Gotham Independent Film Awards Nominations: 2018

Gotham Independent Film Awards 2018 nominations are out! And it seems The Favourite reigns, but First Reformed also shares the title of "most nominated".

A shortlist full of pleasant surprises: The Rider is nominated for Best Feature; Bo Burnham (Eight Grade) and Ari Aster (Hereditary) are competing for Breakthrough Director; Lakeith Stanfield is nominated for Best Actor for Sorry to Bother You; Leave No Trace scores 2 important nominations (Ben Foster for Best Actor and Thomazin McKenzie for Breakthrough Actor); and the entire Best Actress lineup (Pfeiffer, Close, Collette, Hall and Hahn)!

And all three The Favourite actresses are going to be recognized! It seems Olivia Colman promises to keep the crown during the awards season.

Here's the nominees list:

BEST FEATURE

First Reformed
The Favourite
Madeline’s Madeline
If Beale Street Could Talk
The Rider

BEST DOCUMENTARY

Bisbee ‘17
Hale County This Morning, This Evening
Minding the Gap
Shirkers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?

BINGHAM RAY BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR AWARD

Bo Burnham, Eighth Grade
Ari Aster, Hereditary
Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You
Crystal Moselle, Skate Kitchen
Jennifer Fox, The Tale

BEST SCREENPLAY

Deborah Davis & Tony McNamara, The Favourite
Cory Finley, Thoroughbreds
Paul Schrader, First Reformed
Tamara Jenkins, Private Life
Andrew Bujalski, Support the Girls

BEST ACTOR

Adam Driver, BlacKkKlansman
Ben Foster, Leave No Trace
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Lakeith Stanfield, Sorry to Bother You

BEST ACTRESS

Glenn Close, The Wife
Toni Collette, Hereditary
Kathryn Hahn, Private Life
Regina Hall, Support the Girls
Michelle Pfeiffer, Where is Kyra?

BEST BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR

Thomasin McKenzie, Leave No Trace
Helena Howard, Madeline’s Madeline
Kiki Layne, If Beale Street Could Talk
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Yalitza Aparicio, Roma

SPECIAL JURY AWARD FOR ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE

The Favourite: Olivia Colman, Emma Stone, and Rachel Weisz

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