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Ladies and Gentlemen, the 2018 Gotham Awards Winners

Published Tue, 27 Nov 2018 11:45:22 -0600

Last night was the annual Gotham Awards in New York City, an awards ceremony that seeks to honor the best in Indie filmmaking and acting.

This year's winners are as follows:

Best Feature

First Reformed
The Favourite
Madeline's Madeline
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Rider

WINNER: THE RIDER

IFP Gotham Audience Award went to the Fred Rodgers documentary Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Best Documentary:

Bisbee '17
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Shirkers
Won't You Be My Neighbor?

WINNER: HALE COUNTRY THIS MORNING, THIS EVENING

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award:

Bo Burnham for Eighth Grade
Ari Aster for Hereditary
Boots Riley for Sorry to Bother You
Crystal Moselle for Skate Kitchen
Jennifer Fox for The Tale

WINNER: BO BURNHAM, FOR EIGHTH GRADE

Best Screenplay:

Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara for The Favorite
Cory Finley for Thoroughbreds
Paul Schrader for First Reformed
Tamara Jenkins for Private Life
Andrew Bujalski, for Support the Girls

WINNER: PAUL SCHRADER FOR FIRST REFORMED

Best Actor:

Adam Driver for BlacKkKlansman
Ben Foster for Leave No Trace
Richard E. Grant for Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Ethan Hawke for First Reformed
Lakeith Stanfield for Sorry to Bother You

WINNER: ETHAN HAWKE FOR FIRST REFORMED

Best Actress:

Glenn Close for The Wife
Toni Collette for Hereditary
Kathryn Hahn for Private Life
Regina Hall for Support the Girls
Michelle Pfeiffer for Where is Kyra?

WINNER: TONI COLLETTE FOR HEREDITARY

Special Jury Award For Ensemble Performance:

The Favourite: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, and Rachel Weisz

Breakthrough Actor:

Thomasin Harcourt for Leave No Trace
Helena Howard for Madeline's Madeline
Kiki Layne for If Beale Street Could Talk
Elsie Fisher for Eighth Grade
Yalitza Aparicio for Roma