Gotham Independent Film Awards 2017

The 27th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held on November 27, 2017. The nominees were announced on October 19, 2017. Actors Dustin Hoffman and Nicole Kidman, director Sofia Coppola, producer Jason Blum, cinematographer Ed Lachman and politician/environmentalist Al Gore received tribute awards. The ceremony was hosted by John Cameron Mitchell.

27th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Date	November 27, 2017 (2017-11-27)
Country	United States
Presented by	Independent Filmmaker Project
Hosted by	John Cameron Mitchell
Highlights
Most awards	Get Out (3)
Most nominations	Get Out (5)
Best Feature	Call Me by Your Name
Breakthrough Director	Jordan Peele – Get Out
Website	https://gotham.ifp.org

Winners and nominees

Film

Best Feature

• Call Me by Your Name
  • The Florida Project
  • Get Out
  • Good Time
  • I, Tonya

Best Documentary Feature

• Strong Island
  • Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
  • Rat Film
  • Whose Streets?
  • The Work

Breakthrough Director

• Jordan Peele – Get Out
  • Maggie Betts – Novitiate
  • Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird
  • Kogonada – Columbus
  • Joshua Z. Weinstein – Menashe

Breakthrough Actor

• Timothée Chalamet – Call Me by Your Name as Elio Perlman
  • Mary J. Blige – Mudbound as Florence Jackson
  • Harris Dickinson – Beach Rats as Frankie
  • Kelvin Harrison Jr. – It Comes at Night as Travis
  • Brooklynn Prince – The Florida Project as Moonee

Best Actor

• James Franco – The Disaster Artist as Tommy Wiseau
  • Willem Dafoe – The Florida Project as Bobby Hicks
  • Daniel Kaluuya – Get Out as Chris Washington
  • Robert Pattinson – Good Time as Constantine "Connie" Nikas
  • Adam Sandler – The Meyerowitz Stories as Danny Meyerowitz
  • Harry Dean Stanton as Lucky – Lucky

Best Actress

• Saoirse Ronan – Lady Bird as Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson
  • Melanie Lynskey – I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore as Ruth Kimke
  • Haley Lu Richardson – Columbus as Casey
  • Margot Robbie – I, Tonya as Tonya Harding
  • Lois Smith – Marjorie Prime as Marjorie Lancaster

Best Screenplay

• Jordan Peele – Get Out
  • Emily V. Gordon and Kumail Nanjiani – The Big Sick
  • Mike White – Brad's Status
  • James Ivory – Call Me by Your Name
  • Kogonada – Columbus
  • Greta Gerwig – Lady Bird

Audience Award

• Get Out
  • Call Me by Your Name
  • Columbus
  • Ex Libris: The New York Public Library
  • The Florida Project
  • Good Time
  • I, Tonya
  • Lady Bird
  • Menashe
  • Novitiate
  • Rat Film
  • Strong Island
  • Whose Streets?
  • The Work

Television

Breakthrough Series – Long Form

• Atlanta
  • Better Things
  • Dear White People
  • Fleabag
  • Search Party

Breakthrough Series – Short Form

• The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes
  • 555
  • Inconceivable
  • Junior
  • Let Me Die a Nun

Special awards

Special Jury Award – Ensemble Performance

• Mudbound – Jonathan Banks, Mary J. Blige, Jason Clarke, Garrett Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Rob Morgan, and Carey Mulligan

Made in NY Award

• Michael Kenneth Williams

Gotham Tributes

• Jason Blum
• Sofia Coppola
• Al Gore
• Dustin Hoffman
• Nicole Kidman
• Ed Lachman

External links

• Official website