The Gotham Awards are the earliest ceremony in awards season, and rather than focus on the some of the big-hitters later on in the year, they hold up some of the indie darlings already released in the year. Additionally, the Gotham nominators also recognize the wave of talented new directors and actors: this year’s pool includes Dan Gilroy (Nightcrawler), Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night), Justin Simien (Dear White People), and actors Jenny Slate (Obvious Child) and Macon Blair (Blue Ruin).
The two main contenders nominated are Richard Linklater’s Boyhood, which leads the field with four nods, including three for acting (Ethan Hawke, Patricia Arquette and Ellar Coltrane). Birdman, Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s story of a has-been actor trying to make his comeback on Broadway, snagged two nominations, one for film and another for lead actor Michael Keaton. Under the Skin also managed to score nominations for best film and actress Scarlett Johansson.
2014’s full list of nominations are included below:
Best Film
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Love Is Strange
Under the Skin
Best Documentary
Actress
CITIZENFOUR
Life Itself
Manakamana
Point and Shoot
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Ana Lily Amirpour for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (Kino Lorber)
James Ward Byrkit for Coherence (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
Dan Gilroy for Nightcrawler (Open Road Films)
Eliza Hittman for It Felt Like Love (Variance Films)
Justin Simien for Dear White People (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
Best Actor*
Bill Hader in The Skeleton Twins (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
Ethan Hawke in Boyhood (IFC Films)
Oscar Isaac in A Most Violent Year (A24 Films)
Michael Keaton in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Miles Teller in Whiplash (Sony Pictures Classics)
* The 2014 Best Actor nominating panel also voted to award a special Gotham Jury Award jointly to Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, and Channing Tatum for their ensemble performance in Foxcatcher (Sony Pictures Classics).
Best Actress
Patricia Arquette in Boyhood (IFC Films)
Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Beyond the Lights (Relativity Media)
Julianne Moore in Still Alice (Sony Pictures Classics)
Scarlett Johansson in Under the Skin (A24 Films)
Mia Wasikowska in Tracks (The Weinstein Company)
Breakthrough Actor
Riz Ahmed in Nightcrawler (Open Road Films)
Macon Blair in Blue Ruin (RADiUS)
Ellar Coltrane in Boyhood (IFC Films)
Joey King in Wish I Was Here (Focus Features)
Jenny Slate in Obvious Child (A24 Films)
Tessa Thompson in Dear White People (Lionsgate and Roadside Attractions)
Source: Variety
