Rumah produksi spesialisasi film-film indie dan art-house, A24, merupakan pemenang terbesar di IFP Gotham Awards ke-28 yang berlangsung di Cipriani Wall Street, New York, Senin malam, 26 November lalu. Ajang penghargaan ini boleh juga disebut sebagai dimulainya secara resmi musim penghargaan sampai puncaknya di Academy Awards mendatang.

Dan jika ini sebagai indikasi, A24 sepertinya akan banyak bermain di bursa penghargaan selanjutnya, mengingat PH yang sebelumnya sudah mendulang sukses berkat film-film seperti Moonlight dan Ladybird ini menyabet sekitar 5 piala di Gotham Awards 2018.

Meski begitu, film terbaik justru jatuh kepada film drama western rilisan Sony Pictures Classics karya Chloé Zhao, The Rider. Apakah film ini nantinya menyusul para pendahulunya, seperti Birdman, Spotlight hingga Moonlight juga berjaya di Oscar, tentunya harus kita tunggu perkembangannya.

Sementara itu A24 berjaya berkat First Reformed dan Eight Grade, yang masing-masing memenangkankan dua piala.

Dari First Reformed, Ethan Hawke memenangkan piala aktor terbaik dan Paul Schrader memenangkan naskah terbaik.

Sedang dari Eight Grade, piala breakthrough actor jatuh kepada Elsie Fisher dan breakthrough director kepada Bo Burnham. Kemenangan Toni Collette menyabet aktris terbaik berkat Hereditary menambah koleksi piala yang dibawa pukang A24 malam itu.

Untuk tahun ini para penerima tribut Gotham Awards adalah Rachel Weisz, Willem Dafoe, Paul Greengrass, dan Jon Kamen. Sedangkan Sandra Lee diberi anugerah “Made in NY”.

Berikut para pemenang untuk Gotham Awards 2018:

Best Feature
“The Favourite” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
“First Reformed” (A24)
“If Beale Street Could Talk” (Annapurna Pictures)
“Madeline’s Madeline” (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
“The Rider” (Sony Pictures Classics) — WINNER

Best Actor
Adam Driver in “BlacKkKlansman” (Focus Features)
Ben Foster in “Leave No Trace” (Bleecker Street)
Richard E. Grant in “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
Ethan Hawke in “First Reformed” (A24) — WINNER
Lakeith Stanfield in “Sorry to Bother You” (Annapurna Pictures)

Best Actress
Glenn Close in “The Wife” (Sony Pictures Classics)
Toni Collette in “Hereditary” (A24) — WINNER
Kathryn Hahn in “Private Life” (Netflix)
Regina Hall in “Support the Girls” (Magnolia Pictures)
Michelle Pfeiffer in “Where is Kyra?” (Paladin and Great Point Media)

Breakthrough Actor
Yalitza Aparicio in “Roma” (Netflix)
Elsie Fisher in “Eighth Grade” (A24) — WINNER
Helena Howard in “Madeline’s Madeline” (Oscilloscope Laboratories)
KiKi Layne in “If Beale Street Could Talk” (Annapurna Pictures)
Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie in “Leave No Trace” (Bleecker Street)

Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award
Ari Aster for “Hereditary” (A24)
Bo Burnham for “Eighth Grade” (A24) — WINNER
Jennifer Fox for “The Tale” (HBO)
Crystal Moselle for “Skate Kitchen” (Magnolia Pictures)
Boots Riley for “Sorry to Bother You” (Annapurna Pictures)

Breakthrough Series – Long Form
“Alias Grace,” (Netflix)
“The End of the F***ing World,” (Netflix)
“Killing Eve” (BBC America) — WINNER
“Pose” (FX Networks)
“Sharp Objects,” (HBO)

Breakthrough Series – Short Form
“195 Lewis” — WINNER
“Cleaner Daze”
“Distance”
“The F Word”
“She’s the Ticket”

Best Screenplay
“The Favourite,” Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara (Fox Searchlight Pictures)
“First Reformed,” Paul Schrader (A24) – WINNER
“Private Life,” Tamara Jenkins (Netflix)
“Support the Girls,” Andrew Bujalski (Magnolia Pictures)
“Thoroughbreds,” Cory Finley (Focus Features)

Best Documentary
“Bisbee ‘17” (4th Row Films)
“Hale County This Morning, This Evening” (The Cinema Guild) — WINNER
“Minding the Gap” (Hulu & Magnolia Pictures)
“Shirkers” (Netflix)
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” (Focus Features)

Jury Award for Ensemble Performance
Rachel Weisz, Olivia Colman and Emma Stone in “The Favourite” — WINNER

Audience Award
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” — WINNER