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'Favorite,' 'First Reformed,' 'Beale Street' up for Gotham Awards

By Karen Butler   |   Oct. 19, 2018 at 10:41 AM
American screenwriter and film director Paul Schrader, American actor Ethan Hawke and American actress Amanda Seyfried attend the 74th Venice Film Festival on August 31, 2017. Their film "First Reformed" was nominated for two Gotham Awards this week. File Photo by Paul Treadway/ UPI Cast member Regina Hall attends the premiere of "Support the Girls" in Los Angeles on August 22. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Richard E. Grant arrives on the red carpet at the "Logan" New York premiere on February 24, 2017. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Glenn Close arrives on the red carpet at "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" on December 11, 2017 in New York City. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Cast member Michelle Pfeiffer attends the premiere of "Ant-Man and the Wasp" in Los Angeles on June 25. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI Actor Lakeith Stanfield attends the 70th annual Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on September 17. File Photo by Christine Chew/UPI Adam Driver arrives at a photocall for the film "The Man Who Killed Don Quixote" during the 71st annual Cannes International Film Festival in France on May 19. File Photo by David Silpa/UPI Cast member Kathryn Hahn attends the premiere of "Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation" in Los Angeles on June 30. File Photo by Patrick Rideaux/UPI Laura Prepon and Ben Foster arrive on the red carpet at the "Final Portrait" on March 22 in New York City. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Actress Toni Collette attends the G'Day USA gala at Vibiana in Los Angeles on January 28, 2016. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI

Oct. 19 (UPI) -- The Favorite, First Reformed and If Beale Street Could Talk were among the movies to earn nominations for the 2018 Independent Filmmaker Project's Gotham Awards.

"There has been a rich abundance of great films, television, and performances in 2018, and we congratulate those being recognized in the nominations this year," said Joana Vicente, executive director of IFP and the Made in New York Media Center.

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Winners will be announced at a ceremony in New York on Nov. 26.

Best Feature
The Favorite

First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk
Madeline's Madeline

The Rider

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

Best Screenplay
The Favorite
First Reformed
Private Life
Support the Girls
Thoroughbreds

Best Actor
Adam Driver in BlacKkKlansman
Ben Foster in Leave No Trace
Richard E. Grant in Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Ethan Hawke in First Reformed
Lakeith Stanfield in Sorry to Bother You

Best Actress
Glenn Close in The Wife
Toni Collette in Hereditary
Kathryn Hahn in Private Life
Regina Hall in Support the Girls
Michelle Pfeiffer in Where is Kyra?

Breakthrough Actor
Yalitza Aparicio in Roma
Elsie Fisher in Eighth Grade
Helena Howard in Madeline's Madeline
KiKi Layne in If Beale Street Could Talk
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie in Leave No Trace

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