Gotham Independent Film Awards 2017 Explained

27th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Host:	John Cameron Mitchell
Country:	United States
Presenter:	Independent Filmmaker Project
Most Wins:	Get Out (3)
Most Nominations:	Get Out (5)
Award1 Type:	Best Feature
Award1 Winner:	Call Me by Your Name
Award2 Type:	Breakthrough Director
Award2 Winner:	Jordan Peele – Get Out
Previous:	26th
Main:	Gotham Awards
Next:	28th

The 27th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held on November 27, 2017.^{[1] [2]} The nominees were announced on October 19, 2017.^{[3] [4]} Actors Dustin Hoffman and Nicole Kidman, director Sofia Coppola, producer Jason Blum, cinematographer Ed Lachman and politician/environmentalist Al Gore received tribute awards.^{[5] [6] [7]} The ceremony was hosted by John Cameron Mitchell.^[8]

Winners and nominees

Film

Call Me by Your Name The Florida Project Get Out Good Time I, Tonya	Strong Island Rat Film Whose Streets? The Work
Jordan Peele – Get Out Maggie Betts – Novitiate Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird Kogonada – Columbus Joshua Z. Weinstein – Menashe	Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name as Elio Perlman Mary J. Blige – Mudbound as Florence Jackson Harris Dickinson – Beach Rats as Frankie Kelvin Harrison Jr. – It Comes at Night as Travis Brooklynn Prince – The Florida Project as Moonee
James Franco – The Disaster Artist as Tommy Wiseau Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project as Bobby Hicks Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out as Chris Washington Robert Pattinson – Good Time as Constantine "Connie" Nikas Adam Sandler – The Meyerowitz Stories as Danny Meyerowitz Harry Dean Stanton as Lucky – Lucky	Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson Melanie Lynskey – I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore as Ruth Kimke Haley Lu Richardson – Columbus as Casey Margot Robbie – I, Tonya as Tonya Harding Lois Smith – Marjorie Prime as Marjorie Lancaster
Jordan Peele – Get Out Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani – The Big Sick Mike White – Brad's Status James Ivory – Call Me by Your Name Kogonada – Columbus Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird	Get Out Call Me by Your Name Columbus The Florida Project Good Time I, Tonya Lady Bird Menashe Novitiate Rat Film Strong Island Whose Streets? The Work

Television

Special awards

Special Jury Award – Ensemble Performance

• Mudbound – Jonathan Banks, Mary J. Blige, Jason Clarke, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Rob Morgan, and Carey Mulligan

Made in NY Award

• Michael Kenneth Williams

Gotham Tributes

• Jason Blum
• Sofia Coppola
• Al Gore
• Dustin Hoffman
• Nicole Kidman
• Ed Lachman

Notes and References

1. Web site: Erbland. Kate. Gotham Awards 2017: Complete Winners List. IndieWire. November 28, 2017. November 27, 2017. August 15, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180815201216/https://www.indiewire.com/2017/11/gotham-awards-2017-complete-winners-list-1201901260/. live.
2. Web site: Aiello . McKenna . Gotham Awards 2017 Winners: The Complete List . E! News . October 6, 2018 . November 27, 2017 . October 15, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221015100200/https://www.eonline.com/news/896517/gotham-awards-2017-winners-the-complete-list . live .
3. News: Cox. Gordon. Get Out Leads 2017 Gotham Awards Nominations. October 19, 2017. Variety. October 19, 2017. January 16, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180116090201/http://variety.com/2017/film/awards/gotham-awards-nominations-2017-1202594047/. live.
4. News: Lewis. Hilary. Gotham Awards: Get Out Leads with Four Nominations. October 19, 2017. The Hollywood Reporter. October 19, 2017. December 1, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201030420/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/gotham-award-nominations-2017-list-full-1048297. live.
5. Web site: Hipes. Patrick. Gotham Awards: Al Gore & Jason Blum on Tap for Tributes. Deadline. October 19, 2017. August 21, 2017. October 19, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171019220842/http://deadline.com/2017/08/gotham-awards-al-gore-jason-blum-tributes-1202152906/. live.
6. Web site: Evans. Greg. Gotham Awards: Nicole Kidman & Ed Lachman Set for Tributes. Deadline. October 19, 2017. September 13, 2017. October 19, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171019220541/http://deadline.com/2017/09/gotham-awards-nicole-kidman-ed-lachman-tributes-1202168727/. live.
7. Web site: Cox. Gordon. Dustin Hoffman, Sofia Coppola to Receive Tributes at 2017 Gotham Awards. Variety. October 19, 2017. October 4, 2017. October 19, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171019220722/http://variety.com/2017/film/news/gotham-awards-2017-dustin-hoffman-sofia-coppola-tributes-1202579707/. live.
8. Web site: Evans. Greg. IFP Gotham Awards Taps John Cameron Mitchell to Host. Deadline. October 19, 2017. October 19, 2017. October 19, 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171019220735/http://deadline.com/2017/10/ifp-gotham-awards-john-cameron-mitchell-host-1202186216/. live.