Gotham Independent Film Awards 2025

DateDecember 1, 2025

CountryUnited States

35th Annual Gotham Film Awards

Date	December 1, 2025 (2025-12-01)
Location	Cipriani Wall Street, New York
Country	United States
Presented by	The Gotham Film & Media Institute
Highlights
Most wins	It Was Just an Accident (3)
Most nominations	One Battle After Another (6)
Best Feature	One Battle After Another
Best Director	Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
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The 35th Annual Gotham Film Awards, presented by the Gotham Film & Media Institute, were held on December 1, 2025, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

The nominees were announced on October 28, 2025.^[6]^[7]^[8] One Battle After Another led the nominations with a record six, followed by If I Had Legs I'd Kick You with four, and It Was Just an Accident and No Other Choice, both with three each.

Films with multiple wins and nominations

Best Feature

Best Director

Breakthrough Director

Best Original Screenplay

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Documentary Feature

My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow – Julia Loktev, director; Julia Loktev, producer
- 2000 Meters to Andriivka – Mstyslav Chernov, director; Raney Aronson-Rath, Mstyslav Chernov, and Michelle Mizner, producers
- BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions – Kahlil Joseph, director; Onye Anyanwu, Kahlil Joseph, David Linde, Anikah McLaren, James Shani, and Steven Soderbergh, producers
- The Perfect Neighbor – Geeta Gandbhir, director; Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir, Nikon Kwantu, and Alisa Payne, producers
- Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk – Sepideh Farsi, director; Javad Djavahery and Sepideh Farsi, producers

Best International Feature

It Was Just an Accident – Philippe Martin and Jafar Panahi, producers
- No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Alexandre Gavras, Michèle Ray Gavras, and Back Jisun, producers
- Nouvelle Vague – Laurent Pétin and Michèle Pétin, producers
- Resurrection – Charles Gillibert, Yang Lele, and Shan Zuolong, producers
- Sound of Falling – Lucas Schmidt and Maren Schmitt, producers

Outstanding Lead Performance

Sopé Dìrísù – My Father's Shadow as Folarin
- Jessie Buckley – Hamnet as Agnes Shakespeare
- Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You as Linda
- Lee Byung-hun – No Other Choice as Yoo Man-su
- Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon as Lorenz Hart
- Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love as Grace
- Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent as Marcelo Alves / Armando Solimões / Fernando Solimões
- Josh O'Connor – The Mastermind as James Blaine "J.B." Mooney
- Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee as Ann Lee
- Tessa Thompson – Hedda as Hedda Gabler

Outstanding Supporting Performance

Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners as Annie
- Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another as Sergio St. Carlos
- Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein as The Creature
- Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value as Agnes Borg Pettersen
- Indya Moore – Father Mother Sister Brother as Skye
- Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly as Ron Sukenick
- Andrew Scott – Blue Moon as Richard Rodgers
- Alexander Skarsgård – Pillion as Ray
- Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg
- Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another as Perfidia Beverly Hills

Breakthrough Performer

Abou Sangaré – Souleymane's Story as Souleymane
- A$AP Rocky – Highest 2 Lowest as Yung Felon
- Sebiye Behtiyar – Preparation for the Next Life as Aishe
- Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another as Willa Ferguson
- Tonatiuh – Kiss of the Spider Woman as Luis Molina / Kendall Nesbitt

Film that received multiple wins
Wins	Film
3	It Was Just an Accident
2	My Father's Shadow

Films that received multiple nominations
Nominations	Film
6	One Battle After Another
4	If I Had Legs I'd Kick You
3	It Was Just an Accident
3	No Other Choice
2	Blue Moon
	Familiar Touch
	Hamnet
	The Mastermind
	My Father's Shadow
	Pillion
	Preparation for the Next Life
	The Secret Agent
	Sentimental Value
	Sorry, Baby
	Sound of Falling
	The Testament of Ann Lee
	Train Dreams