Gotham Award Nominations: ‘Tender Loving Care,’ ‘All of a Sudden,’ ‘The Invite’ and ‘La Gradiva' Lead With 4 Nods

Let's be honest here — not many people really care about the Gothams. They're more of an opening act for awards season. But they're here, and I'm reporting on them anyway. Why? Because it's late October, and this is what I do. Also, anytime smaller films get recognized, I'm going to cheer.

Last year, "One Battle After Another" dominated the Gothams and then won the Best Picture Oscar. This year, there's no clear frontrunner, with five films tied for the most nominations at four: Mike Leigh's "Tender Loving Care," Ryusuke Hamaguchi's "All of a Sudden," Chuko Esiri's "Clarissa," Marine Atlan's "La Gradiva," and Olivia Wilde's "The Invite."

The rest of the Best Feature lineup includes Jordan Firstman's "Club Kid," Jesse Eisenberg's "The Debut," Beth de Araújo's "Josephine," James Gray's "Paper Tiger," Lance Oppenheim's "Primetime," Jane Schoenbrun's "Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma," Kelly O'Sullivan and Alex Thompson's "Mouse," Bassam Tariq's "Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother," and Shatara Michelle Ford's "Dreams in Nightmares."

Gotham nominees are chosen by committees of film critics, journalists, festival programmers, and film curators. Separate juries made up of writers, directors, actors, producers, editors, and others who work directly in filmmaking then decide the winners. Because these juries are small, the results reflect the tastes of just a handful of people.

Last year, the Gothams lifted their usual budget restrictions, making the field more competitive. In previous years, a film's budget couldn't exceed $35M to be eligible. Now? Any budget is considered. Your film could have cost $300M, and it would still be eligible. It was a clear move to bring in bigger names and studios, but at the cost of drawing much-needed attention away from other indies. That said, this year, Christopher Nolan's "The Odyssey" and David Fincher's "The Further Mis-Adventures of Cliff Booth" weren't submitted by their respective studios.

Oscar contenders snubbed from this morning’s nominations announcement include “La Bola Negra,” “Fjord,” “Wild Horse Nine,” and “Obsession.”

The ceremony is set for November 30 in New York City. The full list of nominees is below.

Best Feature
Clarissa
Club Kid
The Debut
Dreams in Nightmares
The Invite
Josephine
Mouse
Paper Tiger
Primetime
Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother

Best International Feature
All of a Sudden
Ben’Imana
Blue Heron
Everytime
Fatherland
Filipiñana
La Gradiva
Minotaur
Possible Love
Tender Loving Care

Best Documentary Feature
Closure
A Fox Under a Pink Moon
Naza
Once Upon a Time in Harlem
You Can See Everything

Best Director
Ryusuke Hamaguchi, All of a Sudden
Sandra Wollner, Everytime
Andrey Zvyagintsev, Minotaur
Jane Schoenbrun, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Mike Leigh, Tender Loving Care

Breakthrough Director
Sophy Romvari, Blue Heron
Jordan Firstman, Club Kid
Aleshea Harris, Is God Is
Marine Atlan, La Gradiva
Joel Alfonso Vargas, Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo)
John Early, Maddie's Secret

Best Original Screenplay
Everytime, Sandra Wollner
La Gradiva, Marine Atlan, Anne Brouillet
Possible Love, Lee Chang-dong, Oh Jung-mi
Tender Loving Care, Mike Leigh
Wild Horse Nine, Martin McDonagh

Best Adapted Screenplay
All of a Sudden, Ryusuke Hamaguchi
Clarissa, Chuko Esiri
The Invite, Rashida Jones, Will McCormack
Minotaur, Simon Lyashenko, Andrey Zvyagintsev
Primetime, Ajon Singh

Outstanding Lead Performance
Mahershala Ali, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
Gillian Anderson, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma
Jeon Do-yeon, Possible Love
John Early, Maddie's Secret
John Malkovich, Wild Horse Nine
Ian McKellen, The Christophers
Julianne Moore, The Debut
Sophie Okonedo, Clarissa
Andrew Scott, Elsinore
John Turturro, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York

Outstanding Supporting Performance
Tom Courtenay, Queen at Sea
Esmé Creed-Miles, Sense and Sensibility
Penélope Cruz, The Invite
Adam Driver, Paper Tiger
Andrew Garfield, Artificial
Skyler Gisondo, Primetime
Sandra Hüller, Fatherland
Kate O’Flynn, Tender Loving Care
Tao Okamoto, All of a Sudden
Channing Tatum, Josephine

Breakthrough Performer
Adia, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
India Amarteifio, Clarissa
Guitarricadelafuente, La Bola Negra
Colas Quignard, La Gradiva
Mason Reeves, Josephine

Gotham Audience Award
Backrooms
La Bola Negra
The Drama
The Invite
Michael
Obsession
Project Hail Mary
You Can See Everything