Gotham Awards

Not to be confused with Gotham Screen Film Festival & Screenplay Contest.

Gotham Awards
Current: Gotham Independent Film Awards 2024
Awarded for	Independent film and television
Location	New York City
Country	United States
Presented by	The Gotham Film & Media Institute
First awarded	1991; 34 years ago (1991)
Website	awards.thegotham.org

The Gotham Awards (/ˈɡɒθəm/) are American film awards, presented annually to the makers of independent films at a ceremony in New York City, the city first nicknamed "Gotham" by native son Washington Irving, in an issue of Salmagundi, published on November 11, 1807.^[1] Part of the Gotham Film & Media Institute (formerly Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP)), "the largest membership organization in the United States dedicated to independent film" (founded in 1979), the awards were inaugurated in 1991 as a means of showcasing and honoring films made primarily in the northeastern region of the United States.^[2]

Scope

In 2004, the scope of the awards broadened to include the international film scene, when the number of awards presented increased from six awards – given to films and those involved in making them primarily from the northeastern U.S. film community – to nine awards, including in its broader scope films originating in Los Angeles, California, and international locations as well.^{[citation needed]}

Venue

Having outgrown its previous locations in the city's Manhattan borough, for the first time in its history, the 17th Annual Gotham Awards gala occurred outside of that borough, in the city's Brooklyn borough at Steiner Studios, in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, on November 27, 2007, and it was "promoted nationally via a partnership with The New York Times and locally via broadcast on WNYE".^[1][2][3]

Categories

Current categories

• Tribute Award: since 1991
• Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award: since 1991 (until 2002 as Open Palm Award; from 2003 to 2012 as Breakthrough Director Award)
• Breakthrough Performer: since 1998 (until 2020 as Award for Breakthrough Actor; not awarded in 2023)
• Best Feature: since 2004
• Best Documentary: since 2004
• Spotlight on Women Filmmakers "Live the Dream" Grant: since 2011
• Best Screenplay: since 2015
• Appreciation Award: since 2015
• Made in NY Award: since 2016
• Best International Feature: since 2020
• Outstanding Lead Performance: since 2021
• Outstanding Supporting Performance: since 2021
• Best Director: since 2024

From 1991 to 2002, the Tribute Award, also called Career Tribute, was awarded as a Lifetime Achievement Award to one person each year and the individual achievement awards (Filmmaker Award, Writer Award, Actor Award, Below-the-Line Award, Producer/Industry Executive Award and Independent Vision Award) were given out separately. As of the 2003 Gotham Awards, the IFP replaced all mentioned individual category awards with Career Tributes.^[4]

Discontinued categories

• Filmmaker Award: 1991 to 1997
• Below-the-Line Award: 1991 to 1998
• Writer Award: 1991 to 1998
• Producer/Industry Executive Award: 1991 to 1999
• Actor Award: 1991 to 2002
• Classical Film Tribute: 1999 to 2000
• Anthony Radziwell Documentary Achievement Award: 2000 to 2002
• Independent Vision Award: only 2001
• Celebrate New York Award: 2004 to 2005
• Best Ensemble Cast: 2005 to 2012 (2008 to 2012 as Best Ensemble Performance)
• Best Film Not Playing At Theater Near You: 2005 to 2012
• Special Jury Award for Ensemble Performance: 2014 to 2018
• Best Actor: 2013 to 2020
• Best Actress: 2013 to 2020
• Audience Award (Film): 2010 to 2020
• Breakthrough Series – Long Form: 2015 to 2023
• Breakthrough Series – Short Form: 2015 to 2023
• Outstanding Performance in a New Series: 2021 to 2023
• Breakthrough Nonfiction Series: 2021 to 2022 (reintroduced in 2024 as part of the Gotham TV Awards, see below)

