34th Gotham Awards Winners

The 2024 Gotham Awards were held in New York City at Cipriani Wall Street on December 3, 2024 and was a "star-studded" event with many A-Listers in attendance mainly due to the Tributes and not the awards.

The Gotham's are following the trend to eliminate gender in the actor's categories -otherwise known as going gender-neutral-, which I do not approve because is confusing to have so many nominees (10 of which 5 are female and 5 male) and making the process much more difficult for gender non-bias selection. So,  Lead and Supporting Performances are being honored and surprise, surprise (!) winners in both categories are male. Sigh.

Have to recall that nominations are decided by jury of critics, journalists and other industry professionals while winners are decided by an entirely different group of people which makes this award different to Oscars or BAFTAs as the later are determined by filmmakers, actors and other artists who are in the entertainment industry.

Top award went to A Different Man by Aaron Schimberg but top winner is Sing Sing with two awards and one tribute. Also with two awards Nickel Boys and because categories in this award undoubtedly are the industry's smallest, five other films got one award each.

The List

Best Feature: A Different Man, Aaron Schimberg, USA

Best Documentary Feature: No Other Land, Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, and Rachel Szor, Palestine and Norway
Best International Feature: All We Imagine as Light, Payal Kapadia, France, India, Netherlands, and Luxembourg

Best Director: RaMell Ross for Nickel Boys, USA
Breakthrough Director: Vera Drew for The People's Joker, USA

Best Screenplay: Azael Jacobs for His Three Daughters, Azael Jacobs, USA

Outstanding Lead Performance: Colman Domingo in Sing Sing, Greg Kwedar, USA
Outstanding Supporting Performance: Clarence Maclin in Sing Sing, Greg Kwedar, USA
Breakthrough Performer: Brandon Wilson in Nickel Boys, RaMell Ross, USA

Tributes
Director Tribute: Denis Villeneuve for Dune, Part Two, Canada, USA, UAE, Hungary, Italy, New Zealand, Jordan and Gambia
Performer Tribute: Angelina Jolie for Maria, Pablo Larrain, Italy, Germany, Chile and USA
Spotlight Tribute: Zendaya for Challengers, Luca Guadagnino, Italy and USA
Ensemble Tribute: The Piano Lesson, Malcolm Washington, USA
Visionary Tribute: Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold for A Complete Unknown, James Mangold, USA
Social Justice Trbute: the Cast of Sing Sing, Greg Kwedar, USA
Aniversary Tribute: Frankling Leonard and The Black List

To check award winners at official site go here. Winners are not up yet but will be soon, meanwhile check the nominee in each category to identify those films that were left out of the honors.

Awards Ceremony video