25th IFP GOTHAM AWARDS – Winners

Awards season has officially kicked off with the 25th Annual GOTHAM INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS, New York’s annual event honoring the best independent films of the year. Given out by our friends at IFP (the Independent Filmmaker Project), the big show took place on November 30, 2015, in Manhattan. Darrien, Eliza, and Michael were all in attendance repping SAGindie, and we’ll have a full recap soon, but until then you can check out the full list of nominees and winners below.

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2015 Gotham Award Nominees & Winners:

Best Feature

• Carol
• The Diary of a Teenage Girl
• Heaven Knows What
• Spotlight – WINNER
• Tangerine

Best Documentary

• Approaching the Elephant
• Cartel Land
• Heart of a Dog
• Listen to Me Marlon
• The Look of Silence – WINNER

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award

• Desiree Akhavan (Appropriate Behavior)
• Jonas Carpignano (Mediterranea) – WINNER
• Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)
• John Magary (The Mend)
• Josh Mond (James White)

Best Screenplay

• Phyllis Nagy (Carol)
• Marielle Heller (The Diary of a Teenage Girl)
• Oren Moverman & Michael Alan Lerner (Love & Mercy)
• Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer (Spotlight) – WINNER
• Noah Baumbach (While We’re Young)

Best Actor

• Christopher Abbott (James White)
• Kevin Corrigan (Results)
• Paul Dano (Love & Mercy) – WINNER
• Peter Sarsgaard (Experimenter)
• Michael Shannon (99 Homes)

Best Actress

• Cate Blanchett (Carol)
• Blythe Danner (I’ll See You in My Dreams)
• Brie Larson (Room)
• Bel Powley (The Diary of a Teenage Girl) – WINNER
• Lily Tomlin (Grandma)
• Kristen Wiig (Welcome to Me)

Breakthrough Actor

• Rory Culkin (Gabriel)
• Arielle Holmes (Heaven Knows What)
• Lola Kirke (Mistress America)
• Kitana Kiki Rodriguez (Tangerine)
• Mya Taylor (Tangerine) – WINNER

Breakthrough Series – Long Form

• Jane the Virgin
• Mr. Robot – WINNER
• Transparent
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• UnREAL

Breakthrough Series – Short Form

• Bee and PuppyCat
• The Impossibilities
• Qraftish
• Shugs and Fats – WINNER
• You’re So Talented

Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Directors ‘Live the Dream’ Grant

• Claire Carré (Embers)
• Deb Shoval (AWOL)
• Chanelle Aponte Pearson (195 Lewis) – WINNER

Gotham Jury Award – Best Ensemble

• Spotlight (Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, and Brian D’Arcy James)

Director Tribute

• Todd Haynes

Actor Tribute

• Robert Redford

Actress Tribute

• Helen Mirren

Industry Tribute

• Steve Golin

Gotham Appreciation Award

• Ellen Cotter

Audience Award

• Tangerine

CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS! WHAT WERE YOUR GOTHAM AWARD HIGHLIGHTS?

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