The nominations for the 2023 Gotham Awards have been announced, recognizing outstanding performances in gender-neutral categories. The live announcement took place at Cipriani Wall Street, the location where the awards ceremony will be held next month. The executive director of the Gotham Film & Media Institute, Jeffrey Sharp, and deputy director Kia Brooks revealed the nominees. This year’s Gotham Awards will be held on Monday, November 27 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.
Already announced honorees for the event include Ben Affleck, whose film “Air” will receive the Visionary Icon & Creator Tribute, and Bradley Cooper, the star, director, and co-writer of “Maestro,” who will receive the Cultural Icon & Creator Tribute. However, there is speculation that the ongoing actors strike may impact the Gotham Awards. The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) are scheduled to resume negotiations on Tuesday. If the strike is not resolved by the awards ceremony, actors like Bradley Cooper may not be able to promote their projects from the affected production companies.
The nominees for the Gotham Awards are carefully selected by committees consisting of film and TV critics, journalists, festival programmers, and film curators. Separate juries, comprised of writers, directors, actors, producers, editors, and other industry professionals, will determine the final award recipients.
In recent years, the Gotham Awards have recognized critically acclaimed films such as Oscar winners “Everything Everywhere All at Once,” “CODA,” “Nomadland,” “Marriage Story,” “American Factory,” “Moonlight,” “Spotlight,” and “Birdman.” These prestigious awards have become an important step in the award season and often foreshadow future success at major ceremonies like the Academy Awards.
The nominees for the 2023 Gotham Awards span various categories, including Best Feature, Best International Feature, Best Documentary Feature, Breakthrough Director, Best Screenplay, Outstanding Lead Performance, Outstanding Supporting Performance, Breakthrough Series (Under 40 minutes), Breakthrough Series (Over 40 minutes), and Outstanding Performance in a New Series.
The Best Feature nominees include “Passages,” directed by Ira Sachs and produced by Saïd Ben Saïd and Michel Merkt (MUBI), “Past Lives,” directed by Celine Song and produced by David Hinojosa, Pamela Koffler, and Christine Vachon (A24), “Reality,” directed by Tina Satter and produced by Brad Becker-Parton, Riva Marker, Greg Nobile, and Noah Stahl (HBO Films), “Showing Up,” directed by Kelly Reichardt and produced by Neil Kopp, Vincent Savino, and Anish Savjani (A24), and “A Thousand and One,” directed by A.V. Rockwell and produced by Julia Lebedev, Rishi Rajani, Eddie Vaisman, Lena Waithe, and Bred Weston (Focus Features).
The Best International Feature nominees are “All of Us Strangers,” directed by Andrew Haigh and produced by Graham Broadbent, Peter Czemin, and Sarah Harvey (Searchlight Pictures), “Anatomy of a Fall,” directed by Justine Triet and produced by Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion (NEON), “Poor Things,” directed by Yorgos Lanthimos and produced by Ed Guiney, Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrew Lowe, and Emma Stone (Searchlight Pictures), “Tótem,” directed by Lila Avilés and produced by Lila Avilés and Tatiana Graullera (Sideshow/Janus Films), and “The Zone of Interest,” directed by Jonathan Glazer and produced by Ewa Puszczynska and James Wilson (A24).
The Best Documentary Feature nominees include “20 Days in Mariupol,” directed by Mstyslav Chernov and produced by Raney Aronson-Rath, Mstyslav Chernov, Derl McCrudden, and Michelle Mizner (PBS Distribution), “Against the Tide,” directed by Sarvnik Kaur and produced by Koval Bhatia and Sarvnik Kaur (Snooker Club Films, A Little Anarky Films), “Apolonia, Apolonia,” directed by Lea Glob and produced by Sidsel Lønvig Siersted (Danish Documentary Production), “Four Daughters,” directed by Kaouther Ben Hania and produced by Nadim Cheikhrouha (Kino Lorber), and “Our Body,” directed by Claire Simon and produced by Kristina Larsen (Cinema Guild).
The Breakthrough Director nominees include Raven Jackson for “All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt” (A24), Georgia Oakley for “Blue Jean” (Magnolia Pictures), Michelle Garza Cervera for “Huesera” (XYZ Films), Celine Song for “Past Lives” (A24), and A.V. Rockwell for “A Thousand and One” (Focus Features).
The Best Screenplay nominees are Andrew Haigh for “All of Us Strangers” (Searchlight Pictures), Justine Triet and Arthur Harari for “Anatomy of a Fall” (NEON), Samy Burch for “May December” (Netflix), Cristian Mungiu for “R.M.N.” (IFC Films), and Jonathan Glazer for “The Zone of Interest” (A24).
Outstanding Lead Performance nominees include Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor for “Origin” (NEON), Lily Gladstone for “The Unknown Country” (Music Box Films), Greta Lee for “Past Lives” (A24), Franz Rogowski for “Passages” (MUBI), Babetida Sadjo for “Our Father, The Devil” (Cineverse), Andrew Scott for “All of Us Strangers” (Searchlight Pictures), Cailee Spaeny for “Priscilla” (A24), Teyana Taylor for “A Thousand and One” (Focus Features), Michelle Williams for “Showing Up” (A24), and Jeffrey Wright for “American Fiction” (Orion Pictures / Amazon MGM Studios).
Outstanding Supporting Performance nominees include Juliette Binoche for “The Taste of Things” (IFC Films), Penélope Cruz for “Ferrari” (NEON), Jamie Foxx for “They Cloned Tyrone” (Netflix), Claire Foy for “All of Us Strangers” (Searchlight Films), Ryan Gosling for “Barbie” (Warner Bros. Pictures), Glenn Howerton for “BlackBerry” (IFC Films), Sandra Hüller for “The Zone of Interest” (A24), Rachel McAdams for “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret” (Lionsgate), Charles Melton for “May December” (Netflix), and Da’Vine Joy Randolph for “The Holdovers” (Focus Features).
The Breakthrough Series nominees are “Beef” (Netflix), “High School” (Amazon Freevee), “I’m A Virgo” (Prime Video), “Rain Dogs” (HBO | Max), and “Swarm” (Amazon Studios), in the Under 40 minutes category. In the Over 40 minutes category, the nominees are “Anne Rice’s Interview with the Vampire” (AMC), “Dead Ringers” (Prime Video), “The English” (Prime Video), “The Last of Us” (HBO | Max), “A Small Light” (National Geographic), and “Telemarketers” (HBO | Max).
Finally, the nominees for Outstanding Performance in a New Series are Jacob Anderson for “Anne Rice’s Interview with The Vampire” (AMC), Dominique Fishback for “Swarm” (Amazon Studios), Jharrel Jerome for “I’m A Virgo” (Prime Video), Natasha Lyonne for “Poker Face” (Peacock), Bel Powley for “A Small Light” (National Geographic), Bella Ramsey for “The Last of Us” (HBO | Max), Chaske Spencer for “The English” (Prime Video), Rachel Weisz for “Dead Ringers” (Prime Video), Ali Wong for “Beef” (Netflix), and Steven Yeun for “Beef” (Netflix).
More nominees for additional categories are yet to be announced, and the award recipients will be determined by the respective juries. The Gotham Awards continue to celebrate and honor exceptional talent in the film and television industry, and the upcoming event promises an exciting lineup of films and performances.
