 25, 2014). "Uma Thurman to Host a Star-Studded Gotham Awards". Variety. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2018.

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