Overview
- Paul Thomas Anderson’s film won Best Feature at the 35th Gotham Awards in New York and was later named Best Film by the New York Film Critics Circle.
- Jafar Panahi’s It Was Just an Accident took Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best International Feature at the Gothams, hours after his lawyer reported a one‑year prison sentence and two‑year travel ban in Iran.
- Acting winners included Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù for Outstanding Lead Performance (My Father’s Shadow) and Wunmi Mosaku for Outstanding Supporting Performance (Sinners), with Akinola Davies Jr. named Breakthrough Director.
- Julia Loktev’s My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 — Last Air in Moscow won Best Documentary Feature; Abou Sangaré was chosen Breakthrough Performer; Harry Lighton won Adapted Screenplay for Pillion.
- The Gothams’ removal of a $35 million budget cap and expansion of Best Feature to 10 nominees enabled studio titles like One Battle After Another to compete, even as the ceremony also spotlighted tribute honorees.