Gotham Independent Film Awards 2018

28th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
28th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Date	November 26, 2018
Country	United States
Presented by	Independent Filmmaker Project
Highlights
Most awards	Eighth Grade and First Reformed (2)
Most nominations	First Reformed (4)
Best Feature	The Rider
Breakthrough Director	Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
Website	https://gotham.ifp.org

The 28th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held on November 26, 2018.^[1]^[2] The nominees were announced on October 18, 2018.^[3]^[4] Actors Willem Dafoe and Rachel Weisz, director Paul Greengrass and producer Jon Kamen received tribute awards.^[5]^[6]

Winners and nominees

Best Feature

The Rider
- The Favourite
- First Reformed
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Madeline's Madeline

Best Documentary Feature

Hale County This Morning, This Evening
- Bisbee '17
- Minding the Gap
- Shirkers
- Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Breakthrough Director

Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
- Ari Aster – Hereditary
- Jennifer Fox – The Tale
- Crystal Moselle – Skate Kitchen
- Boots Riley – Sorry to Bother You

Breakthrough Actor

Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade as Kayla Day
- Yalitza Aparicio – Roma as Cleo
- Helena Howard – Madeline's Madeline as Madeline
- KiKi Layne – If Beale Street Could Talk as Clementine "Tish" Rivers
- Thomasin McKenzie – Leave No Trace as Tom

Best Actor

Ethan Hawke – First Reformed as Reverend Ernst Toller
- Adam Driver – BlacKkKlansman as Detective Flip Zimmerman
- Ben Foster – Leave No Trace as Will
- Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me? as Jack Hock
- Lakeith Stanfield – Sorry to Bother You as Cassius "Cash" Green

Best Actress

Toni Collette – Hereditary as Annie Graham
- Glenn Close – The Wife as Joan Castleman
- Kathryn Hahn – Private Life as Rachel Biegler
- Regina Hall – Support the Girls as Lisa Conroy
- Michelle Pfeiffer – Where Is Kyra? as Kyra Johnson

Best Screenplay

Paul Schrader – First Reformed
- Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite
- Tamara Jenkins – Private Life
- Andrew Bujalski – Support the Girls
- Cory Finley – Thoroughbreds

Audience Award

Won't You Be My Neighbor?
- Bisbee '17
- Eighth Grade
- The Favourite
- First Reformed
- Hale County This Morning, This Evening
- Hereditary
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Madeline's Madeline
- Minding the Gap
- The Rider
- Shirkers
- Skate Kitchen
- Sorry to Bother You
- The Tale

Breakthrough Series – Long Form

Killing Eve
- Alias Grace
- Big Mouth
- The End of the F***ing World
- Pose
- Sharp Objects

Breakthrough Series – Short Form

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^ Sharf, Zach (October 18, 2018). "2018 Gotham Awards Nominations: The Favourite and First Reformed Lead the Pack". IndieWire. Archived from the original on October 20, 2018. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
^ Setoodeh, Ramin (October 18, 2018). "Ethan Hawke's First Reformed Leads Gotham Awards Nominations". Variety. Archived from the original on April 19, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2018.
^ Hayes, Dade (September 14, 2018). "Rachel Weisz, RadicalMedia's Jon Kamen to Get Gotham Awards Tributes". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on October 17, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
^ Nickolai, Nate (September 26, 2018). "Willem Dafoe and Paul Greengrass to Receive Tributes at IFP Gotham Awards". Variety. Archived from the original on October 17, 2018. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
^ Feinberg, Scott (November 8, 2018). "Gotham Awards: Sandra Lee Tapped for Made in NY Award (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on April 12, 2021. Retrieved November 14, 2018.