2024 Gotham Award Nominations Announced, and Where to see them

Why you might want to give your attention to these nominations and how to watch the nominated movies

Anora, Neon

The 2024 Gotham Award nominations are (one of?) the first voting bodies to release their nominees for the calendar year. The one film leading all nominations is the Palme d’Or winner, Anora, which continues to dominate the award conversation. The movies nominated for Best Feature include:

• Anora

  • (currently in select theaters)

• Babygirl

  • In theaters on December 25th

• Challengers

  • Available to stream on Prime Video, MGM+, VOD/Digital Retailers

• A Different Man

  • In theaters, Available on PVOD on November 5th

• Nickel Boys

  • In select theaters on December 13th

Now this list will be FAR different than what the Critics Choice, Screen Actors Guild, or Oscars choose to nominate in the coming months and that’s what makes it all the more exciting! While I’m pretty sure Anora will be included in some of the more prominent awards later in the season, I have a harder time believing some of these other nominees will get the recognition they deserve.

Perhaps even more inspiring is the acting categories. While there’s a good number I haven’t seen yet, I have loved performances from Keith Kupferer (Ghostlight), Mikey Madison (Anora), Demi Moore (The Substance), Justice Smith (I Saw the TV Glow), Bridgette Lundy-Paine (I Saw the TV Glow), and Katy O’Brian (Love Lies Bleeding).

• Ghostlight

  • Available to stream on AMC+, VOD/Digital Retailers

• The Substance

  • Currently in Theaters, Available on MUBI and VOD/Digital Retailers on October 31st, 2024

• I Saw the TV Glow

  • Available to stream on Max, VOD/Digital Retailers

• Love Lies Bleeding

  • Available to stream on Max, VOD/Digital Retailers

I’m excited to see many of the films I’ve missed on this list and I’ll be starting to work my way through them when I see Nickel Boys, Hard Truths, and The Brutalist during IFF Boston Fall Focus this upcoming weekend. Tickets to most shows remain available (including The Brutalist in 70mm).

Friend of It’s the Pictures,

Marshall Shaffer

, recently shared a list of movies that will likely be up for awards in 2024. For fun, I made his list into a checklist that you can print or you can clone this Letterboxd list I’ve made and check movies off as you make your way through awards season.

Printable Checklist

Letterboxd Link

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The Gothams film nominations for 2024 are: 

• Best Feature 

  Anora

  Sean Baker, director; Sean Baker, Alex Coco, Samantha Quan, producers (NEON)

  Babygirl

  Halina Reijn, director; David Hinojosa, Julia Oh, Halina Reijn, producers (A24)

  Challengers

  Luca Guadagnino, director; Luca Guadagnino, Rachel O'Connor, Amy Pascal, Zendaya, producers (Amazon MGM Studios)

  A Different Man

  Aaron Schimberg, director; Gabriel Mayers, Vanessa McDonnell, Christine Vachon, producers (A24)

  Nickel Boys

  RaMell Ross, director; Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine, producers (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)

  Best International Feature

  All We Imagine as Light

  Payal Kapadia, director; Julien Graff, Thomas Hakim, producers (Sideshow and Janus Films)

  Green Border

  Agnieszka Holland, director; Fred Bernstein, Agnieszka Holland, Marcin Wierzchoslawski, producers (Kino Lorber) 

  Hard Truths

  Mike Leigh, director; Georgina Lowe, producer (Bleecker Street)

  Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

  Thien An Pham, director; Jeremy Chua, Tran Van Thi, producers (Kino Lorber)

  Vermiglio

  Maura Delpero, director; Francesca Andreoli, Maura Delpero, Santiago Fondevila Sance, Leonardo Guerra Seràgnoli, producers (Sideshow and Janus Films)

  Best Documentary Feature 

  Dahomey

  Mati Diop, director; Mati Diop, Judith Lou Lévy, Eve Robin, producers (MUBI) 

  Intercepted

  Oksana Karpovych, director; Darya Bassel, Olha Beskhmelnytsina, Rocío B. Fuentes, Giacomo Nudi, Lucie Rego Pauline Tran Van Lieu, producers (Grasshopper Film)

  No Other Land

  Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor, directors; Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning, producers (Antipode Films)

  Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat

  Johan Grimonprez, director; Rémi Grellety, Daan Milius, producers (Kino Lorber)

  Sugarcane

  Julian Brave NoiseCat, Emily Kassie, directors; Emily Kassie, Kellen Quinn, producers (National Geographic Documentary Films)

  Union

  Stephen Maing, Brett Story, directors; Samantha Curley, Mars Verrone, producers (Self-Distributed)

  Best Director

  Payal Kapadia, All We Imagine as Light (Sideshow and Janus Films)

  Sean Baker, Anora (NEON)

  Guan Hu, Black Dog (The Forge)

  Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)

  RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)

  Best Screenplay

  Between the Temples, Nathan Silver, C. Mason Wells (Sony Pictures Classics)

  Evil Does Not Exist, Ryûsuke Hamaguchi (Sideshow and Janus Films)

  Femme, Sam H. Freeman, Ng Choon Ping (Utopia)

  His Three Daughters, Azazel Jacobs (Netflix)

  Janet Planet, Annie Baker (A24)

  Breakthrough Director

  Shuchi Talati, Girls Will Be Girls (Juno Films, Inc)

  India Donaldson, Good One (Metrograph Pictures)

  Alessandra Lacorazza, In the Summers (Music Box Films)

  Vera Drew, The People’s Joker (Altered Innocence)

  Mahdi Fleifel, To a Land Unknown (Watermelon Pictures)

  Outstanding Lead Performance 

  Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl (Roadside Attractions)

  Adrien Brody, The Brutalist (A24)

  Colman Domingo, Sing Sing (A24)

  Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths (Bleecker Street)

  Nicole Kidman, Babygirl (A24)

  Keith Kupferer, Ghostlight (IFC Films)

  Mikey Madison, Anora (NEON)

  Demi Moore, The Substance (MUBI)

  Saoirse Ronan, Outrun (Sony Pictures Classics)

  Justice Smith, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)

  Outstanding Supporting Performance

  Yura Borisov, Anora (NEON)

  Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain (Searchlight Pictures)

  Danielle Deadwyler, The Piano Lesson (Netflix)

  Brigette Lundy-Paine, I Saw the TV Glow (A24)

  Natasha Lyonne, His Three Daughters (Netflix)

  Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing (A24)

  Katy O’Brian, Love Lies Bleeding (A24)

  Guy Pearce, The Brutalist (A24)

  Adam Pearson, A Different Man (A24)

  Brian Tyree Henry, The Fire Inside (Amazon MGM Studios)

  Breakthrough Performer

  Lily Collias, Good One (Metrograph Pictures)

  Ryan Destiny, The Fire Inside (Amazon MGM Studios)

  Maisy Stella, My Old Ass (Amazon MGM Studios)

  Izaac Wang, Dìdi Y(Focus Features) 

  Brandon Wilson, Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Amazon MGM Studios)

(Full disclosure: I’m friendly and have worked with multiple members of the selection committee for Outstanding Performance categories)