Maggie Gyllenhaal’s directorial debut ‘The Lost Daughter’ dominated the 2021 Gotham Awards and the popular Netflix survival drama was named as one of the Breakthrough series in the event.
‘The Lost Daughter’, which went into the event as a five-time nominee, won four awards, including the top prize of best feature, reports hollywoodreporter.com.
After a quick speech thanking her loved ones and collaborators for best screenplay, Gyllenhaal declared she’d deliver a “real speech” for her second win of the evening, for breakthrough director.
Meanwhile, fellow Netflix title, ‘Passing’, which also had five nominations, went home empty-handed as did three-time nominee ‘Test Pattern’, from Kino Lorber.
‘CODA’ won two of the three awards for which it was nominated.
On the TV side, the Gotham Awards honoured buzzy new series ‘Squid Game’ and ‘Reservation Dogs’ with its two breakthrough series awards.
Creator Hwang Dong-hyu reminisced about his long journey to get his series made and then how quickly it became a hit.
Over the summer, the Gotham Awards made its acting awards gender-neutral, a move that was praised by non-binary ‘Billions’ actor Asia Kate Dillon as they presented the award for outstanding performance in a new series, one of two awards that resulted in ties.
The Gotham Awards also honoured ‘Power of the Dog’ director Jane Campion, ‘Spencer’ star Kristen Stewart, ‘Magnolia’ executive Eamonn Bowles, the cast of ‘The Harder They Fall’, The Actors Fund and, posthumously, activist and filmmaker Kathleen Collins with the Gothams’ first Icon Tribute.
