Boyhood topped the Gotham Independent Film Awards nominations with four, but it was Birdman that took home the most awards with two, including Best Feature and Best Actor for Michael Keaton, which just so happen to be the only awards the film was nominated for.
Winning for Best Actress was the presumed Oscar front-runner Julianne Moore for Still Alice, Best Documentary went to presumed Oscar front-runner Citizenfour and Ana Lily Amirpour (A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night) took home Breakthrough Director and it was Tessa Thompson (Dear White People) taking home Breakthrough Actor for a film I really need to make sure I see.
I have listed all the winners below and if you haven’t checked it out yet, I did a little updating to my Oscar predictions in the Best Actor and Best Actress categories within the last 24 hours… give them a peek right here.
BEST FEATURE
- The Grand Budapest Hotel
- Under the Skin
- Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
- Boyhood
- Love Is Strange
BEST DOCUMENTARY
- Point and Shoot
- Actress
- Life Itself
- Citizenfour
- Manakamana
BINGHAM RAY BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR AWARD
- 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)
BEST ACTOR
- Bill Hader (The Skeleton Twins)
- Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)
- Oscar Isaac (A Most Violent Year)
- Michael Keaton (Birdman)
- Miles Teller (Whiplash)
The 2014 Best Actor nominating panel has 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
- Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
- Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Beyond the Lights)
- Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
- Scarlett Johansson (Under the Skin)
- Mia Wasikowska (Tracks)
BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR
- Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler)
- Macon Blair (Blue Ruin)
- Ellar Coltrane (Boyhood)
- Joey King (Wish I Was Here)
- Jenny Slate (Obvious Child)
- Tessa Thompson (Dear White People)
