Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
2025 recipient: Harry Lighton
Country	United States
Presented by	The Gotham Film & Media Institute
First award	2025
Currently held by	Harry Lighton for Pillion

The Gotham Independent Film Award for BestAdapted Screenplay is one of the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards. It started being presented in 2025, replacing the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay category.

Winners and nominees

2020s

Year	Screenwriter(s)	Film	Source Material	Ref.
2025	Harry Lighton	Pillion	the novel Box Hill by Adam Mars-Jones	[1]
	Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-Mi, Jahye Lee, and Don McKellar	No Other Choice	the novel The Ax by Donald E. Westlake
	Paul Thomas Anderson	One Battle After Another	the novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon
	Martyna Majok	Preparation for the Next Life	the novel Preparation for the Next Life by Atticus Lish
	Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar	Train Dreams	the novella Train Dreams by Denis Johnson

See also

• Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
• BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
• Writers Guild of America Award for Best Adapted Screenplay

References

1. Goldsmith, Jill (2025-10-28). "Gotham Awards Film Nominations: 'One Battle After Another' Leads Pack; Multiple Noms For 'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You', 'It Was Just An Accident', 'No Other Choice'". Deadline. Retrieved 2025-10-28.