Anora leads in the year's first big awards race

Gotham Award nominee Anora

The first major set of nominations of the year were announced today, with Sean Baker's tale of troubled fairytale romance, Anora, leading the pack. I Saw The TV Glow, The Brutalist and The Fire Inside also made an impression in what was otherwise a wide open field. It's the first indication of which titles might make it to the Oscars in 2025.

"We are proud to announce the nominees for The Gothams, selected by nominating committees who bring their independent perspective to the selection process," said Gotham Film & Media Institute executive director. Jeffrey Sharp. "This year's nominations celebrate voices from across the globe, embodying the growing embrace of international cinema by audiences everywhere."

The winners will be announced on 2 December in a special ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

Those nominations in full:

Best Feature

• Anora
• Babygirl
• Challengers
• A Different Man
• Nickel Boys

Best International Feature

• All We Imagine As Light
• Green Border
• Hard Truths
• Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell
• Vermiglio

Best Documentary Feature

• Dahomey
• Intercepted
• No Other Land
• Soundtrack To A Coup d’Etat
• Sugarcane
• Union

Best Director

• Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine As Light
• Sean Baker, Anora
• Guan Hu, Black Dog
• Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw The TV Glow
• RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys

Best Screenplay

• Between The Temples
• Evil Does Not Exist
• Femme
• His Three Daughters
• Janet Planet

Breakthrough Director

• Shuchi Talati, Girls Will Be Girls
• India Donaldson, Good One
• Alessandra Lacorazza, In The Summers
• Vera Drew, The People’s Joker
• Mahdi Fleifel, To A Land Unknown

Outstanding Lead Performance

• Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
• Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
• Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
• Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
• Nicole Kidman, Babygirl
• Keith Kupferer, Ghostlight
• Mikey Madison, Anora
• Demi Moore, The Substance
• Saoirse Ronan, The Outrun
• Justice Smith, I Saw The TV Glow

Outstanding Supporting Performance

• Yura Borisov, Anora
• Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
• Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson
• Brigette Lundy-Paine, I Saw The TV Glow
• Natasha Lyonne, His Three Daughters
• Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
• Katy O’Brian, Love Lies Bleeding
• Guy Pearce, The Brutalist
• Adam Pearson, A Different Man
• Brian Tyree Henry, The Fire Inside

Breakthrough Performer

• Lily Collias, Good One
• Ryan Destiny, The Fire Inside
• Maisy Stella, My Old Ass
• Izaac Wang, Dìdi
• Brandon Wilson, Nickel Boys