Gotham Independent Film Awards 2015

The 25th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards took place on November 30, 2015. The nominees were announced on October 22, 2015.

Nominees

Best Feature

Spotlight

• Carol
• The Diary of a Teenage Girl
• Heaven Knows What
• Tangerine

Best Documentary

The Look of Silence

• Approaching the Elephant
• Cartel Land
• Heart of a Dog
• Listen to Me Marlon

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director

Jonas Carpigano - Mediterranea

• Desiree Akhavan - Appropriate Behavior
• Marielle Heller - The Diary of a Teenage Girl
• John Magary - The Mend
• Josh Mond - James White

Best Screenplay

Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer - Spotlight

• Phyllis Nagy - Carol
• Marielle Heller - The Diary of a Teenage Girl
• Oren Moverman & Michael Alan Lerner - Love & Mercy
• Noah Baumbach - While We're Young

Best Actor

Paul Dano as Brian Wilson in Love & Mercy

• Christopher Abbott as James White in James White
• Kevin Corrigan as Danny Flynn in Results
• Peter Sarsgaard as Stanley Milgram in Experimenter
• Michael Shannon as Rick Carver in 99 Homes

Best Actress

Bel Powley as Minnie Goetze in The Diary of a Teenage Girl

• Cate Blanchett as Carol Aird in Carol
• Blythe Danner as Carol Petersen in I'll See You In My Dreams
• Brie Larson as Joy "Ma" Newsome in Room
• Lily Tomlin as Elle Reid in Grandma
• Kristen Wiig as Alice Klieg in Welcome to Me

Breakthrough Actor

Mya Taylor as Alexandra in Tangerine

• Rory Culkin as Gabriel in Gabriel
• Arielle Holmes as Harley in Heaven Knows What
• Lola Kirke as Tracy Fishko in Mistress America
• Kitana Kiki Rodriguez as Sin-Dee Rella in Tangerine

Breakthrough Series – Long Form

Mr. Robot

• Jane the Virgin
• Transparent
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• UnREAL

Breakthrough Series – Short Form

Shugs and Fats (ShugsandFats.TV)

• Bee and PuppyCat (Cartoon Hangover)
• The Impossibilities (seriesofimpossibilities.com)
• Qraftish, Christal (Blackgirldangerous.com)
• You’re So Talented (Open TV)

Audience Award

Tangerine

Special Jury Award – Ensemble Performance

Spotlight (Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Brian d’Arcy James, Liev Schreiber, and Billy Crudup)

Spotlight on Women Filmmakers "Live the Dream" Grant

Chanelle Aponte Pearson - 195 Lewis

• Claire Carré - Embers
• Deb Shoval - AWOL

Gotham Appreciation Award

Ellen Cotter of Angelika Film Center Theaters

Gotham Tributes

• Steve Golin
• Todd Haynes
• Helen Mirren
• Robert Redford