New York – The political thriller One Battle After Another won the first important award of the beginning Oscar season in New York. The two and a half hour film by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Leonardo DiCaprio received the Gotham Award for best film of the year. The big winner of the evening, with three awards, was the film set in Iran A simple accident: best director by Jafar Panahi, best original screenplay, best international film. Shortly afterwards he was sentenced to another prison sentence in Iran.
