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This year’s list of Gotham Awards nominees has been revealed, honoring some of the most memorable performances, films and series of 2021.
The group of nominees for Best Feature includesThe Green Knight, The Lost Daughter, Pig, PassingandTest Pattern.
The Gotham Awards typically focus on indie projects and only honor films with a budget of $35 million or less. Because of the requirements, many films deemed to be awards season favorites were not eligible for the Gotham Awards, includingThe Power of the Dog,tick, tick…Boom!andThe Harder They Fall.
In the Outstanding Lead Performance category — which was created this year when the awards chose to do away with gendered acting categories —Olivia Colman, Frankie Faison, Michael Greyeyes, Brittany S. Hall andOscar Isaacare all up for awards, as well as Taylour Paige,Joaquin Phoenix, Simon Rex, Lili Taylor andTessa Thompson.
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This year’s awards will also recognizeSpencerstarKristen Stewart, who will be honored with the Performer Tribute award for her work on the Princess Diana biopic premiering Nov. 5.
Along with the new Outstanding Lead Performance category, the Gotham Awards are also introducing two new categories honoring supporting performances and Outstanding Performance in a New Series, according toIndieWire.
The 31st annual Gotham Awards will take place Nov. 29 and will be available to stream live onFacebook. Last year’s ceremony went virtual due to the coronavirus pandemic, but this year’s event will be held in-person at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
Winners of last year’s Gotham Awards includedNomadlandfor Best Feature, plus Riz Ahmed for Best Actor, Kingsley Ben-Adir for Breakthrough Actor andWatchmenfor Breakthrough Series.
Head over tothe Gotham Awards websitefor the full list of nominees.
source: people.com
