New movies 'The Lost Daughter' and 'Passing' have dominate the nominations for the upcoming Gotham independent movie awards, vying for best film honor.

• Oct 22, 2021

AceShowbiz - Maggie Gyllenhaal's directorial debut, "The Lost Daughter", and Rebecca Hall's "Passing" lead all nominations for the 2021 Gotham Awards with nine nods between them.

Both actresses-turned-moviemakers have scored Breakthrough Director mentions while their films are both up for Best Feature at the annual independent film honours.

In the Best Feature category, "The Lost Daughter" and "Passing" will be up against "The Green Knight", "Pig", and "Test Pattern".

Meanwhile, "The Lost Daughter" 's Olivia Colman and Jessie Buckley, and "Passing" 's Tessa Thompson and Ruth Negga are up for lead and supporting performance prizes.

It was previous confirmed that Jane Campion will receive the Director's Tribute, Kristen Stewart the Performer Tribute, Eamonn Bowles the Industry Tribute, and the cast of "The Harder They Fall" the Ensemble Tribute at the Gotham Awards, which will be held next month (29Nov21) at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.

Jane Campion, whose latest film "The Power of the Dog" for Netflix has been playing the fall festival circuit to critical acclaim, will receive the Director's Tribute at this year's Gotham Awards ceremony.

The full list of this year's nominees is:

Best Feature:

• "The Green Knight"
• "The Lost Daughter"
• "Passing"
• "Pig"
• "Test Pattern"

Best Documentary Feature:

• "Ascension"
• "Faya Dayi"
• "Flee"
• "President"
• "Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)"

Best International Feature:

• "Azor"
• "Drive My Car"
• "The Souvenir Part II"
• "Titane"
• "What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?"
• "The Worst Person in the World"

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award:

• Maggie Gyllenhaal for "The Lost Daughter"
• Edson Oda for "Nine Days"
• Rebecca Hall for "Passing"
• Emma Seligman for "Shiva Baby"
• Shatara Michelle Ford for "Test Pattern"

Best Screenplay:

• "The Card Counter", Paul Schrader
• "El Planeta", Amalia Ulman
• "The Green Knight", David Lowery
• "The Lost Daughter", Maggie Gyllenhaal
• "Passing", Rebecca Hall
• "Red Rocket", Sean Baker & Chris Bergoch

Outstanding Lead Performance:

• Olivia Colman in "The Lost Daughter"
• Frankie Faison in "The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain"
• Michael Greyeyes in "Wild Indian"
• Brittany S. Hall in "Test Pattern"
• Oscar Isaac in "The Card Counter"
• Taylour Paige in "Zola"
• Joaquin Phoenix in "C'mon C'mon"
• Simon Rex in "Red Rocket"
• Lili Taylor in "Paper Spiders"
• Tessa Thompson in "Passing"

Outstanding Supporting Performance:

• Reed Birney in "Mass"
• Jessie Buckley in "The Lost Daughter"
• Colman Domingo in "Zola"
• Gaby Hoffmann in "C'mon C'mon"
• Troy Kotsur in "CODA"
• Marlee Matlin in "CODA"
• Ruth Negga in "Passing"

Breakthrough Performer:

• Emilia Jones in "CODA"
• Natalie Morales in "Language Lessons"
• Rachel Sennott in "Shiva Baby"
• Suzanna Son in "Red Rocket"
• Amalia Ulman in "El Planeta"

Breakthrough Series - Long Format (over 40 minutes):

• "The Good Lord Bird"
• "It's A Sin"
• "Small Axe"
• "Squid Game"
• "The Underground Railroad"
• "The White Lotus"

Breakthrough Series - Short Format (under 40 minutes):

• "Blindspotting"
• "Hacks"
• "Reservation Dogs"
• "Run the World"
• "We Are Lady Parts"

Breakthrough Nonfiction Series:

• "City So Real"
• "Exterminate All the Brutes"
• "How To with John Wilson"
• "Philly D.A."
• "Pride"

Outstanding Performance in a New Series:

• Jennifer Coolidge in "The White Lotus"
• Michael Greyeyes in "Rutherford Falls"
• Ethan Hawke in "The Good Lord Bird"
• Devery Jacobs in "Reservation Dogs"
• Lee Jung-jae in "Squid Game"
• Thuso Mbedu in "The Underground Railroad"
• Jean Smart in "Hacks"
• Omar Sy in "Lupin"
• Anya Taylor-Joy in "The Queen's Gambit"
• Anjana Vasan in "We Are Lady Parts"