Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Original Screenplay

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Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Original Screenplay
Jafar Panahi at 2025 Cannes Film Festival Photocall.jpg
2025 recipient: Jafar Panahi
Country United States
Presented by The Gotham Film & Media Institute
First award2025
Website awards.thegotham.org

The Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Original Screenplay, first awarded in 2025 as part of the Gotham Independent Film Awards, is an annual award for independent films. It replaced the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay category.

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Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi was the category's first winner for the thriller film It Was Just an Accident .

Winners and nominees

2020s

YearScreenwriter(s)FilmRef.
2025 Jafar Panahi It Was Just an Accident [1]
Mary Bronstein If I Had Legs I’d Kick You [2]
Kleber Mendonça Filho The Secret Agent
Eva Victor Sorry, Baby
Louise Peter & Mascha Schilinski Sound of Falling

See also

References

  1. ↑ Goldsmith, Jill (2025-12-02). "Iran's Jafar Panahi Dedicates Gotham Award To Filmmakers "Deprived Of The Right To See And Be Seen"". Deadline . Retrieved 2026-01-25.
  2. ↑ 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.
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