Gotham Independent Film Awards 2014

The 24th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held on December 1, 2014.^[1][2] The nominees were announced on October 23, 2014.^[3][4] The ceremony was hosted by Uma Thurman.^[5]

24th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Date	December 1, 2014 (2014-12-01)
Country	United States
Presented by	Independent Filmmaker Project
Hosted by	Uma Thurman
Highlights
Most wins	Birdman (2)
Most nominations	Boyhood (5)
Best Feature	Birdman
Breakthrough Director	Ana Lily Amirpour – A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Website	https://awards.thegotham.org/
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Winners and nominees

Best Feature Birdman Boyhood The Grand Budapest Hotel Love Is Strange Under the Skin	Best Documentary Feature Citizenfour Actress Life Itself Manakamana Point and Shoot
Breakthrough Director 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	Breakthrough Actor Tessa Thompson – Dear White People as Samantha "Sam" White Riz Ahmed – Nightcrawler as Rick Macon Blair – Blue Ruin as Dwight Evans Ellar Coltrane – Boyhood as Mason Evans Jr. Joey King – Wish I Was Here as Grace Jenny Slate – Obvious Child as Donna Stern
Best Actor Michael Keaton – Birdman as Riggan Thomson Bill Hader – The Skeleton Twins as Milo Dean Ethan Hawke – Boyhood as Mason Evans Sr. Oscar Isaac – A Most Violent Year as Abel Morales Miles Teller – Whiplash as Andrew Neiman	Best Actress Julianne Moore – Still Alice as Dr. Alice Howland Patricia Arquette – Boyhood as Olivia Evans Scarlett Johansson – Under the Skin as The Female Gugu Mbatha-Raw – Beyond the Lights as Noni Jean Mia Wasikowska – Tracks as Robyn Davidson
Audience Award Boyhood Actress Birdman Citizenfour Coherence Dear White People A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night The Grand Budapest Hotel It Felt Like Love Life Itself Love Is Strange Manakamana Nightcrawler Point and Shoot Under the Skin

Special awards

Special Jury Award – Ensemble Performance

• Foxcatcher – Steve Carell, Mark Ruffalo, and Channing Tatum

Spotlight on Women Filmmakers "Live the Dream" Grant

• Chloé Zhao – Songs My Brothers Taught Me
  • Garrett Bradley – Below Dreams
  • Claire Carré – Embers

Gotham Tributes

• Tilda Swinton
• Bennett Miller
• Ted Sarandos