The Diary of a Teenage Girl is set for a big night at the 25th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards next month (Nov15) after scoring four nominations.
The romantic drama starring Bel Powley will compete in the Best Feature, Breakthrough Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actress categories, while Cate Blanchett’s Carol has scored nods for the Best Actress, Best Feature and Best Screenplay trophies.
Heaven Knows What, Spotlight and Tangerine will go up against the films in the Best Feature category, while I’ll See You in My Dreams’ Blythe Danner, Room’s Brie Larson, Grandma’s Lily Tomlin, and Welcome to Me’s Kristen Wiig have been nominated alongside Blanchett and Powley in the Best Actress category.
Meanwhile, James White’s Christopher Abbott, Results’ Kevin Corrigan, Love & Mercy’s Paul Dano, Experimenter’s Peter Sarsgaard and 99 Homes’ Michael Shannon will battle it out for Best Actor, and Love & Mercy, Spotlight and While We’re Young have been shortlisted for the Best Screenplay honour opposite Carol and The Diary of a Teenage Girl.
The prizegiving ceremony, which often picks out Oscar winners, takes place on 30 November (15) at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.
The main nominations are as follows
Best Feature:
Carol
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Heaven Knows What
Spotlight
Tangerine
Best Documentary:
Approaching the Elephant
Cartel Land
Heart of a Dog
Listen to Me Marlon
The Look of Silence
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award:
Desiree Akhavan for Appropriate Behavior
Jonas Carpigano for Mediterranea
Marielle Heller for The Diary of a Teenage Girl
John Magary for The Mend
Josh Mond for James White
Best Screenplay:
Carol
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Love & Mercy
Spotlight
While We’re Young
Best Actor:
Christopher Abbott in James White
Kevin Corrigan in Results
Paul Dano in Love & Mercy
Peter Sarsgaard in Experimenter
Michael Shannon in 99 Homes
Best Actress:
Cate Blanchett in Carol
Blythe Danner in I’ll See You in My Dreams
Brie Larson in Room
Bel Powley in The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Lily Tomlin in Grandma
Kristen Wiig in Welcome to Me
Breakthrough Actor:
Rory Culkin in Gabriel
Arielle Holmes in Heaven Knows What
Lola Kirke in Mistress America
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez in Tangerine
Mya Taylor in Tangerine
Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Directors ‘Live the Dream’ grant
Claire Carre for Embers
Deb Shoval for AWOL
Chanelle Aponte Pearson for 195 Lewis
