Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, won the best feature film at the 2025 Gotham Awards.
Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi won three major awards: best director, best original screenplay and best international film for It Was Just an Accident.
Sopé Dìrísù received the Best Lead Performance trophy for the British-Nigerian drama My Father’s Shadow.
The 35th annual Gotham Awards ceremony was held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City on Monday (December 1) night. The Gothams, presented by the Gotham Film & Media Institute, highlighted 40 feature films and 25 performances nominated in 10 categories.
The gala night witnessed attendees and nominees on the red carpet. Rihanna, Kristen Stewart, Elle Fanning, Julia Roberts, Hugh Jackman, Amanda Seyfried, Tessa Thompson, and Jacob Elordi, among others, were spotted at the 2025 Gotham Awards.
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, won the best feature film. Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi won three major awards hours after he was sentenced to one year in prison by the Iranian authorities. He won best director, best original screenplay and best international film for It Was Just an Accident.
Sopé Dìrísù received the Best Lead Performance trophy for the British-Nigerian drama My Father’s Shadow. The award was received by the film’s director, Akinola Davies Jr., who also took home the breakthrough director award.
Noah Baumbach received the Director Tribute for Jay Kelly, Tessa Thompson was honoured with the Spotlight Tribute for Hedda, and Julia Roberts received the Visionary Tribute for After the Hunt.
Special tribute honours
• Director Tribute: Noah Baumbach – Jay Kelly
• Ensemble Tribute: Cast of Sinners
• Spotlight Tribute: Tessa Thompson – Hedda
• Vanguard Tribute: Guillermo del Toro, Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
• Musical Tribute: Kate Hudson & Hugh Jackman – Song Sung Blue
• Visionary Tribute: Julia Roberts & Luca Guadagnino – After the Hunt
• Cultural Icon Tribute: Jeremy Allen White & Scott Cooper – Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere
Full list of 2025 Gotham Awards winners
Best Feature: One Battle After Another
Best International Feature: It Was Just an Accident
Best Documentary Feature: My Undesirable Friends: Part I, Last Air in Moscow
Best Director: Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Breakthrough Director: Akinola Davies Jr. – My Father’s Shadow
Best Original Screenplay: Jafar Panahi – It Was Just an Accident
Best Adapted Screenplay: Pillion – Harry Lighton
Outstanding Lead Performance: Sopé Dìrísù – My Father’s Shadow
Outstanding Supporting Performance: Wunmi Mosaku – Sinners
Breakthrough Performer: Abou Sangaré – Souleymane’s Story
