Gotham Awards 2026 nominations: ‘La Gradiva’, ‘The Invite’ and ‘All of a Sudden’ lead with four nods each

The 36th Gotham Awards will honour independent cinema on November 30, with Olivia Wilde, Jesse Eisenberg, Jane Schoenbrun and Nathan Fielder among the filmmakers and artists represented across this year’s nominations

Updated - October 28, 2026 11:25 am IST

Stills from ‘La Gradiva’, ‘The Invite’ and ‘All of a Sudden’ | Photo Credit: Mubi, A24, Neon

The nominations for the 2026 Gotham Awards have been announced, with All of a Sudden, Clarissa, La Gradiva, The Invite and Tender Loving Care leading the field with four nominations each. The 36th edition of the awards, organised by the Gotham Film & Media Institute, recognises achievements across 11 categories, with 42 feature films and 25 performances represented. The ceremony will take place on November 30, 2026, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

Olivia Wilde’s The Invite and Jesse Eisenberg’s The Debut are among the contenders for Best Feature, alongside Clarissa, Club Kid, Dreams in Nightmares, Josephine, Mouse, Paper Tiger, Primetime, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma and Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother.

The Best Director category features Ryusuke Hamaguchi for All of a Sudden, Sandra Wollner for Everytime, Andrey Zvyagintsev for Minotaur, Jane Schoenbrun for Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma and Mike Leigh for Tender Loving Care.

The acting categories feature a mix of established performers and emerging talent. The Outstanding Lead Performance nominees include Mahershala Ali for Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, Gillian Anderson for Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Jeon Do-yeon for Possible Love, John Early for Maddie’s Secret, John Malkovich for Wild Horse Nine, Ian McKellen for The Christophers, Julianne Moore for The Debut, Sophie Okonedo for Clarissa, Andrew Scott for Elsinore and John Turturro for The Only Living Pickpocket in New York.

In Outstanding Supporting Performance, the nominees include Penélope Cruz for The Invite, Adam Driver for Paper Tiger, Andrew Garfield for Artificial, Channing Tatum for Josephine, Esmé Creed-Miles for Sense and Sensibility and Sandra Hüller for Fatherland.

The international film category includes All of a Sudden, Ben’Imana, Blue Heron, Everytime, Fatherland, Filipiñana, La Gradiva, Minotaur, Possible Love, Tender Loving Care. The documentary feature nominees are Closure, A Fox Under a Pink Moon, NAZA, Once Upon a Time in Harlem and You Can See Everything, the documentary co-directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim.

Other categories include Breakthrough Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay and Breakthrough Performer. The returning Gotham Audience Award will feature seven titles: Backrooms, La Bola Negra, The Drama, The Invite, Michael, Obsession and Project Hail Mary. The category returns after a six-year hiatus.

The Gotham Awards are an early fixture of the American film awards season, recognising independent filmmaking and performances across a range of budgets and production backgrounds. The winners of the 2026 edition will be announced at the November 30 ceremony.

Published - October 28, 2026 10:59 am IST

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