By Matt Neglia
The 30th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards will take place tonight in a virtual ceremony as they reward the best in independent film for 2020. The Next Best Picture team has provided their predictions for tonight’s show.
​Click below to see what we think will win tonight.
Predictions provided by: Casey Lee Clark, Cody Dericks, Dan Bayer, Josh Parham, Matt Neglia, Michael Schwartz, Nicole Ackman, Ryan C. Showers & Tom O’Brien
​Best Feature
The Assistant
First Cow (Casey & Dan)
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Nomadland (Cody, Josh, Matt, Michael, Nicole, Ryan & Tom)
Relic
Best Documentary
76 Days (Matt)
City Hall
Our Time Machine
A Thousand Cuts
Time (Casey, Cody, Dan, Josh, Michael, Nicole, Ryan & Tom)
Best International Feature
Bacurau (Casey, Josh, Nicole, Ryan & Tom)
Beanpole (Dan)
Cuties (Mignonnes)
Identifying Features
Martin Eden (Michael)
Wolfwalkers (Cody & Matt)
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version (Casey, Cody, Josh, Michael, Nicole, Ryan & Tom)
Channing Godfrey Peoples – Miss Juneteenth
Alex Thompson – Saint Frances
Carlo Mirabella-Davis – Swallow (Dan)
Andrew Patterson – The Vast of Night (Matt)
Best Screenplay
Bad Education – Mike Makowsky
First Cow – Jon Raymond & Kelly Reichardt (Casey, Cody, Josh, Matt, Michael, Nicole, Ryan & Tom)
The Forty-Year-Old Version – Radha Blank (Dan)
Fourteen – Dan Sallitt
The Vast of Night – James Montague & Craig Sanger
Best Actor
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal (Casey, Michael, Ryan & Tom)
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (Cody, Dan, Josh, Matt & Nicole)
Jude Law – The Nest
John Magaro – First Cow
Jesse Plemons – I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Best Actress
Nicole Beharie – Miss Juneteenth (Josh & Michael)
Jessie Buckley – I’m Thinking of Ending Things (Tom)
Yuh-Jung Youn – Minari (Matt & Ryan)
Carrie Coon – The Nest (Casey & Dan)
Frances McDormand – Nomadland (Cody & Nicole)
Breakthrough Actor
Jasmine Batchelor – The Surrogate
Kingsley Ben-Adir – One Night in Miami…
Sidney Flanigan – Never Rarely Sometimes Always (ALL)
Orion Lee – First Cow
Kelly O’Sullivan – Saint Frances
Breakthrough Series – Long Format (over 40 minutes)
The Great (Nicole)
Immigration Nation
P-Valley (Josh & Michael)
Unorthodox (Dan & Tom)
Watchmen (Casey, Cody, Matt & Ryan)
Breakthrough Series – Short Format (under 40 minutes)
Betty
Dave
I May Destroy You (ALL)
Taste the Nation
Work in Progress
So what do you all think? Who do you think will win at tonight’s Gotham awards? Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below or on our Twitter account. Enjoy the show!
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