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.

“I thought it would be, considering the other nominees, hubris to even consider preparing a speech. So I’m going to wing this,” Schimberg said before thanking the Gothams and the team behind the film, including stars Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson. “I’m sorry I really didn’t prepare a better speech. I really didn’t see this as a possibility.”

Going into the ceremony, Sean Baker’s Palme d’Or-winning Anora led with four nominations, including for best feature, but the film went home empty-handed.

In best feature, Anora and A Different Man faced off against Babygirl, Challengers and Nickel Boys. Nickel Boys was up for three awards in total, with the additional nominations coming in the categories of best director (RaMell Ross) and breakthrough performer (Brandon Wilson).

Ross won best director and Wilson won breakthrough performer, with Nickel Boys co-star and presenter Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor audibly shocked as she announced that Wilson had won. Taking the stage, Wilson admitted he didn’t expect to be up there but noted he removed his shoes because Ellis-Taylor also wasn’t wearing shoes.

This year, though, marked the first time in several years in which TV categories were not presented during the fall awards show, as The Gotham recently broke those out into a separate TV awards ceremony, which takes place in June.

In addition to the competitive awards, the Gothams also honored the following people and films with tributes: The Piano Lesson received the Ensemble Tribute; Franklin Leonard and the Black List received the Anniversary Tribute; Angelina Jolie received the Performer Tribute for Maria; Zendaya received the Spotlight Tribute for Challengers; Sing Sing received the Social Justice Tribute; Denis Villeneuve received he Director Tribute for Dune: Part Two; Timothée Chalamet and James Mangold were honored with the Visionary Tribute for A Complete Unknown.