Gotham Film Awards Nominations: ‘The Invite,’ ‘Tender Loving Care’ Among Top Nominees

The 2026 Gotham Film Awards nominations have been announced. All of a Sudden, Clarissa, La Gradiva, The Invite and Tender Loving Care top this year’s nominees with four nods each. Clarissa and The Invite are both nominated for the top prize of best feature alongside Club Kid, The Debut, Dreams in Nightmares, Josephine, Mouse, Paper Tiger, Primetime, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma and Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother. This year, the Gotham Film Awards is bringing back its Audience Award, which returns after a six-year absence. This year’s Audience Award nominees are Backrooms, La Bola Negra, The Drama, The Invite, Michael, Obsession, Project Hail Mary and You Can See Everything. In addition to best feature and the Audience Award, The Invite is up for best adapted screenplay (Rashida Jones, Will McCormack) and best supporting performance (Penélope Cruz). Since 2021, the Gotham Awards has recognized performers in gender-neutral categories. Gotham Award nominees are selected by committees of critics, journalists, festival programmers and film curators. Separate juries of writers, directors, actors, producers, editors and others directly involved in making films will determine the final award recipients. Recent Gotham Award winners have included Oscar winners One Battle After Another, No Other Land, Everything Everywhere All at Once, CODA, Nomadland, Marriage Story, American Factory, Moonlight, Spotlight and Birdman. The 36th Gotham Film Awards is set to take place on Monday, Nov. 30, at its longtime home of Cipriani Wall Street in New York. A complete list of this year’s Gotham Film Awards nominees follows. More to come. Full disclosure: The Hollywood Reporter‘s reviews editor and film critic Jon Frosch was part of the nominating committee for original and adapted screenplay. Best Feature ClarissaArie Esiri, Chuko Esiri, directors; Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri, Theresa Park, Nicholas Weinstock, producers (NEON) Club KidJordan Firstman, director; Michael Bloom, Alex Coco, Galen Core, Ryan Heller, producers (A24) The DebutJesse Eisenberg, director; Jesse Eisenberg, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Emma Stone, producers (A24) Dreams in NightmaresShatara Michelle Ford, director; Naima Abed, Shatara Michelle Ford, Pin-Chun Liu, producers (Lunette Films) The InviteOlivia Wilde, director; Ben Browning, Megan Ellison, David Permut, producers (A24) JosephineBeth de Araújo, director; Beth de Araújo, Josh Beirne-Golden, Gemma Chan, David Kaplan, Josh Peters, Jordan Rapaport, Mark H. Rapaport, Robina Riccitiello, Marina Stabile, Channing Tatum, Crystine Zhang, producers (Sumerian Pictures) MouseKelly O’Sullivan, Alex Thompson, directors; Bonnie Comley, Pierce Cravens, Steven A. Jones, Ian Keiser, Chelsea Krant, Stewart F. Lane, Abigail Rose Solomon, Alex Thompson, Alex Wilson, producers (Independent Film Company) Paper TigerJames Gray, director; Andrea Bucko, Leonardo Maria del Vecchio, Gary Farkas, James Gray, Anthony Katagas, Andrea Leone, Raffaella Leone, Marco Perego, Carlo Salem, Rodrigo Teixeira, producers (NEON) PrimetimeLance Oppenheim, director; Ari Aster, Fred Berger, William Iannaccone, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Lars Knudsen, Brighton McCloskey, Robert Pattinson, producers (A24) Teenage Sex and Death at Camp MiasmaJane Schoenbrun, director; Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, producers (MUBI) Your Mother Your Mother Your MotherBassam Tariq, director; Babak Anvari, Bassam Tariq, Lucan Toh, producers (Amazon MGM Studios) Best International Feature All of A SuddenRyusuke Hamaguchi, director; Julien Deris, David Gauquié, Kosuke Oshida, Yuji Sadai, producers (NEON) Ben’ImanaMarie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, director; Samantha Biffot, Pierre-Adrien Ceccaldi, Marie-Clémentine Dusabejambo, Marie Epiphanie Uwayezu, producers (Alexander) Blue HeronSophy Romvari, director; Ryan Bobkin, Sara Wylie, Sophy Romvari, Gábor Osváth, producers (Janus Films) EverytimeSandra Wollner, director; David Bohun, Lixi Frank, Viktoria Stolpe, producers (1-2 Special) FatherlandPawel Pawlikowski, director; Edward Berger, Lorenzo Gangarossa, Mario Gianani, Lorenzo Mieli, Ewa Puszczynska, Dimitri Rassam, Jeanne Tremsal, producers (MUBI) FilipiñanaRafael Manuel, director; Bianca Balbuena, Jeremy Chua, Omar El Kadi, Bradley Liew, Rafael Manuel, Alex Polunin, Nadia Turincev, producers (Kino Lorber) La GradivaMarine Atlan, director; Inès Daïen