Five Films Tie at Four Nominations Each in the 36th Gotham Awards Field

The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced nominations for the 36th Gotham Awards on Oct. 27, 2026. The release covers 42 feature films and 25 performances across 11 categories.

Five films received four nominations each: All of a Sudden, Clarissa, La Gradiva, The Invite and Tender Loving Care. Two are Neon releases. The others come from A24, 1-2 Special and Bleecker Street.

Five Films Tied at Four Nominations Each

All of a Sudden, a Neon title, is nominated for Best International Feature, Best Director for Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Best Adapted Screenplay for Hamaguchi, and Supporting Performance for Tao Okamoto.

Clarissa, also a Neon title, is nominated for Best Feature, Adapted Screenplay for Chuko Esiri, Lead Performance for Sophie Okonedo and Breakthrough Performer for India Amarteifio.

La Gradiva, distributed by 1-2 Special, earns nominations for Best International Feature, Breakthrough Director for Marine Atlan, Original Screenplay for Atlan and Anne Brouillet, and Breakthrough Performer for Colas Quignard.

The Invite, an A24 release, is nominated for Best Feature, Adapted Screenplay for Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, Supporting Performance for Penélope Cruz, and the Gotham Audience Award. Tender Loving Care, from Bleecker Street, is nominated for Best International Feature, Best Director and Original Screenplay for Mike Leigh, and Supporting Performance for Kate O'Flynn.

Three of the five films, All of a Sudden, La Gradiva and Tender Loving Care, are in the Best International Feature category. Clarissa and The Invite are both in Best Feature.

Neon and A24 Account for the Most Titles

Neon and A24 each have seven titles across the category lists and the Audience Award. Neon's are Clarissa, Paper Tiger, All of a Sudden, NAZA, Once Upon a Time in Harlem, The Christophers and Artificial. A24's are Club Kid, The Debut, The Invite, Primetime, You Can See Everything, Backrooms and The Drama.

Neon titles appear in several categories. Paper Tiger is on the Best Feature list, and Adam Driver is nominated for Supporting Performance in it. Ian McKellen in The Christophers and Sophie Okonedo in Clarissa are both on the Lead Performance list.

Amazon MGM Studios and MUBI each have three titles. Amazon MGM's are Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, Is God Is and Project Hail Mary. MUBI's are Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma, Fatherland and Minotaur.

Netflix has two titles, Possible Love and La Bola Negra. 1-2 Special has three: Everytime, La Gradiva and Closure.

The five films with four nominations come from four distributors, and two of the five are Neon releases.

Clarissa's Distributor and Release Timing

Neon is the distributor of Clarissa. The Nollywood Reporter reported on Feb. 11, 2026 that Neon had acquired worldwide rights to the film, the latest feature from twin filmmakers Arie and Chuko Esiri. It said, citing Deadline, that Neon will handle the U.S. theatrical release and Neon International will oversee foreign sales.

Wikipedia gives the acquisition date as November 2025.

The film is a Lagos-set drama, described as a modern take on Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway. Wikipedia calls it a reimagining of Woolf's 1925 novel. Sophie Okonedo plays Clarissa, and India Amarteifio plays the younger Clarissa. The Nollywood Reporter says it was shot on 35mm across Lagos and Delta State.

The Esiris' debut feature, Eyimofe (This Is My Desire), won multiple African Movie Academy Awards, was distributed internationally by Janus Films and was later added to the Criterion Collection. Afreximbank's CANEX Creations Inc. is listed as a financier.

Wikipedia lists the film as premiering in the Directors' Fortnight at the 2026 Cannes Film Festival on May 16, where it was nominated for the Queer Palm. It says a limited U.S. release is scheduled for Dec. 11.

Ceremony Date and the Audience Award

The ceremony is set for Monday, Nov. 30, 2026, at Cipriani Wall Street. It will be broadcast on YouTube.

The Audience Award returns after a six-year hiatus. It honors films that become defining cultural moments through their impact, reach and resonance. Gotham members vote on the winner, and the award goes to the credited director or directors and producers.

Nominees were drawn from submitted films and measured by opening-weekend per-theater average against the highest-rated and most-watched films of 2026, as reported in box office tracking and on Letterboxd. The eight nominees are Backrooms, La Bola Negra, The Drama, The Invite, Michael, Obsession, Project Hail Mary and You Can See Everything.

Jeffrey Sharp, executive director of the Gotham Film & Media Institute, said it was a pleasure to announce the nominees. He said it has been a remarkable year for film, with audiences turning out in theaters for bold, distinctive work from first-time filmmakers and established artists alike, and that the nominations and the Audience Award's return celebrate a creative community that has been at the heart of the Gothams for more than three decades.

The release says separate juries will determine the final recipients of The Gothams.