Gotham Independent Film Awards 2020
| 30th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | January 11, 2021 |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | Independent Filmmaker Project |
| Website | https://gotham.ifp.org  |
The 30th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, are scheduled to take place on January 11, 2021.[1] The nominations were announced on November 12, 2020.[2][3][4]
The awards will honor the best independent filmmaking released between January 2020 and February 2021. Originally scheduled to take place on November 20, 2020, the ceremony was pushed back by two months due to the coronavirus pandemic.[5]
Ceremony information
Originally scheduled to take place in November of 2020, the ceremony was pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic. The eligibility period for releases was extended to include films released between January 1 and February 28, 2021. Films that were scheduled to release theatrically, but had to be released via VOD are also eligible for the awards. The submission deadline for films was on October 1, 2020.[5] To be eligible for the film awards, the films must be over 70 minutes, have a budget of under $35 million and must have been written, directed and produced by a United States citizen (except for films qualifying for the Best International Feature category).
Nominees
Best Feature
Best Documentary
- 76 Days
- City Hall
- Our Time Machine
- A Thousand Cuts
- Time
Best International Feature
- Bacurau
- Beanpole
- Cuties
- Identifying Features
- Martin Eden
- Wolfwalkers
Best Actor
- Riz Ahmed as Ruben Stone – Sound of Metal
- Chadwick Boseman as Levee – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (posthumous)
- Jude Law as Rory O'Hara – The Nest
- John Magaro as Otis "Cookie" Figowitz – First Cow
- Jesse Plemons as Jake – I'm Thinking of Ending Things
Best Actress
- Nicole Beharie as Turquoise Jones – Miss Juneteenth
- Jessie Buckley as Young Woman – I'm Thinking of Ending Things
- Carrie Coon as Allison O'Hara – The Nest
- Frances McDormand as Fern – Nomadland
- Yuh-jung Youn as Soon-ja – Minari
Best Screenplay
- Mike Makowsky – Bad Education
- Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt – First Cow
- Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version
- Dan Sallitt – Fourteen
- James Montague and Craig W. Sander – The Vast of Night
Breakthrough Actor
- Jasmine Batchelor as Jess Harris – The Surrogate
- Kingsley Ben-Adir as Malcolm X – One Night in Miami
- Sidney Flanigan as Autumn Callahan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always
- Orion Lee as King-Lu – First Cow
- Kelly O'Sullivan as Bridget – Saint Frances
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
- Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version
- Channing Godfrey Peoples – Miss Juneteenth
- Carlo Mirabella-Davis – Swallow
- Andrew Patterson – The Vast of Night
- Alex Thompson – Saint Frances
Breakthrough Series – Long Form
Breakthrough Series – Short Form
- Betty
- Dave
- I May Destroy You
- Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi
- Work in Progress
References
- ^ "Gotham Awards 2020". Gotham Awards. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ "Nominations Announced for 30th IFP Gotham Awards". Independent Filmmaker Project. November 12, 2020. Retrieved November 16, 2020.
- ^ Sharf, Zach (November 12, 2020). "Gotham Award Nominations 2020: 'First Cow,' 'Nomadland,' and All Best Picture Noms by Women". IndieWire. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
- ^ Hayes, Dade (November 12, 2020). "'First Cow' Leads Field In Gotham Awards Nominations". Deadline. Retrieved November 13, 2020.
- ^ a b "AWARD CRITERIA". Independent Filmmaker Project. Retrieved October 7, 2020.