Dasi, producer (1-2 Special) MinotaurAndrey Zvyagintsev, director; Charles Gillibert, Nathanaël Karmitz, Marco Perego, Andrey Zvyagintsev, producers (MUBI) Possible LoveLee Chang-dong, director; Lee Joon-dong, Lee Chang-dong, David Levine, Chadwick Prichard, producers (Netflix) Tender Loving CareMike Leigh, director; Georgina Lowe, producer (Bleecker Street) Best Documentary Feature ClosureMichal Marczak, director; Monika Braid, Rémi Grellety, Karolina Marczak, Michal Marczak, Katarzyna Szczerba, producers (1-2 Special) A Fox Under a Pink MoonSoraya Akhlaghi, Mehrdad Oskouei, directors; Siavash Jamali, Mehrdad Oskouei, producers (Kino Lorber) NAZAYuval Abraham, Rachel Szor, directors; Harry Davies, Lindsay Poulton, James Wilson, producers (NEON) Once Upon a Time in HarlemDavid Greaves, director; Anne de Mare, Liani Greaves, producers (NEON) You Can See EverythingNathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, directors; Maggie Ambrose, Tatiana Bears, Jack Davis, Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, producers (A24) Best Director Ryusuke Hamaguchi, All of a Sudden (NEON) Sandra Wollner, Everytime (1-2 Special) Andrey Zvyagintsev, Minotaur (MUBI) Jane Schoenbrun, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (MUBI) Mike Leigh, Tender Loving Care (Bleecker Street) Breakthrough Director Sophy Romvari, Blue Heron (Janus Films) Jordan Firstman, Club Kid (A24) Aleshea Harris, Is God Is (Amazon MGM Studios) Marine Atlan, La Gradiva (1-2 Special) Joel Alfonso Vargas, Mad Bills to Pay (or Destiny, dile que no soy malo) (Oscilloscope Laboratories) John Early, Maddie’s Secret (Magnolia Pictures) Best Original Screenplay Everytime, Sandra Wollner (1-2 Special) La Gradiva, Marine Atlan, Anne Brouillet (1-2 Special) Possible Love, Lee Chang-dong, Oh Jung-mi (Netflix) Tender Loving Care, Mike Leigh (Bleecker Street) Wild Horse Nine, Martin McDonagh (Searchlight Pictures) Best Adapted Screenplay All of a Sudden, Ryusuke Hamaguchi (NEON) Clarissa, Chuko Esiri (NEON) The Invite, Rashida Jones, Will McCormack (A24) Minotaur, Simon Lyashenko, Andrey Zvyagintsev (MUBI) Primetime, Ajon Singh (A24) Outstanding Lead Performance Mahershala Ali, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (Amazon MGM Studios) Gillian Anderson, Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (MUBI) Jeon Do-yeon, Possible Love (Netflix) John Early, Maddie’s Secret (Magnolia Pictures) John Malkovich, Wild Horse Nine (Searchlight Pictures) Ian McKellen, The Christophers (NEON) Julianne Moore, The Debut (A24) Sophie Okonedo, Clarissa (NEON) Andrew Scott, Elsinore (Focus Features) John Turturro, The Only Living Pickpocket in New York (Sony Pictures Classics) Outstanding Supporting Performance Tom Courtenay, Queen at Sea (Greenwich Entertainment) Esmé Creed-Miles, Sense and Sensibility (Focus Features) Penélope Cruz, The Invite (A24) Adam Driver, Paper Tiger (NEON) Andrew Garfield, Artificial (NEON) Skyler Gisondo, Primetime (A24) Sandra Hüller, Fatherland (MUBI) Kate O’Flynn, Tender Loving Care (Bleecker Street) Tao Okamoto, All of a Sudden (NEON) Channing Tatum, Josephine (Sumerian Pictures) Breakthrough Performer Adia, Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother (Amazon MGM Studios) India Amarteifio, Clarissa (NEON) Guitarricadelafuente, La Bola Negra (Netflix) Colas Quignard, La Gradiva (1-2 Special) Mason Reeves, Josephine (Sumerian Pictures) Gotham Audience Award BackroomsKane Parsons, director; Kori Adelson, Michael Clear, Dan Cohen, Chris Ferguson, Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, Roberto Patino, Osgood Perkins, Jenno Topping, James Wan, producers (A24) La Bola NegraJavier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, directors; Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, producers (Netflix) The DramaKristoffer Borgli, director; Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen, Tyler Campellone, producers (A24) The InviteOlivia Wilde, director; Ben Browning, Megan Ellison, David Permut, producers (A24) MichaelAntoine Fuqua, director; John Branca, John McClain, Graham King, producers (Lionsgate) ObsessionCurry Barker, director; James Harris, Haley Nicole Johnson, Christian Mercuri, Roman Viaris, producers (Focus Features) Project Hail MaryPhil Lord, Christopher Miller, directors; Ryan Gosling, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Aditya Sood, Andy Weir, producers (Amazon MGM Studios) You Can See EverythingNathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, directors; Maggie Ambrose, Tatiana Bears, Jack Davis, Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, producers (A24)