| Gotham Awards | |
|---|---|
| Current:Gotham Independent Film Awards 2024 | |
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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; 34 years ago (1991) |
| Website | awards |
TheGotham Awards (/ˈɡɒθəm/) are American film awards, presented annually to the makers ofindependent films at a ceremony inNew York City, the city firstnicknamed "Gotham" by native sonWashington Irving, in an issue ofSalmagundi, published on November 11, 1807.[1] Part ofthe Gotham Film & Media Institute (formerly Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP)), "the largest membership organization in the United States dedicated to independent film" (founded in 1979), the awards were inaugurated in 1991 as a means of showcasing and honoring films made primarily in thenortheastern region of the United States.[2]
In 2004, the scope of the awards broadened to include the international film scene, when the number of awards presented increased from six awards – given to films and those involved in making them primarily from the northeastern U.S. film community – to nine awards, including in its broader scope films originating inLos Angeles,California, and international locations as well.[citation needed]
Having outgrown its previous locations in the city'sManhattanborough, for the first time in its history, the 17th Annual Gotham Awards gala occurred outside of that borough, in the city'sBrooklyn borough atSteiner Studios, in theBrooklyn Navy Yard, on November 27, 2007, and it was "promoted nationally via a partnership withThe New York Times and locally via broadcast onWNYE".[1][2][3]
From 1991 to 2002, the Tribute Award, also called Career Tribute, was awarded as a Lifetime Achievement Award to one person each year and the individual achievement awards (Filmmaker Award, Writer Award, Actor Award, Below-the-Line Award, Producer/Industry Executive Award and Independent Vision Award) were given out separately. As of the 2003 Gotham Awards, the IFP replaced all mentioned individual category awards with Career Tributes.[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 | TBD |
| Gotham TV Awards | |
|---|---|
| Current:1st Gotham TV Awards | |
| Awarded for | Television series and performances |
| Location | New York City |
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | The Gotham Film & Media Institute |
| First award | 2024; 1 year 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[11] | TBD |
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.
