Triumph at Gotham Awards: ‘Past Lives’ Clinches Best Feature
The 2023 Gotham Awards were held at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, and they marked the start of the award season that honours outstanding performances and avant-garde cinematic quality. Stars from the entertainment industry turned out for the event, which was hosted by the Gotham Film & Media Institute.
The much-lauded movie ‘Past Lives,’ starring Celine Song, took home the coveted Best Feature prize.
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Charles Melton won Best Supporting Performance for ‘May December,’ and Lily Gladstone was honoured for her Outstanding Lead Performance in ‘The Unknown Country.’ Notably, with ten nominees each for lead and supporting roles, the awards broke with conventional gender categories and adopted a gender-neutral approach to acting honours.
Celine Song Made Her Debut With ‘Past Lives’
With ‘Past Lives,’ Celine Song made her directorial debut and expressed her sincere gratitude for the highest accolade.
She called the movie an incredibly intimate experience that allowed her to express a remarkable feeling that she was finally able to share with the world.
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“This is the first film I’ve ever made, and a very personal film about an extraordinary feeling I had in an ordinary bar in the East Village, not too many blocks away from here,” she said in her acceptance speech, reflecting on the film’s beginnings. “I’ve learned from this film, as have all of us, that you’re never alone when experiencing an amazing feeling.”
This Year’s Gotham Awards Included Bigger Movies
Although independent films are usually the focus of the Gotham Awards, this year’s nominees included bigger productions like ‘Barbie’ and ‘Priscilla.’
To provide a more varied selection, the Gotham Film and Media Institute deviated from its customary $35 million budget cap requirement. With four nominations, ‘All of Us Strangers’ received the most, closely followed by ‘Past Lives’ by Celine Song and ‘A Thousand and One’ by A.V. Rockwell, with three nominations apiece.
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‘Beef’, a Netflix series starring Ali Wong, won two awards. One award was for ‘Outstanding Performance in a New Series’ and the other was for ‘Breakthrough Television Under 40 Minutes’.
