Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) Awards: Complete list of nominees explored

The Greater Western New York Film Critics Association has officially announced its nominations for this year.

It is the group's eighth annual film awards. Final voting ballots will be available till December 31, 2025. Winners will be officially announced on January 10, 2026, at the Dryden Theatre in Rochester, New York.

The Greater Western New York Film Critics Association's 2024 award winners were as follows:

• Best Film: Challengers
• Best Director: Luca Guadagnino, Challengers
• Best Actor: Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
• Best Actress: Marianne Jean Baptiste, Hard Truths
• Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
• Best Supporting Actress: Natasha Lyonne, His Three Daughters
• Best Original Screenplay: Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
• Best Adapted Screenplay: Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin, and John Whitfield: Sing Sing
• Best Animated Film: The Wild Robot
• Best Documentary: No Other Land
• Best Foreign Film: No Other Land
• Best Cinematography: Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu
• Best Editing: Marco Costa, Challengers
• Best Score: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers
• Breakthrough Director: RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys
• Breakthrough Performance: Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing

One Battle After Another is leading this year's Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards nominees list with 12 nominations. Sinners is following with 11, and Marty Supreme has earned 10. In total, thirty-one different titles are represented across the ballot.

Greater Western New York Film Critics Association's official website reads:

"Founded in 2018 as a way to bring the disparate voices from the area together, the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association membership includes writers from daily newspapers, weekly newspapers, magazines, and online venues. We’re here to amplify each others’ work as well as champion the best cinema has to offer each year with regular polls and a year-end awards vote."

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Complete list of nominees at the 2025 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards

Best Picture at the 2025 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards

The Ballad of Wallis Island

Bugonia

Frankenstein

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

It Was Just an Accident

Marty Supreme

No Other Choice

One Battle After Another

Sinners

Train Dreams

Best Foreign Language Film at the 2025 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards

It Was Just an Accident (Iran, France)

Misericordia (France)

No Other Choice (South Korea)

The Secret Agent (Brazil)

Sentimental Value (Norway)

Best Animated Film at the 2025 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards

Arco

Boys Go to Jupiter

KPop Demon Hunters

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Zootopia 2

Best Documentary at the 2025 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards

Afternoons of Solitude

Cover Up

The Encampments

The Perfect Neighbor

The Tale of Silyan

Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson: One Battle After Another

Mary Bronstein: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Ryan Coogler: Sinners

Guillermo del Toro: Frankenstein

Josh Safdie: Marty Supreme

Lead Actor

Timothée Chalamet: Marty Supreme

Leonardo DiCaprio: One Battle After Another

Ethan Hawke: Blue Moon

Michael B. Jordan: Sinners

Jesse Plemons: Bugonia

Lead Actress

Jessie Buckley: Hamnet

Rose Byrne: If I Had Legs I’d Kick You

Jennifer Lawrence: Die My Love

Renate Reinsve: Sentimental Value

Emma Stone: Bugonia

Supporting Actor

Benicio del Toro: One Battle After Another

Jacob Elordi: Frankenstein

Delroy Lindo: Sinners

Sean Penn: One Battle After Another

Stellan Skarsgård: Sentimental Value

Supporting Actress

Odessa A'zion: Marty Supreme

Ariana Grande: Wicked For Good

Amy Madigan: Weapons

Wunmi Mosaku: Sinners

Teyana Taylor: One Battle After Another

Best Ensemble

It Was Just an Accident

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another

Sentimental Value

Sinners

Original Screenplay

If I Had Legs I'd Kick You: Mary Bronstein

It Was Just an Accident: Jafar Panahi

Marty Supreme: Josh Safdie and Ronald Bronstein

Sentimental Value: Eskil Vogt and Joachim Trier

Sinners: Ryan Coogler

Adapted Screenplay

Bugonia: Will Tracy

Frankenstein: Guillermo del Toro

Hamnet: Chloé Zhao and Maggie O'Farrell

No Other Choice: Park Chan wook, Lee Kyoung mi, Jahye Lee, and Don McKellar

One Battle After Another: Paul Thomas Anderson

Best Cinematography

Frankenstein: Dan Laustsen

Marty Supreme: Darius Khondji

One Battle After Another: Michael Bauman

Sinners: Autumn Durald Arkapaw

Train Dreams: Adolpho Veloso

Best Editing

It Was Just an Accident: Amir Etminan

Marty Supreme: Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie

One Battle After Another: Andy Jurgensen

Sinners: Michael P. Shawver

Weapons: Joe Murphy

Best Score

Frankenstein: Alexandre Desplat

Marty Supreme: Daniel Lopatin

One Battle After Another: Jonny Greenwood

Sinners: Ludwig Göransson

Train Dreams: Bryce Dessner

Breakthrough Performance

Odessa A’zion: Marty Supreme

Miles Caton: Sinners

Chase Infiniti: One Battle After Another

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas: Sentimental Value

Eva Victor: Sorry Baby

Breakthrough Director

Clint Bentley: Train Dreams

Mary Bronstein: If I Had Legs I'd Kick You

Harris Dickinson: Urchin

Carson Lund: Eephus

Eva Victor: Sorry Baby

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Official members of the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association

The association's current members are as follows:

2 Film Critics: Dianne Bennett and William Graebner, Buffalo, NY, bylines at Buffalo Rising

Will Bjarnar: Webster, NY, Geek Vibes Nation, InSession Film, Next Best Picture, Big Picture Sound, Screensphere, Cineccentric, Screen Rant

Jordan Canahai: Buffalo, NY, Artvoice

Danielle Del Plato: Rochester, NY, Floated Magazine, Next Best Picture

George Elkind: Rochester, NY, Detroit Metro Times, Pride Source

M. Faust: Buffalo, NY, Buffalo Hive, The Public

Frank Housh: Buffalo, NY, Media Room

Adam Lubitow: Rochester, NY, CITY Newspaper, The Advocate

Matt Marshall: Rochester, NY, We Live Entertainment

Jared Mobarak: Buffalo, NY, The Film Stage, Hey, have you seen …? (Substack publication), BuffaloVibe

David Palmer: Rochester, NY, Messenger Post Media

Matthew Passantino: Rochester, NY, CITY Newspaper, Film Threat, Big Picture Sound, Inverse, Under the Radar, Hidden Remote, Awards Radar, Awards Circuit

Steven Prusakowski: Buffalo, NY, Screen Radar, Awards Radar, Awards Circuit

Joe Reid: Buffalo, NY, Vulture, Vanity Fair, This Had Oscar Buzz

Christopher Schobert: Buffalo, NY, The Buffalo News, Buffalo Spree, The Film Stage, The Playlist

Jeff Simon: Buffalo, NY, The Buffalo News

Jordan Maelyn Smith: Buffalo, NY, DOC NYC, Influence Film Club, IONCINEMA, Nonfics, Senses of Cinema, Stranger Than Fiction

Tessa Smith: Oswego, NY, Moviefone, The Direct, Popternative, Screen Rant

Joel Woytila: Buffalo, NY, VETZ

Retired member: George Sax, Buffalo, NY, The Public

For further updates on this year's winners, fans can keep an eye on the official Greater Western New York Film Critics Association pages.

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