A Series of Conflicts Dominates the 2025 Gotham Award Nominations
Prepare for a season filled with accolades as Paul Thomas Anderson’s *One Battle After Another* has captured the initial major nominations of the year at the 2025 Gotham Awards. This comedy-action gem received nominations for Best Feature, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Breakthrough Performer for Chase Infiniti, and Outstanding Supporting Performance for both Benicio Del Toro and Teyana Taylor.
Additional notable mentions include nominations for *Familiar Touch*, *If I Had Legs I’d Kick You*, *BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions*, *It Was Just an Accident*, *My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow*, *Resurrection*, *The Perfect Neighbor*, as well as for Kelly Reichardt, Oliver Laxe, Carson Lund, *The Secret Agent*, and others.
“This year’s nominees celebrate an exceptional year of cinematic accomplishment — characterized by daring, original narratives, breakout festival films, and filmmakers whose independent vision spans across studios and streaming services. The Gotham nominees, along with our Gotham Tributes, represent the most noteworthy filmmakers and actors of the year, embodying the community that has shaped The Gothams for 35 years,” remarked Jeffrey Sharp, Executive Director of the Gotham Film & Media Institute.
Make sure to look at the complete list below ahead of the ceremony scheduled for December 1.
**Best Feature**
- *Bugonia*: Ari Aster, Ed Guiney, Lars Knudsen, Jerry Kyoungboum Ko, Yorgos Lanthimos, Miky Lee, Andrew Lowe, Emma Stone, producers (Focus Features)
- *East of Wall*: Kate Beecroft, Shannon Moss, Melanie Ramsayer, Lila Yacoub, producers (Sony Pictures Classics)
- *Familiar Touch*: Alexandra Byer, Sarah Friedland, Matthew Thurm, producers (Music Box Films)
- *Hamnet*: Nicolas Gonda, Pippa Harris, Liza Marshall, Sam Mendes, Steven Spielberg, producers (Focus Features)
- *If I Had Legs I’d Kick You*: Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Richie Doyle, Conor Hannon, Sara Murphy, Josh Safdie, Ryan Zacarias, producers (A24)
- *Lurker*: Galen Core, Archie Madekwe, Marc Marrie, Charlie McDowell, Francesco Melzi d’Eril, Duncan Montgomery, Alex Orlovsky, Olmo Schnabel, Jack Selby, producers (MUBI)
- *One Battle After Another*: Paul Thomas Anderson, Sara Murphy, Adam Somner, producers (Warner Bros. Pictures)
- *Sorry, Baby*: Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins, Adele Romanski, producers (A24)
- *The Testament of Ann Lee*: Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, Joshua Horsfield, Gregory Jankilevitsch, Mark Lampert, Lillian LaSalle, Andrew Morrison, Viktória Petrányi, Klaudia Smieja-Rostworowska, producers (Searchlight Pictures)
- *Train Dreams*: Michael Heimler, Will Janowitz, Marissa McMahon, Ashley Schlaifer, Teddy Schwarzman, producers (Netflix)
**Best International Feature**
- *It Was Just an Accident*: Philippe Martin, Jafar Panahi, producers (NEON)
- *No Other Choice*: Park Chan-Wook, Alexandre Gavras, Michèle Ray Gavras, Back Jisun, producers (NEON)
- *Nouvelle Vague*: Laurent Pétin, Michèle Pétin, producers (Netflix)
- *Resurrection*: Charles Gillibert, Yang Lele, Shan Zuolong, producers (Janus Films)
- *Sound of Falling*: Lucas Schmidt, Maren Schmitt, producers (MUBI)
**Best Documentary Feature**
- *2000 Meters to Andriivka*: Mstyslav Chernov, director; Raney Aronson-Rath, Mstyslav Chernov, Michelle Mizner, producers (PBS)
- *BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions*: Kahlil Joseph, director; Onye Anyanwu, Kahlil Joseph, David Linde, Anikah McLaren, James Shani, Steven Soderbergh, producers (Rich Spirit)
- *My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow*: Julia Loktev, director; Julia Loktev, producer (self-distributed)
- *The Perfect Neighbor*: Geeta Gandbhir, director; Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir, Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, producers (Netflix)
- *Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk*: Sepideh Farsi, director; Javad Djavahery, Sepideh Farsi, producers (Kino Lorber)
**Best Director**
- Mary Bronstein, *If I Had Legs I’d Kick You* (A24)
- Jafar Panahi, *
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