Gotham Independent Film Award Nominations

BEST FEATURE

• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Boyhood
• The Grand Budapest Hotel
• Love is Strange
• Under the Skin

BEST ACTOR

• Bill Hader, The Skeleton Twins
• Ethan Hawke, Boyhood
• Oscar Isaac, A Most Violent Year
• Michael Keaton, Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
• Miles Teller, Whiplash

*The Gotham Award jury decided to give the male ensemble of Foxcatcher (Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, Mark Ruffalo) a Special Jury Prize for Best Actor. 

BEST ACTRESS

• Patricia Arquette, Boyhood
• Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Beyond the Lights
• Julianne Moore, Still Alice
• Scarlett Johansson, Under the Skin
• Mia Wasikowska, Tracks   

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Actress
• CITIZENFOUR
• Life Itself
• Manakamana
• Point & Shoot

BINGHAM RAY BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR

• Ana Lily Amirpour, A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
• James Ward Byrkit, Coherence
• Dan Gilroy, Nightcrawler
• Eliza Hittman, It Felt Like Love
• Justin Simien, Dear White People

BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR

• Riz Ahmed, Nightcrawler
• Macon Blair, Blue Ruin
• Ellar Coltrane, Boyhood
• Joey King, Wish I Was Here
• Jenny Slate, Obvious Child
• Tessa Thompson, Dear White People