Gotham Independent Film Awards 2020 Explained

30th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Country:	United States
Presenter:	Independent Filmmaker Project
Award1 Type:	Best Feature
Award1 Winner:	Nomadland
Award2 Type:	Breakthrough Director
Award2 Winner:	Andrew Patterson – The Vast of Night
Most Wins:	Nomadland (2)
Most Nominations:	First Cow (5)
Previous:	29th
Main:	Gotham Awards
Next:	31st

The 30th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held on January 11, 2021.^{[1] [2]} The nominations were announced on November 12, 2020.^{[3] [4] [5]} Actors Chadwick Boseman and Viola Davis, director Steve McQueen, writer Ryan Murphy, and the cast of The Trial of the Chicago 7 received tribute awards.^[6]

The awards honored the best independent filmmaking released between January 2020 and February 2021. Originally scheduled to take place on November 20, 2020, the ceremony was pushed back by two months due to the coronavirus pandemic.^[7]

Ceremony information

Originally scheduled to take place in November 2020, the ceremony was pushed back due to the coronavirus pandemic. The eligibility period for releases was extended to include films released between January 1 and February 28, 2021. Films that were scheduled to release theatrically, but had to be released via VOD, are also eligible for the awards. The submission deadline for films was on October 1, 2020. To be eligible for the film awards, the films must be over 70 minutes, have a budget of under $35 million and must have been written, directed, and produced by a United States citizen (except for films qualifying for the Best International Feature category).

Winners and nominees

Film

Nomadland The Assistant First Cow Never Rarely Sometimes Always Relic	Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version (TIE) Dan Sallitt – Fourteen (TIE) Mike Makowsky – Bad Education Jon Raymond and Kelly Reichardt – First Cow James Montague and Craig W. Sander – The Vast of Night
A Thousand Cuts (TIE) Time (TIE) 76 Days City Hall Our Time Machine	Identifying Features Bacurau Beanpole Cuties Martin Eden Wolfwalkers
Andrew Patterson – The Vast of Night Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version Channing Godfrey Peoples – Miss Juneteenth Carlo Mirabella-Davis – Swallow Alex Thompson – Saint Frances	Kingsley Ben-Adir – One Night in Miami... as Malcolm X Jasmine Batchelor – The Surrogate as Jess Harris Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always as Autumn Callahan Orion Lee – First Cow as King-Lu Kelly O'Sullivan – Saint Frances as Bridget
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal as Ruben Stone Chadwick Boseman (posthumously) – Ma Rainey's Black Bottom as Levee Jude Law – The Nest as Rory O'Hara John Magaro – First Cow as Otis "Cookie" Figowitz Jesse Plemons – I'm Thinking of Ending Things as Jake	Nicole Beharie – Miss Juneteenth as Turquoise Jones Jessie Buckley – I'm Thinking of Ending Things as Young Woman Carrie Coon – The Nest as Allison O'Hara Frances McDormand – Nomadland as Fern Yuh-jung Youn – Minari as Soon-ja
Nomadland 76 Days The Assistant Bacurau Beanpole City Hall Cuties First Cow The Forty-Year-Old Version Identifying Features Martin Eden Miss Juneteenth Never Rarely Sometimes Always Our Time Machine Relic Saint Frances Swallow A Thousand Cuts Time The Vast of Night Wolfwalkers

Television

Special awards

Ensemble Tribute

• The Trial of the Chicago 7 – Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Sacha Baron Cohen, Caitlin FitzGerald, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kelvin Harrison Jr., Michael Keaton, Alice Kremelberg, Frank Langella, Eddie Redmayne, Mark Rylance, Ben Shenkman and Jeremy Strong^[8]

Made in NY Award

• Jeffrey Wright

Gotham Tributes

• Chadwick Boseman (posthumously)
• Viola Davis
• Steve McQueen
• Ryan Murphy

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sharf . Zach . Gotham Award Winners: Nomadland Wins Best Feature, Riz Ahmed Takes Best Actor . IndieWire . January 11, 2021 . January 11, 2021 . January 14, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210114003625/https://www.indiewire.com/2021/01/gotham-awards-2020-winners-list-1234608345/ . live .
2. News: Lewis . Hilary . Gotham Awards: Nomadland Wins Best Feature, Audience Award . January 11, 2021 . The Hollywood Reporter . January 11, 2021 . January 12, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210112061601/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/gotham-awards-2021-winners-list-full . live .
3. Web site: Nominations Announced for 30th IFP Gotham Awards . Independent Filmmaker Project . November 16, 2020 . November 12, 2020 . December 8, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201208153602/https://www.ifp.org/press/nominations-announced-for-30th-ifp-gotham-awards/ . dead .
4. Web site: Sharf . Zach . Gotham Award Nominations 2020: First Cow, Nomadland, and all Best Picture Noms by Women . IndieWire . November 13, 2020 . November 12, 2020 . November 14, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201114183535/https://www.indiewire.com/2020/11/gotham-award-nominations-2020-1234598012/ . live .
5. Web site: Hayes . Dade . First Cow Leads Field in Gotham Awards Nominations . Deadline . November 13, 2020 . November 12, 2020 . November 12, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201112234731/https://deadline.com/2020/11/first-cow-leads-field-gotham-awards-nominations-1234613454/ . live .
6. News: Lewis . Hilary . Ryan Murphy, Steve McQueen Set to Receive Gotham Awards Tributes . December 9, 2020 . The Hollywood Reporter . December 9, 2020 . December 9, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201209174735/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/steve-mcqueen-ryan-murphy-set-to-receive-gotham-awards-tributes . live .
7. Web site: Award Criteria. Gotham Awards. Independent Filmmaker Project. October 7, 2020. December 2, 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201202140659/https://gotham.ifp.org/criteria/. dead.
8. News: Lewis . Hilary . Trial of the Chicago 7 Cast to Receive Gotham Awards' First Ensemble Tribute . December 17, 2020 . The Hollywood Reporter . December 17, 2020 . December 17, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201217200716/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/trial-of-the-chicago-7-cast-to-receive-gotham-awards-first-ensemble-tribute . live .