Gotham Independent Film Awards 2015

The 25th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, were held on November 30, 2015.^[1][2][3] The nominees were announced on October 22, 2015.^[4][5][6] The ceremony was hosted by Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer.^[7]

25th Annual Gotham Independent Film Awards
Date	November 30, 2015 (2015-11-30)
Country	United States
Presented by	Independent Filmmaker Project
Hosted by	Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer
Highlights
Most wins	Spotlight (2)
Most nominations	The Diary of a Teenage Girl (5)
Best Feature	Spotlight
Breakthrough Director	Jonas Carpignano – Mediterranea
Website	https://gotham.ifp.org
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Winners and nominees

Film

Best Feature Spotlight Carol The Diary of a Teenage Girl Heaven Knows What Tangerine	Best Documentary Feature The Look of Silence Approaching the Elephant Cartel Land Heart of a Dog Listen to Me Marlon
Breakthrough Director Jonas Carpignano – Mediterranea Desiree Akhavan – Appropriate Behavior Marielle Heller – The Diary of a Teenage Girl John Magary – The Mend Josh Mond – James White	Breakthrough Actor Mya Taylor – Tangerine as Alexandra Rory Culkin – Gabriel as Gabriel Arielle Holmes – Heaven Knows What as Harley Lola Kirke – Mistress America as Tracy Fishko Kitana Kiki Rodriguez – Tangerine as Sin-Dee Rella
Best Actor Paul Dano – Love & Mercy as Brian Wilson Christopher Abbott – James White as James White Kevin Corrigan – Results as Danny Flynn Peter Sarsgaard – Experimenter as Stanley Milgram Michael Shannon – 99 Homes as Rick Carver	Best Actress Bel Powley – The Diary of a Teenage Girl as Minnie Goetze Cate Blanchett – Carol as Carol Aird Blythe Danner – I'll See You in My Dreams as Carol Petersen Brie Larson – Room as Joy "Ma" Newsome Lily Tomlin – Grandma as Elle Reid Kristen Wiig – Welcome to Me as Alice Klieg
Best Screenplay Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer – Spotlight Noah Baumbach – While We're Young Marielle Heller – The Diary of a Teenage Girl Michael Alan Lerner and Oren Moverman – Love & Mercy Phyllis Nagy – Carol	Audience Award Tangerine Approaching the Elephant Appropriate Behavior Carol Cartel Land The Diary of a Teenage Girl Heart of a Dog Heaven Knows What Listen to Me Marlon The Look of Silence The Mend Mediterranea Spotlight James White

Television

Breakthrough Series – Long Form Mr. Robot Jane the Virgin Transparent Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt UnREAL	Breakthrough Series – Short Form Shugs and Fats Bee and PuppyCat The Impossibilities Qraftish You're So Talented

Special awards

Special Jury Award – Ensemble Performance

• Spotlight – Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci, Brian d'Arcy James, Liev Schreiber, and Billy Crudup

Spotlight on Women Filmmakers "Live the Dream" Grant

• Chanelle Aponte Pearson – 195 Lewis
  • Claire Carré – Embers
  • Deb Shoval – AWOL

Gotham Appreciation Award

• Ellen Cotter of Angelika Film Center Theaters

Gotham Tributes

• Steve Golin
• Todd Haynes
• Helen Mirren
• Robert Redford