Ceremonies

Edition	Date	Host(s)
1st	September 30, 1991	Charles Grodin
2nd	1992
3rd	September 28, 1993	Eric Bogosian
4th	September 20, 1994
5th	September 19, 1995	Michael Moore
6th	September 17, 1996
7th	September 16, 1997	Jon Stewart
8th	September 23, 1998	Stanley Tucci
9th	September 22, 1999	Sandra Bernhard
10th	September 20, 2000	Jason Alexander
11th	October 1, 2001	Andy Dick
12th	September 26, 2002	Rosie Perez and John Turturro
13th	September 22, 2003	Michael Ian Black
14th	December 1, 2004	Bob Balaban
15th	November 30, 2005	Kyra Sedgwick
16th	November 29, 2006	David Cross
17th	November 27, 2007	Sarah Jones
18th	December 2, 2008	Aasif Mandvi
19th	November 30, 2009	Kumail Nanjiani
20th	November 29, 2010	Patricia Clarkson and Stanley Tucci
21st	November 28, 2011	Edie Falco and Oliver Platt
22nd	November 26, 2012	Mike Birbiglia
23rd	December 2, 2013	Nick Kroll
24th	December 1, 2014	Uma Thurman
25th	November 30, 2015	Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer
26th	November 28, 2016	Keegan-Michael Key
27th	November 27, 2017	John Cameron Mitchell
28th	November 26, 2018	No host
29th	December 2, 2019	No host
30th	January 11, 2021	No host
31st	November 29, 2021	No host
32nd	November 28, 2022	No host
33rd	November 27, 2023	No host
34th	December 2, 2024	TBD

Gotham TV Awards

Gotham TV Awards
Current: 1st Gotham TV Awards
Awarded for	Television series and performances
Location	New York City
Country	United States
Presented by	The Gotham Film & Media Institute
First awarded	2024; 1 year ago (2024)
Website	tvawards.thegotham.org

In April 2024, the Gotham Film & Media Institute announced that television series and performances will be honored at a separate ceremony going forward with the first edition of the Gotham TV Awards taking place on June 4, 2024.^[5][6] In previous years, television categories had been part of the main awards ceremony, where two television awards for new series were presented for the first time in 2015.^[7] In 2021, two further awards, one for performance and one for non-fiction television, were introduced.^[8][9] Out of the eight categories to be presented at the inaugural Gotham TV Awards only the award for Breakthrough Nonfiction Series had been given out before (in 2021 and 2022); the three other awards for series, the three awards for outstanding performances and the audience award for television were newly created.

Current categories

• Breakthrough Comedy Series: since 2024
• Breakthrough Drama Series: since 2024
• Breakthrough Limited Series: since 2024
• Breakthrough Nonfiction Series: since 2021 (part of the main awards ceremony from 2021 to 2022; not awarded in 2023)
• Outstanding Performance in a Comedy Series: since 2024
• Outstanding Performance in a Drama Series: since 2024^[10]
• Outstanding Performance in a Limited Series: since 2024
• Audience Award (TV): since 2024

Ceremonies

Edition	Date	Host(s)
1st	June 4, 2024	No host
2nd	June 2, 2025[11]	TBD

See also

• List of film awards

References

1. Sederstrom, Jotham (November 16, 2007). "Indie Film's Best to Flock to Navy Yard for Gotham Awards". Daily News. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011. Retrieved November 16, 2012. The ceremony, which was previously held at Chelsea Piers, Hammerstein Ballroom and Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan, grew too big for those venues. This year, the event expects to draw more than a thousand film industry notables to the Navy Yard.
2. Press release (July 22, 2007). "IFP Expands 17th Annual Gotham Awards With Move to Brooklyn's Steiner Studios". Independent Filmmaker Project. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007.
3. Database (undated). "The 17th Annual Gotham Awards (2007)" Archived February 8, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. IMDb. Retrieved November 16, 2012.
4. "Gotham Awards Recipients (1991-present) (as of June 17, 2011)" (PDF). Gotham Independent Film Awards. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
5. "The Gotham Film & Media Institute Launches Inaugural Gotham TV Awards Recognizing Breakthrough Shows, Creators, & Performers with Tributes to Industry Icons" (Press release). New York: The Gotham Film & Media Institute. April 11, 2024. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
6. Hipes, Patrick (April 11, 2024). "Gotham TV Awards To Launch Inaugural Edition In June". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
7. Lewis, Hilary (November 25, 2015). "Gotham Awards Go Beyond Film to Honor TV and Web Series". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
8. Mandinach, Zach (August 5, 2021). "The Gotham Awards Introduce Gender Neutral Acting Categories for 2021". The Gotham Film & Media Institute. Archived from the original on October 19, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
9. Lattanzio, Ryan (August 5, 2021). "Gotham Awards Eliminate Gendered Acting Categories, Add Supporting and TV Acting Races". IndieWire. Archived from the original on October 16, 2021. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
10. "The Gotham Film & Media Institute Launches Inaugural Gotham TV Awards Recognizing Breakthrough Shows, Creators & Performers with Tributes to Industry Icons" (Press release). The Gotham Film & Media Institute. April 11, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
11. Hipes, Patrick (June 20, 2024). "Gothams Set Dates for 2024 Film & 2025 TV Awards". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved June 23, 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Gotham Awards at IMDb