The Gotham Awards has revealed its 2025 winners, with One Battle After Another, lensed by Michael Bauman, taking home Best Feature.
This marks a first Gotham Awards win for director Paul Thomas Anderson, after what was his fourth nomination.
Iranian feature It Was Just an Accident, shot by Amin Jafari, was the big winner on the night, scooping Best International Feature, with director Jafar Panahi taking Best Director and Original Screenplay.
“This award belongs to all people who worked for me on this film,” said Panahi when accepting the award.
“I’d like to dedicate this award to independent filmmakers around the world… I hope that this dedication will be considered a small tribute to all filmmakers who have been deprived of the right to see and to be seen but continue to create and to exist.”
Outside of this, Akinola Davies Jr won Breakthrough Director for My Father’s Shadow, crafted with BIFA-nominated DP Jermaine Edwards, which also saw Sopé Dìrísù win Outstanding Lead Performance.
Meanwhile, My Undesirable Friends: Part I – Last Air in Moscow took Best Documentary Feature, and Harry Lighton followed up a successful British Independent Film Awards with the Best Adapted Screenplay prize for Pillion.
Rounding out the winners were Wunmi Mosaku, who took Outstanding Supporting Performance for Sinners, and Abou Sangaré, who won Breakthrough Performer for Souleymane’s Story.
More information is available on the Gotham Awards website.
