After kicking off its Oscars campaign, "No Other Choice" stumbled out of the gate with a shutout at the 2025 Gotham Awards.
At the Dec. 1 ceremony in New York, the film went home empty-handed despite three nominations: International Feature, Best Actor, and Adapted Screenplay.
International Feature ultimately went to Jafar Panahi’s "It Was Just an Accident," while Sope Dirisu took Best Actor for "My Father’s Shadow" and Adapted Screenplay honors went to Fillion.
Often seen as the unofficial starting gun for awards season, the Gotham Awards―backed by the country’s largest nonprofit supporting independent film―can shape early momentum. With "It Was Just an Accident," a fellow contender for an Oscars International Feature slot, nabbing the trophy, "No Other Choice" will have to regroup.
But awards season is a marathon, not a sprint. The next three months of guild and critics’ prizes could either recharge the film’s trajectory or cool its buzz.
"No Other Choice" is aiming for a Best International Feature nomination at the Academy Awards in March. Director Park Chan-wook and star Lee Byung-hun have been actively campaigning in the U.S.
(SBS Entertainment News | Kim Ji-hye)