Gotham Independent Film Awards 2015

The 25th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards were held on November 30, 2015. The nominees were announced on October 22, 2015.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Best Feature

Spotlight

• Carol
• The Diary of a Teenage Girl
• Heaven Knows What
• Tangerine

Best Documentary

The Look of Silence

• Approaching the Elephant
• Cartel Land
• Heart of a Dog
• Listen to Me Marlon

Best Actor

Paul Dano as Brian Wilson – Love & Mercy

• Christopher Abbott as James White – James White
• Kevin Corrigan as Danny Flynn – Results
• Peter Sarsgaard as Stanley Milgram – Experimenter
• Michael Shannon as Rick Carver – 99 Homes

Best Actress

Bel Powley as Minnie Goetze – The Diary of a Teenage Girl

• Cate Blanchett as Carol Aird – Carol
• Blythe Danner as Carol Petersen – I'll See You in My Dreams
• Brie Larson as Joy "Ma" Newsome – Room
• Lily Tomlin as Elle Reid – Grandma
• Kristen Wiig as Alice Klieg – Welcome to Me

Best Screenplay

Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer – Spotlight

• Noah Baumbach – While We're Young
• Marielle Heller – The Diary of a Teenage Girl
• Michael Alan Lerner and Oren Moverman – Love & Mercy
• Phyllis Nagy – Carol

Breakthrough Actor

Mya Taylor as Alexandra – Tangerine

• Rory Culkin as Gabriel – Gabriel
• Arielle Holmes as Harley – Heaven Knows What
• Lola Kirke as Tracy Fishko – Mistress America
• Kitana Kiki Rodriguez as Sin-Dee Rella – Tangerine

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director

Jonas Carpignano – Mediterranea

• Desiree Akhavan – Appropriate Behavior
• Marielle Heller – The Diary of a Teenage Girl
• John Magary – The Mend
• Josh Mond – James White

Breakthrough Series – Long Form

Mr. Robot

• Jane the Virgin
• Transparent
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• UnREAL

Breakthrough Series – Short Form

Shugs and Fats (ShugsandFats.TV)

• Bee and PuppyCat (Cartoon Hangover)
• The Impossibilities (seriesofimpossibilities.com)
• Qraftish, Christal (Blackgirldangerous.com)
• You're So Talented (Open TV)

Audience Award

Tangerine

Special Jury Award – Ensemble Performance

Spotlight (Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Brian d'Arcy James, Liev Schreiber, and Billy Crudup)

Spotlight on Women Filmmakers "Live the Dream" Grant

Chanelle Aponte Pearson – 195 Lewis

• Claire Carré – Embers
• Deb Shoval – AWOL

Gotham Appreciation Award

Ellen Cotter of Angelika Film Center Theaters

Gotham Tributes

• Steve Golin
• Todd Haynes
• Helen Mirren
• Robert Redford

References