"Back to selectionInternational titles dominated at last night's Gotham Awards, with films from Iran, France, the UK and Ireland, including one that was entirely Lagos-shot, winning seven of ten competitive categories. Jafar Panahi, who, it was revealed by his lawyer shortly before the event, has been sentenced in absentia to one year in prison and a two-year travel ban for engaging in "propaganda activities" against the state, was on hand to accept awards for Best Director, Best International Feature and Best Original Screenplay."
"Akinola Davies Jr.'s My Father's Shadow, a 2025 Cannes selection and MUBI release that won't open in the US until February, 2026, won two awards, for Sopé Dìrísù's lead performance and for Davies as a breakthrough director. Harry Lighton's Pillion, a UK/Ireland production, is another Cannes 2025 title scheduled for a US release in February, 2026; the A24 acquisition won Best Adapted Screenplay."
"The Gotham Awards previously relegated international titles to a "Best International Feature" category but in 2023 opened up four additional categories to international submissions; this year, international titles won three of those categories. Of the U.S. productions, Wunmi Mosaku won Outstanding Supporting Performance for Warner Bros.'s Sinners, which also received an ensemble Tribute. Julia Loktev's My Undesirable Friends: Part I - Last Air in Moscow, independently produced and self-distributed, was shot entirely in Russia and Ukraine; it won Best Documentary."
International films from Iran, France, the UK and Ireland won seven of ten competitive Gotham Awards, including a Lagos-shot production. Jafar Panahi accepted Best Director, Best International Feature and Best Original Screenplay while facing a one-year prison sentence and two-year travel ban in absentia for alleged "propaganda activities." Akinola Davies Jr.'s My Father's Shadow won awards for Sopé Dìrísù's lead performance and for breakthrough director. Harry Lighton's Pillion won Best Adapted Screenplay. Abou Sangaré won Breakthrough Performer for Souleymane's Story. The Gotham Awards opened additional categories to international submissions in 2023; international titles won three of those. U.S. winners included Wunmi Mosaku, Julia Loktev's Best Documentary, and Best Feature for One Battle After Another.
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