# Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Series – Short Form

The Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Series – Short Form is one of the annual Gotham Independent Film Awards and honors series with episodes under 40 minutes. Until 2019, the award intended to honor a new continuing or limited series new digital media programming, with five or more episodes mostly under 20 minutes. It was first awarded in 2015.

## Winners and nominees
### 2010s

| Year | Program | Creator(s)/Host(s) | Network |
| 2015 | Shugs and Fats | Nadia Manzoor and Radhika Vaz, creators | ShugsandFats.TV |
| 2015 | Bee and PuppyCat | Natasha Allegri, creator | Cartoon Hangover |
| 2015 | The Impossibilities | Anna Kerrigan, creator | seriesofimpossibilities.com |
| 2015 | Qraftish | Christal, creator | Blackgirldangerous.com |
| 2015 | You're So Talented | Sam Bailey, creator | Open TV |
| 2016 | Her Story | Jen Richards and Laura Zak, creators | herstoryshow.com |
| 2016 | The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo | Brian Jordan Alvarez, creator | YouTube |
| 2016 | The Movement | Darnell Moore, host | Mic.com |
| 2016 | Sitting in Bathrooms with Trans People | Dylan Marron, creator | Seriously.TV |
| 2016 | Surviving | Reagan Gomez, creator | YouTube |
| 2017 | The Strange Eyes of Dr. Myes | Nancy Andrews, creator | YouTube |
| 2017 | 555 | Kate Berlant, Andrew DeYoung and John Early, creators | Vimeo |
| 2017 | Inconceivable | Joel Ashton McCarthy, creator | YouTube |
| 2017 | Junior | Zoe Cassavetes, creator | Blackpills and VICE |
| 2017 | Let Me Die a Nun | Sarah Salovaara, creator | Vimeo |
| 2018 | 195 Lewis | Chanelle Aponte Pearson and Rae Leone Allen, creators | 195lewis.com |
| 2018 | Cleaner Daze | Tess Sweet and Daniel Gambelin, creators | cleanerdaze.com |
| 2018 | Distance | Alex Dobrenko, creator | distancetheseries.com |
| 2018 | The F Word | Nicole Opper, creator | PBS Digital Studios |
| 2018 | She's the Ticket | Nadia Hallgren, creator | Topic |
| 2019 | PEN15 | Maya Erskine, Anna Konkle, and Sam Zvibleman, creators | Hulu |
| 2019 | Ramy | Ramy Youssef, Ari Katcher, and Ryan Welch, creators | Hulu |
| 2019 | Russian Doll | Natasha Lyonne, Leslye Headland, and Amy Poehler, creators | Netflix |
| 2019 | Tuca & Bertie | Lisa Hanawalt, creator | Netflix |
| 2019 | Undone | Raphael Bob-Waksberg and Kate Purdy, creators | Amazon Video |

### 2020s

| Year | Program | Creator(s)/Host(s) | Network |
| 2020 | I May Destroy You | Michaela Coel, creator | HBO |
| 2020 | Dave | Lil Dicky and Jeff Schaffer, creators | FX |
| 2020 | Betty | Crystal Moselle, creator | HBO |
| 2020 | Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi | Padma Lakshmi, host | Hulu |
| 2020 | Work in Progress | Abby McEnany and Tim Mason, creators | Showtime |
| 2021 | Reservation Dogs | Sterlin Harjo and Taika Waititi, creators | FX |
| 2021 | Blindspotting | Rafael Casal and Daveed Diggs, creators | Starz |
| 2021 | Hacks | Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky, creators | HBO Max |
| 2021 | Run the World | Leigh Davenport, creator | Starz |
| 2021 | We Are Lady Parts | Nida Manzoor, creator | Peacock |
| 2022 | Mo | Mohammed Amer and Ramy Youssef, creators | Netflix |
| 2022 | Abbott Elementary | Quinta Brunson, creator | ABC |
| 2022 | As We See It | Jason Katims, creator | Prime Video |
| 2022 | Rap Sh!t | Issa Rae, creator | HBO/HBO Max |
| 2022 | Somebody Somewhere | Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen, creators | HBO Max |
| 2023 | Beef | Lee Sung Jin, creator | Netflix |
| 2023 | High School | Clea DuVall and Tegan and Sara Quin, creators | Amazon Freevee |
| 2023 | I'm a Virgo | Boots Riley, creator | Prime Video |
| 2023 | Rain Dogs | Cash Carraway, creator | HBO |
| 2023 | Swarm | Donald Glover and Janine Nabers, creators | Prime Video |