Gotham Independent Film Award Award Nominations

And we are off! The 2015 awards season is officially underway with announcement for the 25th annual Gotham Independent Film Awards this morning. Part of the Independent Film Project, the Gothams are voted on by distinguished juries and will presented in New York City on November 30, 2015. This year, Sundance breakout The Diary of Teenage Girl led the field with four nods. Also having a strong showing this morning were festival favorites Carol and Spotlight (both of which will arrive in theaters in November). Significantly, six women made up the Best Actress, perhaps shaping strong showing for that category. Last year, eventual Best Picture Oscar champ Birdman won the top prize.

Take a look at the full line-up of nominations below.

BEST FEATURE

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

BEST ACTOR

• Christopher Abbott, James White
• Kevin Corrigan, Results
• Paul Dano, Love & Mercy
• Peter Sarsgaard, Experimenter
• Michael Shannon, 99 Homes

BEST ACTRESS

• Cate Blanchett, Carol
• Blythe Danner, I’ll See You In My Dreams
• Brie Larson, Room
• Bel Powley, The Diary of the Teenage Girl
• Lily Tomlin, Grandma
• Kristen Wiig, Welcome to Me

BEST DOCUMENTARY

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

BINGHAM RAY BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR AWARD

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

BREAKTHROUGH ACTOR

• Rory Culkin, Gabriel
• Arielle Holmes, Heaven Knows What
• Lola Kirke, Mistress America
• Kitana Kiki Rodriguez, Tangerine
• Mya Taylor, Tangerine

BEST SCREENPLAY

• Carol– written by Phyllis Nagy
• The Diary of a Teenage Girl– written by Marielle Heller
• Love & Mercy– written by Oren Moverman & Michael Alan Lerner
• Spotlight– Tom McCarthy & Josh Singer
• While You’re Young– Noah Baumbach

CALVIN KLEIN SPOTLIGHT ON WOMEN DIRECTORS ‘LIVE THE DREAM’ GRANT

• Claire Carré, director, Embers
• Deb Shoval, director, AWOL
• Chanelle Aponte Pearson, director, 195 Lewis

GOTHAM JURY AWARD

• The ensemble of Spotlight (Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Stanley Tucci and Brian D’Arcy James)

GOTHAM TRIBUTE AWARDS

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