The 35th Annual Gotham Film Awards, presented by the Gotham Film & Media Institute, were held on December 1, 2025, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
The nominees were announced on October 28, 2025. One Battle After Another led the nominations with a record six, followed by If I Had Legs I'd Kick You with four, and It Was Just an Accident and No Other Choice, both with three each.
The film Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro, Oscar Isaac, and Jacob Elordi), Noah Baumbach, Tessa Thompson, Luca Guadagnino and Julia Roberts, Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson, Jeremy Allen White and Scott Cooper, and the cast of Sinners received tribute awards.
Winners and nominees
{| class="wikitable" role="presentation" | colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson, Sara Murphy, and Adam Somner, producers Bugonia – Ari Aster, Ed Guiney, Lars Knudsen, Jerry Kyoungboum Ko, Yorgos Lanthimos, Miky Lee, Andrew Lowe, and Emma Stone, producers East of Wall – Kate Beecroft, Shannon Moss, Melanie Ramsayer, and Lila Yacoub, producers Familiar Touch – Alexandra Byer, Sarah Friedland, and Matthew Thurm, producers Hamnet – Nicolas Gonda, Pippa Harris, Liza Marshall, Sam Mendes, and Steven Spielberg, producers If I Had Legs I'd Kick You – Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Richie Doyle, Conor Hannon, Sara Murphy, Josh Safdie, and Ryan Zacarias, producers Lurker – Galen Core, Archie Madekwe, Marc Marrie, Charlie McDowell, Francesco Melzi d'Eril, Duncan Montgomery, Alex Orlovsky, Olmo Schnabel, and Jack Selby, producers Sorry, Baby – Mark Ceryak, Barry Jenkins, and Adele Romanski, producers The Testament of Ann Lee – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold, Joshua Horsfield, Gregory Jankilevitsch, Mark Lampert, Lillian LaSalle, Andrew Morrison, Viktória Petrányi, and Klaudia Śmieja-Rostworowska, producers Train Dreams – Michael Heimler, Will Janowitz, Marissa McMahon, Ashley Schlaifer, and Teddy Schwarzman, producers |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident Mary Bronstein – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You Kelly Reichardt – The Mastermind Paul Thomas Anderson – One Battle After Another Oliver Laxe – Sirāt | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Akinola Davies Jr. – My Father's Shadow Constance Tsang – Blue Sun Palace Carson Lund – Eephus Sarah Friedland – Familiar Touch Harris Dickinson – Urchin |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| It Was Just an Accident – Jafar Panahi If I Had Legs I'd Kick You – Mary Bronstein The Secret Agent – Kleber Mendonça Filho Sorry, Baby – Eva Victor Sound of Falling – Mascha Schilinski and Louise Peter | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Pillion – Harry Lighton No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Ja-hye Lee, and Don McKellar One Battle After Another – Paul Thomas Anderson Preparation for the Next Life – Martyna Majok Train Dreams – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow – Julia Loktev, director; Julia Loktev, producer 2000 Meters to Andriivka – Mstyslav Chernov, director; Raney Aronson-Rath, Mstyslav Chernov, and Michelle Mizner, producers BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions – Kahlil Joseph, director; Onye Anyanwu, Kahlil Joseph, David Linde, Anikah McLaren, James Shani, and Steven Soderbergh, producers The Perfect Neighbor – Geeta Gandbhir, director; Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir, Nikon Kwantu, and Alisa Payne, producers Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk – Sepideh Farsi, director; Javad Djavahery and Sepideh Farsi, producers | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| It Was Just an Accident – Philippe Martin and Jafar Panahi, producers No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Alexandre Gavras, Michèle Ray Gavras, and Back Jisun, producers Nouvelle Vague – Laurent Pétin and Michèle Pétin, producers Resurrection – Charles Gillibert, Yang Lele, and Shan Zuolong, producers Sound of Falling – Lucas Schmidt and Maren Schmitt, producers |- | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Sopé Dìrísù – My Father's Shadow as Folarin Jessie Buckley – Hamnet as Agnes Shakespeare Rose Byrne – If I Had Legs I'd Kick You as Linda Lee Byung-hun – No Other Choice as Yoo Man-su Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon as Lorenz Hart Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love as Grace Wagner Moura – The Secret Agent as Marcelo Alves / Armando Solimões / Fernando Solimões Josh O'Connor – The Mastermind as James Blaine "J.B." Mooney Amanda Seyfried – The Testament of Ann Lee as Ann Lee Tessa Thompson – Hedda as Hedda Gabler | style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners as Annie Benicio del Toro – One Battle After Another as Sergio St. Carlos Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein as The Creature Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value as Agnes Borg Pettersen Indya Moore – Father Mother Sister Brother as Skye Adam Sandler – Jay Kelly as Ron Sukenick Andrew Scott – Blue Moon as Richard Rodgers Alexander Skarsgård – Pillion as Ray Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value as Gustav Borg Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another as Perfidia Beverly Hills |- | colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"| Abou Sangaré – Souleymane's Story as Souleymane A$AP Rocky – Highest 2 Lowest as Yung Felon Sebiye Behtiyar – Preparation for the Next Life as Aishe Chase Infiniti – One Battle After Another as Willa Ferguson Tonatiuh – Kiss of the Spider Woman as Luis Molina / Kendall Nesbitt
Films with multiple wins and nominations
+ Film that received multiple wins Wins Film 3 It Was Just an Accident 2 My Father's Shadow
+ Films that received multiple nominations Nominations Film 6 One Battle After Another 4 If I Had Legs I'd Kick You 3 It Was Just an Accident No Other Choice 2 Blue Moon Familiar Touch Hamnet The Mastermind My Father's Shadow Pillion Preparation for the Next Life The Secret Agent Sentimental Value Sorry, Baby Sound of Falling The Testament of Ann Lee Train Dreams
Special awards
Cultural Icon Tribute Jeremy Allen White and Scott Cooper – Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere
Director Tribute Noah Baumbach – Jay Kelly
Ensemble Tribute Sinners – Michael B. Jordan, Hailee Steinfeld, Miles Caton, Jack O'Connell, Wunmi Mosaku, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, Buddy Guy, Li Jun Li, and Delroy LindoMusical Tribute Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson – Song Sung Blue
Spotlight Tribute Tessa Thompson – Hedda
Vanguard Tribute Guillermo del Toro, Oscar Isaac, and Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Visionary Tribute Luca Guadagnino and Julia Roberts – After the Hunt
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