Five Films Lead Gothams Nominations With Four Nods Each

Five films — "All of a Sudden," "Clarissa," "La Gradiva," "The Invite" and "Tender Loving Care" — lead the nominations for the 36th edition of The Gothams with four nods each. The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced the slate, singling out 42 feature films and 25 performances across 11 award categories.

"Clarissa" and "The Invite" also landed best feature nominations, alongside "Club Kid," "The Debut," "Dreams in Nightmares," "Josephine," "Mouse," "Paper Tiger," "Primetime," "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma" and "Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother." That makes 11 contenders in the top category — an unusually wide field.

Jeffrey Sharp, executive director of The Gotham Film & Media Institute, announced the nominations. "It's a pleasure to announce this year's nominees. It has been a remarkable year for film, with audiences turning out in theaters for bold, distinctive work from first-time filmmakers and established artists alike," Sharp said. "This year's nominations, alongside our Tributes and the return of the Audience Award, reflect that abundance and celebrate the creative community that has been at the heart of The Gothams for more than three decades."

Which directors and screenplays are in contention?

The best director category pits Ryusuke Hamaguchi ("All of a Sudden"), Sandra Wollner ("Everytime"), Andrey Zvyagintsev ("Minotaur"), Jane Schoenbrun ("Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma") and Mike Leigh ("Tender Loving Care") against one another. All five directed films also nominated elsewhere in the field.

Breakthrough director nominees:

• Sophy Romvari, "Blue Heron" (Janus Films)
• Jordan Firstman, "Club Kid" (A24)
• Aleshea Harris, "Is God Is" (Amazon MGM Studios)
• Marine Atlan, "La Gradiva" (1-2 Special)
• Joel Alfonso Vargas, "Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)" (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
• John Early, "Maddie's Secret" (Magnolia Pictures)

Original screenplay nominees are "Everytime" (Sandra Wollner), "La Gradiva" (Marine Atlan, Anne Brouillet), "Possible Love" (Lee Chang-dong, Oh Jung-mi), "Tender Loving Care" (Mike Leigh) and "Wild Horse Nine" (Martin McDonagh). Adapted screenplay nods went to "All of a Sudden" (Ryusuke Hamaguchi), "Clarissa" (Chuko Esiri), "The Invite" (Rashida Jones, Will McCormack), "Minotaur" (Simon Lyashenko, Andrey Zvyagintsev) and "Primetime" (Ajon Singh).

Who made the international and documentary lists?

Best international feature draws ten titles from a global roster: "All of A Sudden" (Ryusuke Hamaguchi), "Ben'Imana" (Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo), "Blue Heron" (Sophy Romvari), "Everytime" (Sandra Wollner), "Fatherland" (Pawel Pawlikowski), "Filipiñana" (Rafael Manuel), "La Gradiva" (Marine Atlan), "Minotaur" (Andrey Zvyagintsev), "Possible Love" (Lee Chang-dong) and "Tender Loving Care" (Mike Leigh). Four of those ten — "All of a Sudden," "La Gradiva," "Possible Love" and "Tender Loving Care" — also carry screenplay or director nominations.

Best documentary feature nominees are "Closure" (Michal Marczak), "A Fox Under a Pink Moon" (Soraya Akhlaghi, Mehrdad Oskouei), "NAZA" (Yuval Abraham, Rachel Szor), "Once Upon a Time in Harlem" (David Greaves) and "You Can See Everything" (Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim).

Which performances drew recognition?

Outstanding lead performance nominees include Mahershala Ali ("Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother"), Gillian Anderson ("Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma"), Jeon Do-yeon ("Possible Love"), John Early ("Maddie's Secret"), John Malkovich ("Wild Horse Nine"), Ian McKellen ("The Christophers"), Julianne Moore ("The Debut"), Sophie Okonedo ("Clarissa"), Andrew Scott ("Elsinore") and John Turturro ("The Only Living Pickpocket in New York").

Supporting performance nominees:

• Tom Courtenay, "Queen at Sea" (Greenwich Entertainment)
• Esmé Creed-Miles, "Sense and Sensibility" (Focus Features)
• Penélope Cruz, "The Invite" (A24)
• Adam Driver, "Paper Tiger" (NEON)
• Andrew Garfield, "Artificial" (NEON)
• Skyler Gisondo, "Primetime" (A24)
• Sandra Hüller, "Fatherland" (MUBI)
• Kate O'Flynn, "Tender Loving Care" (Bleecker Street)
• Tao Okamoto, "All of a Sudden" (NEON)
• Channing Tatum, "Josephine" (Sumerian Pictures)

Breakthrough performer nominees are Adia ("Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother"), India Amarteifio ("Clarissa"), Guitarricadelafuente ("La Bola Negra"), Colas Quignard ("La Gradiva") and Mason Reeves ("Josephine").

What does the returning Audience Award include?

The Gotham Audience Award returns with eight contenders: "Backrooms" (Kane Parsons), "La Bola Negra" (Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo), "The Drama" (Kristoffer Borgli), "The Invite" (Olivia Wilde), "Michael" (Antoine Fuqua), "Obsession" (Curry Barker), "Project Hail Mary" (Phil Lord, Christopher Miller) and "You Can See Everything" (Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim).

Best feature nominees span a range of backers, with A24 carrying four of the eleven titles — "Club Kid," "The Debut," "The Invite" and "Primetime." Jesse Eisenberg's "The Debut" counts Emma Stone among its producers, while "Primetime" lists Robert Pattinson and Ari Aster among its producing team.

In short: the 36th Gothams field spreads recognition across studios from A24 to Netflix, and the winners will mark the first test of this unusually broad crop heading into the awards season.