| Gotham Awards | |
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| Current:Gotham Independent Film Awards 2025 | |
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| Awarded for | Independent film and television |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | The Gotham Film & Media Institute |
| First award | 1991; 35 years ago (1991) |
| Website | awards |
TheGotham Awards are American film awards presented annually at a ceremony inNew York City.
The awards are a program ofthe Gotham Film & Media Institute (formerly the Independent Filmmaker Project or IFP), the United States' largest membership organization dedicated to independent film, founded in 1979.[1] First presented in 1991, the awards were originally created to showcase and honor films made primarily in theNortheastern United States.[1]
The name "Gotham," (/ˈɡɒθəm/) anickname for New York, was first popularized by native sonWashington Irving in an 1807 issue ofSalmagundi.[2]
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 fromLos Angeles,California, and international locations.[citation needed]
Having outgrown previous venues inManhattan, the 17th Annual Gotham Awards ceremony was held for the first time in theBrooklyn borough on November 27, 2007. The gala took place atSteiner Studios in theBrooklyn Navy Yard and was "promoted nationally via a partnership withThe New York Times and locally via broadcast onWNYE."[2][1][3]
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.[4]
| Edition | Date | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | September 30, 1991 | Charles Grodin |
| 2nd | 1992 | |
| 3rd | September 28, 1993 | Eric Bogosian |
| 4th | September 20, 1994 | |
| 5th | September 19, 1995 | Michael Moore |
| 6th | September 17, 1996 | |
| 7th | September 16, 1997 | Jon Stewart |
| 8th | September 23, 1998 | Stanley Tucci |
| 9th | September 22, 1999 | Sandra Bernhard |
| 10th | September 20, 2000 | Jason Alexander |
| 11th | October 1, 2001 | Andy Dick |
| 12th | September 26, 2002 | Rosie Perez andJohn Turturro |
| 13th | September 22, 2003 | Michael Ian Black |
| 14th | December 1, 2004 | Bob Balaban |
| 15th | November 30, 2005 | Kyra Sedgwick |
| 16th | November 29, 2006 | David Cross |
| 17th | November 27, 2007 | Sarah Jones |
| 18th | December 2, 2008 | Aasif Mandvi |
| 19th | November 30, 2009 | Kumail Nanjiani |
| 20th | November 29, 2010 | Patricia Clarkson andStanley Tucci |
| 21st | November 28, 2011 | Edie Falco andOliver Platt |
| 22nd | November 26, 2012 | Mike Birbiglia |
| 23rd | December 2, 2013 | Nick Kroll |
| 24th | December 1, 2014 | Uma Thurman |
| 25th | November 30, 2015 | Abbi Jacobson andIlana Glazer |
| 26th | November 28, 2016 | Keegan-Michael Key |
| 27th | November 27, 2017 | John Cameron Mitchell |
| 28th | November 26, 2018 | No host |
| 29th | December 2, 2019 | No host |
| 30th | January 11, 2021 | No host |
| 31st | November 29, 2021 | No host |
| 32nd | November 28, 2022 | No host |
| 33rd | November 27, 2023 | No host |
| 34th | December 2, 2024 | No host |
| 35th | December 1, 2025 | No host |
| Gotham TV Awards | |
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| Current:2nd Gotham TV Awards | |
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| Awarded for | Television series and performances |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | The Gotham Film & Media Institute |
| First award | 2024; 2 years ago (2024) |
| Website | tvawards |
In April 2024, the Gotham Film & Media Institute announced that television series and performances will be honored at a separate ceremony going forward with thefirst edition of the Gotham TV Awards taking place on June 4, 2024.[5][6] 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.[7] In 2021, two further awards, one for performance and one for non-fiction television, were introduced.[8][9] 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.
| Edition | Date | Host(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 1st | June 4, 2024 | No host |
| 2nd | June 2, 2025 | No host |
The ceremony, which was previously held atChelsea Piers,Hammerstein Ballroom andRoseland Ballroom inManhattan, grew too big for those venues. This year, the event expects to draw more than a thousand film industry notables to theNavy Yard.
