A Different Man won best feature at the 2024 Gotham Awards, while Nickel Boys and Sing Sing each won two awards at the star-studded ceremony at New York’s Cipriani Wall Street on Monday night. A Different Man director Aaron Schimberg, accepting the top prize, said he was “totally stunned” by the win and admitted he hadn’t prepared a speech.

“A Different Man” was named the best independent film of the year at the 2024 Gotham Awards, which took place on Monday night in New York City.

The Gotham Film & Media Institute held its 34th annual awards ceremony on Monday, Dec.2, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, and two of Los Angeles Magazine’s very own November cover stars went home winners.

“ A Different Man ,” a dark indie comedy starring Sebastian Stan, was the surprise best-feature winner at the 34th annual Gotham Awards, which took place Monday night at Cipriani Wall Street in New York.

In a surprise that stunned the audience of Hollywood’s first big awards-season bash, “A Different Man,” a dark comedy about doppelgängers, deformity and authenticity in acting, won best feature film at the 34th Gotham Awards on Monday night.

It’s hard to say exactly when award season begins, but if Monday night’s Gotham Awards wasn’t the starting shot, it was most definitely the warm-up. Stars of this year’s biggest movies descended upon Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, ready to find out who would be honored with the awards from the Gotham Film & Media Institute.

The movie A Different Man scored a prestigious win at the recent Gotham Awards. Led by Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson, the film focuses on the journey of an up-and-coming actor who decides to undergo a medical procedure to attain his dream appearance.

Sebastian Stan's "A Different Man" earned the top award of Best Feature at the Gotham Awards in New York Monday night.