THE INVITE Earns Four Gotham Film Awards Nominations

October 27, 2026

Olivia Wilde’s THE INVITE is among the leading titles at the 2026 Gotham Film Awards, earning four nominations: Best Feature, Best Adapted Screenplay, Outstanding Supporting Performance for Penélope Cruz, and the Gotham Audience Award.

The film is one of five titles tied for the most nominations this year, alongside All of a Sudden, Clarissa, La Gradiva, and Tender Loving Care.

Rashida Jones and Will McCormack received a nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay, while Penélope Cruz was recognized in the Outstanding Supporting Performance category. The film also earned a place among the nominees for the Gotham Audience Award, which returns this year after a six-year hiatus.

The 2026 Gotham Film Awards ceremony will take place November 30 at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.

Full category lists featuring THE INVITE

Best Feature

  • Clarissa — Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri, directors; Arie Esiri, Chuko Esiri, Theresa Park, Nicholas Weinstock, producers (NEON)
  • Club Kid — Jordan Firstman, director; Michael Bloom, Alex Coco, Galen Core, Ryan Heller, producers (A24)
  • The Debut — Jesse Eisenberg, director; Jesse Eisenberg, Ali Herting, Dave McCary, Emma Stone, producers (A24)
  • Dreams in Nightmares — Shatara Michelle Ford, director; Naima Abed, Shatara Michelle Ford, Pin-Chun Liu, producers (Lunette Films)
  • THE INVITE — Olivia Wilde, director; Ben Browning, Megan Ellison, David Permut, producers (A24)
  • Josephine — Beth de Araújo, director; Beth de Araújo, Josh Beirne-Golden, Gemma Chan, David Kaplan, Josh Peters, Jordan Rapaport, Mark H. Rapaport, Robina Riccitiello, Marina Stabile, Channing Tatum, Crystine Zhang, producers (Sumerian Pictures)
  • Mouse — Kelly O’Sullivan, Alex Thompson, directors; Bonnie Comley, Pierce Cravens, Steven A. Jones, Ian Keiser, Chelsea Krant, Stewart F. Lane, Abigail Rose Solomon, Alex Thompson, Alex Wilson, producers (Independent Film Company)
  • Paper Tiger — James Gray, director; Andrea Bucko, Leonardo Maria del Vecchio, Gary Farkas, James Gray, Anthony Katagas, Andrea Leone, Raffaella Leone, Marco Perego, Carlo Salem, Rodrigo Teixeira, producers (NEON)
  • Primetime — Lance Oppenheim, director; Ari Aster, Fred Berger, William Iannaccone, Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Lars Knudsen, Brighton McCloskey, Robert Pattinson, producers (A24)
  • Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma — Jane Schoenbrun, director; Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, producers (MUBI)
  • Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother — Bassam Tariq, director; Babak Anvari, Bassam Tariq, Lucan Toh, producers (Amazon MGM Studios)

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • All of a Sudden — Ryusuke Hamaguchi (NEON)
  • Clarissa — Chuko Esiri (NEON)
  • THE INVITE — Rashida Jones, Will McCormack (A24)
  • Minotaur — Simon Lyashenko, Andrey Zvyagintsev (MUBI)
  • Primetime — Ajon Singh (A24)

Outstanding Supporting Performance

  • Tom Courtenay — Queen at Sea (Greenwich Entertainment)
  • Esmé Creed-Miles — Sense and Sensibility (Focus Features)
  • Penélope Cruz — THE INVITE (A24)
  • Adam Driver — Paper Tiger (NEON)
  • Andrew Garfield — Artificial (NEON)
  • Skyler Gisondo — Primetime (A24)
  • Sandra Hüller — Fatherland (MUBI)
  • Kate O’Flynn — Tender Loving Care (Bleecker Street)
  • Tao Okamoto — All of a Sudden (NEON)
  • Channing Tatum — Josephine (Sumerian Pictures)

Gotham Audience Award

  • Backrooms — Kane Parsons, director; Kori Adelson, Michael Clear, Dan Cohen, Chris Ferguson, Dan Levine, Shawn Levy, Roberto Patino, Osgood Perkins, Jenno Topping, James Wan, producers (A24)
  • La Bola Negra — Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, directors; Javier Ambrossi, Javier Calvo, producers (Netflix)
  • The Drama — Kristoffer Borgli, director; Ari Aster, Lars Knudsen, Tyler Campellone, producers (A24)
  • THE INVITE — Olivia Wilde, director; Ben Browning, Megan Ellison, David Permut, producers (A24)
  • Michael — Antoine Fuqua, director; John Branca, John McClain, Graham King, producers (Lionsgate)
  • Obsession — Curry Barker, director; James Harris, Haley Nicole Johnson, Christian Mercuri, Roman Viaris, producers (Focus Features)
  • Project Hail Mary — Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, directors; Ryan Gosling, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Aditya Sood, Andy Weir, producers (Amazon MGM Studios)
  • You Can See Everything — Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, directors; Maggie Ambrose, Tatiana Bears, Jack Davis, Nathan Fielder, Lance Oppenheim, producers (A24)