Gotham Independent Film Awards 2014

The 24th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards were held on December 1, 2014. The nominees were announced on October 23, 2014.^[1][2] The ceremony was hosted by Uma Thurman.^[3]

Winners and nominees

Best Feature

Birdman

• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Love Is Strange
• Under the Skin

Best Documentary

Citizenfour

• Actress
• Life Itself
• Manakamana
• Point and Shoot

Best Actor

Michael Keaton as Riggan Thomson – Birdman

• Bill Hader as Milo Dean – The Skeleton Twins
• Ethan Hawke as Mason Evans Sr. – Boyhood
• Oscar Isaac as Abel Morales – A Most Violent Year
• Miles Teller as Andrew Neiman – Whiplash

Note: The Best Actor nominating panel also voted to award a special Gotham Jury Award jointly to Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, and Channing Tatum for their ensemble performance in Foxcatcher.

Best Actress

Julianne Moore as Dr. Alice Howland – Still Alice

• Patricia Arquette as Olivia Evans – Boyhood
• Scarlett Johansson as The Female – Under the Skin
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Noni Jean – Beyond the Lights
• Mia Wasikowska as Robyn Davidson – Tracks

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director

Ana Lily Amirpour – A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night

• James Ward Byrkit – Coherence
• Dan Gilroy – Nightcrawler
• Eliza Hittman – It Felt Like Love
• Justin Simien – Dear White People

Breakthrough Actor

Tessa Thompson – Dear White People

• Riz Ahmed – Nightcrawler
• Macon Blair – Blue Ruin
• Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood
• Joey King – Wish I Was Here
• Jenny Slate – Obvious Child

Audience Award

Boyhood

Spotlight on Women Filmmakers "Live the Dream" Grant

Chloé Zhao – Songs My Brothers Taught Me

• Garrett Bradley – Below Dreams
• Claire Carré – Embers

Gotham Tributes

• Tilda Swinton
• Bennett Miller
• Ted Sarandos

References