The awards season is slowly heating up, and the first major front-runners in the race for the Oscars are already emerging. Nomadland is leading the way after another big win at the Gotham Independent Film Awards.
The list of winners at this ceremony was pretty colorful, and it didn’t give us any significant repeat winners—in addition to being named as the best feature of the year, Nomadland also won the audience award, but its domination stopped there.
Frances McDormand surprisingly lost in the best actress race to Miss Juneteenth’s Nicole Beharie, while Riz Ahmed picked up the best actor award for Sound of Metal. Kingsley Ben-Adir, who played Malcolm X in One Night in Miami was named the best breakthrough actor.
Watchmen and I May Destroy You came out victorious in the TV categories and were rewarded as the best long-form and short-form series. Gotham Tributes were dedicated to Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Steve McQueen, and Ryan Murphy.
Full List of Winners at 2020 Gotham Independent Film Awards:
Best Feature
Nomadland
Best Documentary
A Thousand Cuts
Time
Best International Feature
Identifying Features
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Andrew Patterson for The Vast of Night
Best Screenplay
The Forty-Year-Old Version, Radha Blank
Fourteen, Dan Sallitt
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed in Sound of Metal
Best Actress
Nicole Beharie in Miss Juneteenth
Breakthrough Actor
Kingsley Ben-Adir in One Night in Miami
Breakthrough Series — Long Format (over 40 minutes)
Watchmen
Breakthrough Series — Short Format (under 40 minutes)
I May Destroy You
Audience Award
Nomadland
Ensemble Tribute
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Made in NY Award
Jeffrey Wright
Gotham Tributes
Chadwick Boseman (posthumously)
Viola Davis
Steve McQueen
Ryan Murphy