Die Nominierungen für die Gotham Independent Film Awards 2021 im Überblick:
Bester Film
- The Green Knight
- The Lost Daughter
- Passing
- Pig
- Test Pattern
Bester Dokumentarfilm
- Ascension
- Faya Dayi
- Flee
- President
- Summer of Soul
Bester internationaler Film
- Azor (Schweiz, Frankreich, Argentinien)
- Drive My Car (Japan)
- The Souvenir Part II (Vereinigtes Königreich)
- Titane (Frankreich, Belgien)
- Was sehen wir, wenn wir zum Himmel schauen (Deutschland, Georgien)
- The Worst Person in the World (Norwegen)
Bester Hauptdarsteller oder beste Hauptdarstellerin
- Olivia Colman (The Lost Daughter)
- Frankie Faison (The Killing of Kenneth Chamberlain)
- Michael Greyeyes (Wild Indian)
- Brittany S. Hall (Test Pattern)
- Oscar Isaac (The Card Counter)
- Taylour Paige (Zola)
- Joaquin Phoenix (C’mon C’mon)
- Simon Rex (Red Rocket)
- Lili Taylor (Paper Spiders)
- Tessa Thompson (Passing)
Bester Nebendarsteller oder beste Nebendarstellerin
- Reed Birney (Mass)
- Jessie Buckley (The Lost Daughter)
- Colman Domingo (Zola)
- Gaby Hoffmann (C’mon C’mon)
- Troy Kotsur (CODA)
- Marlee Matlin (CODA)
- Ruth Negga (Passing)
Bestes Drehbuch
- Paul Schrader (The Card Counter)
- Amalia Ulman (El Planeta)
- David Lowery (The Green Knight)
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)
- Rebecca Hall (Passing)
- Sean Baker, Chris Bergoch (Red Rocket)
Beste Nachwuchsleistung
- Emilia Jones (CODA)
- Natalie Morales (Language Lessons)
- Rachel Sennott (Shiva Baby)
- Suzanna Son (Red Rocket)
- Amalia Ulman (El Planeta)
Bestes Regiedebüt (Bingham Ray Breakthrough Director Award)
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Lost Daughter)
- Edson Oda (Nine Days)
- Rebecca Hall (Passing)
- Emma Seligman (Shiva Baby)
- Shatara Michelle Ford (Test Pattern)