It’s the first semi-major award show of the season! The 2018 Gotham Awards, voted on by members of the Independent Filmmaker Project, are taking place Monday night in New York City, marking one of the first big stamps of approval for independent film in 2018. Refresh for live updates on the winners right here.
Winners will be at the top of each category in bold, with the nominees listed directly below.
Best Feature
THE RIDER – Chloé Zhao, director; Bert Hamelinck, Sacha Ben Harroche, Mollye Asher, Chloé Zhao, producers
- THE FAVOURITE – Yorgos Lanthimos, director; Ceci Dempsey, Ed Guiney, Lee Magiday, Yorgos Lanthimos, producers
- FIRST REFORMED – Paul Schrader, director; Jack Binder, Greg Clark, Victoria Hill, Gary Hamilton, Deepak Sikka, Christine Vachon, David Hinojosa, Frank Murray, producers
- IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK – Barry Jenkins, director; Adele Romanski, Sara Murphy, Barry Jenkins, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Megan Ellison, producers
- MADELINE’S MADELINE – Josephine Decker, director; Krista Parris, Elizabeth Rao, producers
Best Actor
Ethan Hawke – FIRST REFORMED
- Adam Driver – BLACKKKLANSMAN
- Ben Foster – LEAVE NO TRACE
- Richard E. Grant – CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?
- LaKeith Stanfield – SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
Best Actress
Toni Collette – HEREDITARY
- Glenn Close – THE WIFE
- Kathryn Hahn – PRIVATE LIFE
- Regina Hall – SUPPORT THE GIRLS
- Michelle Pfeiffer – WHERE IS KYRA?
Breakthrough Actor
Elsie Fisher – EIGHTH GRADE
- Yalitza Aparicio – ROMA
- Helena Howard – MADELINE’S MADELINE
- Kiki Layne – IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
- Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie – LEAVE NO TRACE
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Bo Burnham for EIGHTH GRADE
- Ari Aster for HEREDITARY
- Jennifer Fox for THE TALE
- Crystal Moselle for SKATE KITCHEN
- Boots Riley for SORRY TO BOTHER YOU
Best Screenplay
FIRST REFORMED – Paul Schrader
- THE FAVOURITE – Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
- PRIVATE LIFE – Tamara Jenkins
- SUPPORT THE GIRLS – Andrew Bujalski
- THOROUGHBREDS – Cory Finley
Best Documentary
HALE COUNTY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING – RaMell Ross, director; RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes, Su Kim, producers
- BISBEE ‘17 – Robert Greene, producer; Douglas Tirola, Susan Bedusa, Bennett Elliott, producers
- MINDING THE GAP – Bing Liu, director; Diane Quon, Bing Liu, producers
- SHIRKERS – Sandi Tan, director; Sandi Tan, Jessica Levin, Maya Rudolph, producers
- WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? – Morgan Neville, director; Morgan Neville, Caryn Capotosto, Nicholas Ma, producers
Special Jury Award – Ensemble Performance
THE FAVOURITE – Olivia Colman, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz
Audience Award
WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR? – Morgan Neville, director; Morgan Neville, Caryn Capotosto, Nicholas Ma, producers
Breakthrough Series – Long Form
KILLING EVE – Sally Woodward Gentle, Lee Morris, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, executive producers
- ALIAS GRACE – Sarah Polley, Mary Harron, Noreen Halpern, executive producers
- BIG MOUTH – Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg, Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin, creators; Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg, Mark Levin & Jennifer Flackett, executive producers
- THE END OF THE F***ING WORLD – Andy Baker, Murray Ferguson, Petra Fried, Ed MacDonald, Dominic Buchanan, Jonathan Entwistle, executive producers
- POSE – Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Steven Canals, creators; Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson, Alexis Martin Woodall, Sherry Marsh, executive producers
- SHARP OBJECTS – Marti Noxon, creator; Marti Noxon, Jason Blum, Gillian Flynn, Amy Adams, Jean-Marc Vallée, Nathan Ross, Gregg Fienberg, Charles Layton, Marci Wiseman, Jessica Rhoades, executive producers
Breakthrough Series – Short Form
195 LEWIS – Chanelle Aponte Pearson and Rae Leone Allen, creators
- CLEANER DAZE – Tess Sweet and Daniel Gambelin, creators
- DISTANCE – Alex Dobrenko, creator
- THE F WORD – Nicole Opper, creator
- SHE’S THE TICKET – Nadia Hallgren, creator