NEW YORK (AP) — Awards season, such as it is this year, got formally underway Thursday with the first notable film nominations yet announced in a pandemic-marred movie year. The Gotham Awards, presented by the Independent Filmmaker Project, put forward five films, all directed by women, for best feature film, and a posthumous acting nod for Chadwick Boseman.

Kelly Reichardt's “First Cow" led all films in nominations for the 30th annual Gotham Awards with four nods, including best film, best screenplay, best actor for John Magaro and breakthrough actor for Orion Lee. The film

The other nominees for best film are: Eliza Hittman's “Never Rarely Sometimes Always,” Chloe Zhao's “Nomadland,” Kitty Green's “The Assistant” and Natalie Erika James' “Relic.”

Boseman, who died in August at 43 from colon cancer, was nominated for his performance in the upcoming Netflix adaptation of August Wilson’s 1982 play, “Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.” He is expected to land a posthumous Academy Award nomination for the film.

Alongside Boseman and Magaro, the acting nominees are: Riz Ahmed ("Sound of Metal"), Jude Law ("The Nest") and Jesse Plemons ("I'm Thinking of Ending Things").

Up for best actress are: Nicole Beharie ("Miss Juneteenth"), Jessie Buckley ("I'm Thinking of Ending Things"), Yuh-Jung Youn ("Minari"), Carrie Coon ("The Nest") and Frances McDormand ("Nomadland").

The Gothams, which honor independent film, are typically held in late autumn but, like most awards this year, have been pushed back. The ceremony is set for January 11, with what organizers called a hybrid format of virtual interactive tables. The 93rd Academy Awards telecast was postponed by two months to April 25, 2021.