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Wikipedia / Gotham Awards

The Gotham Awards are American film awards presented annually at a ceremony in New York City.

The awards are a program of the Gotham Film & Media Institute (formerly the Independent Filmmaker Project or IFP), the United States' largest membership organization dedicated to independent film, founded in 1979. First presented in 1991, the awards were originally created to showcase and honor films made primarily in the Northeastern United States.

Name

The name "Gotham," () a nickname for New York, was first popularized by native son Washington Irving in an 1807 issue of Salmagundi.

Scope

In 2004, the awards' scope expanded significantly from a regional to a national and international focus. The number of award categories increased from six to nine, and eligibility was broadened to include films from Los Angeles, California, and international locations.

Venue

Having outgrown previous venues in Manhattan, the 17th Annual Gotham Awards ceremony was held for the first time in the Brooklyn borough on November 27, 2007. The gala took place at Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard and was "promoted nationally via a partnership with The New York Times and locally via broadcast on WNYE."

Categories

Current categories

From 1991 to 2002, the Tribute Award (also called Career Tribute) was presented as a single Lifetime Achievement Award. Individual achievement awards (e.g., Filmmaker, Writer, Actor) were given separately. Beginning with the 2003 ceremony, the IFP consolidated these individual categories into the Career Tribute awards.

Discontinued categories

Ceremonies

Gotham TV Awards

In April 2024, the Gotham Film & Media Institute announced that television series and performances would be honored at a separate ceremony going forward with the first edition of the Gotham TV Awards taking place on June 4, 2024. In previous years, television categories had been part of the main awards ceremony, where two television awards for new series were presented for the first time in 2015. In 2021, two further awards, one for performance and one for nonfiction television, were introduced. Out of the eight categories to be presented at the inaugural Gotham TV Awards, only the award for Breakthrough Nonfiction Series had been given out before (in 2021 and 2022); the three other awards for series, the three awards for outstanding performances, and the audience award for television were newly created.

Categories

Current categories

  • Breakthrough Comedy Series: since 2024

  • Breakthrough Drama Series: since 2024

  • Breakthrough Nonfiction Series: since 2021 (part of the film awards ceremony from 2021 to 2022; not awarded in 2023)

  • Outstanding Limited or Anthology Series: since 2026

  • Outstanding Original Film, Broadcast or Streaming: since 2025

  • Outstanding Lead Performance in a Comedy Series: since 2025

  • Outstanding Lead Performance in a Drama Series: since 2025

  • Outstanding Lead Performance in a Limited or Anthology Series: since 2026

  • Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Comedy Series: since 2025

  • Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Drama Series: since 2025

  • Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Limited or Anthology Series: since 2026

  • Outstanding Performance in an Original Film: since 2025

  • Audience Award (TV): since 2024

Discontinued categories

  • Breakthrough Limited Series: 2024–2025

  • Outstanding Performance in a Comedy Series: 2024

  • Outstanding Performance in a Drama Series: 2024

  • Outstanding Performance in a Limited Series: 2024

  • Outstanding Lead Performance in a Limited Series: 2025

  • Outstanding Supporting Performance in a Limited Series: 2025

Ceremonies

See also

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