Past Recipients Of 2015
See the nominees and winners from 1991 to present
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Tributes
Industry: Steve Golin
Director: Todd Haynes
Actress: Helen Mirren
Actor: Robert Redford
Appreciation: Ellen Cotter
Best Feature
Spotlight (WINNER)
Carol
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Heaven Knows What
Tangerine
Best Documentary
The Look of Silence (WINNER)
Approaching the Elephant
Cartel Land
Heart of a Dog
Listen to Me Marlon
Gotham Independent Film Audience Award
Tangerine (WINNER)
Appropriate Behavior
Approaching the Elephant
Carol
Cartel Land
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
Heart of a Dog
Heaven Knows What
James White
Listen to Me Marlon
The Look of Silence
Mediterranea
The Mend
Spotlight
Best Actor
Paul Dano in Love & Mercy (WINNER)
Christopher Abbott in James White
Kevin Corrigan in Results
Peter Sarsgaard in Experimenter
Michael Shannon in 99 Homes
Best Actress
Bel Powley in The Diary of a Teenage Girl (WINNER)
Cate Blanchett in Carol
Blythe Danner in I'll See You in My Dreams
Brie Larson in Room
Lily Tomlin in Grandma
Kristen Wiig in Welcome to Me
Best Screenplay
Spotlight, Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer (WINNER)
Carol, Phyllis Nagy
The Diary of a Teenage Girl, Marielle Helle
Love & Mercy, Oren Moverman and Michael Alan Lerner
While We’re Young, Noah Baumbach
Breakthrough Actor
Mya Taylor in Tangerine (WINNER)
Rory Culkin in Gabriel
Arielle Holmes in Heaven Knows What
Lola Kirke in Mistress America
Kitana Kiki Rodriguez in Tangerine
Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director
Jonas Carpignano for Mediterranea (WINNER)
Desiree Akhavan for Appropriate Behavior
Marielle Heller for The Diary of a Teenage Girl
John Magary for The Mend
Josh Mond for James White
Breakthrough Series — Long Form
Mr. Robot, Sam Esmail, Creator (WINNER)
Breakthrough Series — Short Form
Shugs and Fats, Nadia Manzoor and Radhka Vaz, Creators (WINNER)
SPECIAL JURY AWARD - ENSEMBLE PERFORMANCE
SPOTLIGHT (WINNER)
Mark Ruffalo (WINNER)
Michael Keaton (WINNER)
Rachel McAdams (WINNER)
Liev Schreiber (WINNER)
John Slattery (WINNER)
Brian d'Arcy James (WINNER)
Billy Crudup (WINNER)
Stanley Tucci (WINNER)
