Gotham Independent Film Awards 2015

Winners and nominees

Best Feature

• Carol
• The Diary of a Teenage Girl
• Heaven Knows What
• Tangerine

  Best Documentary

• Approaching the Elephant
• Cartel Land
• Heart of a Dog
• Listen to Me Marlon

  Best Actor

• Christopher Abbott as James White – James White
• Kevin Corrigan as Danny Flynn – Results
• Peter Sarsgaard as Stanley Milgram – Experimenter
• Michael Shannon as Rick Carver – 99 Homes

  Best Actress

• Cate Blanchett as Carol Aird – Carol
• Blythe Danner as Carol Petersen – I'll See You in My Dreams
• Brie Larson as Joy "Ma" Newsome – Room
• Lily Tomlin as Elle Reid – Grandma
• Kristen Wiig as Alice Klieg – Welcome to Me

  Best Screenplay

• Noah Baumbach – While We're Young
• Marielle Heller – The Diary of a Teenage Girl
• Michael Alan Lerner and Oren Moverman – Love & Mercy
• Phyllis Nagy – Carol

  Breakthrough Actor

• Rory Culkin as Gabriel – Gabriel
• Arielle Holmes as Harley – Heaven Knows What
• Lola Kirke as Tracy Fishko – Mistress America
• Kitana Kiki Rodriguez as Sin-Dee Rella – Tangerine

  Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director

• Desiree Akhavan – Appropriate Behavior
• Marielle Heller – The Diary of a Teenage Girl
• John Magary – The Mend
• Josh Mond – James White

  Breakthrough Series – Long Form

• Jane the Virgin
• Transparent
• Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt
• UnREAL

  Breakthrough Series – Short Form

• Bee and PuppyCat
• The Impossibilities
• Qraftish
• You're So Talented

  Audience Award

Special Jury Award – Ensemble Performance

Spotlight on Women Filmmakers "Live the Dream" Grant

• Claire Carré – Embers
• Deb Shoval – AWOL

  Gotham Appreciation Award

Gotham Tributes

• Steve Golin
• Todd Haynes
• Helen Mirren
• Robert Redford