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The First Awards wave 2021: National Board of Review winners and Gotham Awards noms and winners

NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW
Best Film: Licorice Pizza
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Best Actor: Will Smith, King Richard
Best Actress: Rachel Zegler, West Side Story
Best Supporting Actor: Ciarán Hinds, Belfast
Best Supporting Actress: Aunjanue Ellis, King Richard
Best Original Screenplay: Asghar Farhadi, A Hero
Best Adapted Screenplay: Joel Coen, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Breakthrough Performance: Alana Haim & Cooper Hoffman, Licorice Pizza
Best Directorial Debut: Michael Sarnoski, Pig
Best Animated Feature: Encanto
Best Foreign Language Film: A Hero
Best Documentary: Summer of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Best Ensemble: The Harder They Fall
Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography: Bruno Delbonnel, The Tragedy of Macbeth
NBR Freedom of Expression Award: Flee

Top Films (in alphabetical order)
  • Belfast
  • Don’t Look Up
  • Dune
  • King Richard
  • The Last Duel
  • Nightmare Alley
  • Red Rocket
  • The Tragedy of Macbeth
  • West Side Story

Top 5 Foreign Language Films (in alphabetical order)
  • Benedetta
  • Lamb
  • Lingui, The Sacred Bonds
  • Titane
  • The Worst Person in the World

Top 5 Documentaries (in alphabetical order)
  • Ascension
  • Attica
  • Flee
  • The Rescue
  • Roadrunner: A Film About Anthony Bourdain

Top 10 Independent Films (in alphabetical order)
  • The Card Counter
  • C’mon C’mon
  • CODA
  • The Green Knight
  • Holler
  • Jockey
  • Old Henry
  • Pig
  • Shiva Baby
  • The Souvenir Part II


GOTHAM INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS
Best Feature
  • The Green Knight (A24)
  • The Lost Daughter (Netflix) – WINNER
  • Passing (Netflix)
  • Pig (NEON)
  • Test Pattern (Kino Lorber)

Best Documentary Feature
  • Ascension (MTV Documentary Films)
  • Faya Dayi (Janus Films)
  • Flee (NEON) – WINNER
  • President (Greenwich Entertainment)
  • Summer of Soul (…Or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (Searchlight Pictures, Onyx Collective, Hulu)

Best International Feature
  • Azor (MUBI)
  • Drive My Car (Sideshow and Janus Films) – WINNER
  • The Souvenir Part II (A24)
  • Titane (NEON)
  • What Do We See When We Look at the Sky? (MUBI)
  • The Worst Person in the World (NEON)

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal for The Lost Daughter (Netflix) – WINNER
  • Edson Oda for Nine Days (Sony Pictures Classics)
  • Rebecca Hall for Passing (Netflix)
  • Emma Seligman for Shiva Baby (Utopia Distribution)
  • Shatara Michelle Ford for Test Pattern (Kino Lorber)

Best Screenplay
  • The Card Counter, Paul Schrader (Focus Features)
  • El Planeta, Amalia Ulman (Utopia Distribution)
  • The Green Knight, David Lowery (A24)
  • The Lost Daughter, Maggie Gyllenhaal (Netflix) – WINNER
  • Passing, Rebecca Hall (Netflix)
  • Red Rocket, Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch (A24)

Outstanding Leading Performance
  • Olivia Colman in The Lost Daughter (Netflix) – WINNER (TIE)
  • Frankie Faison in The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain (Gravitas Ventures) – WINNER (TIE)
  • Michael Greyeyes in Wild Indian (Vertical Entertainment)
  • Brittany S. Hall in Test Pattern (Kino Lorber)
  • Oscar Isaac in The Card Counter (Focus Features)
  • Taylour Paige in Zola (A24)
  • Joaquin Phoenix in C’mon C’mon (A24)
  • Simon Rex in Red Rocket (A24)
  • Lili Taylor in Paper Spiders (Entertainment Squad)
  • Tessa Thompson in Passing (Netflix)

Outstanding Supporting Performance
  • Reed Birney in Mass (Bleecker Street)
  • Jessie Buckley in The Lost Daughter (Netflix)
  • Colman Domingo in Zola (A24)
  • Gaby Hoffmann in C’mon C’mon (A24)
  • Troy Kotsur in CODA (Apple) – WINNER
  • Marlee Matlin in CODA (Apple)
  • Ruth Negga in Passing (Netflix)

Breakthrough Performer
  • Emilia Jones in CODA (Apple)  – WINNER
  • Natalie Morales in Language Lessons (Shout! Studios)
  • Rachel Sennott in Shiva Baby (Utopia Distribution)
  • Suzanna Son in Red Rocket (A24)
  • Amalia Ulman in El Planeta (Utopia Distribution)

Jury Award for Ensemble Performance: The Harder They Fall

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