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

The Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards have officially announced its winners for the previous year. The Greater Western New York Film Critics Association is a regional critics group that represents film writers and commentators from Buffalo, Rochester, and more.

Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards' 2024 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

The 2025 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards were led by One Battle After Another with seven wins, including Best Picture and Best Director. Sinners followed with three wins and If I Had Legs I'd Kick You bagged two awards.

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 are 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 winners and 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 (Winner)

Sinners

Train Dreams

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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 (Winner)

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

Arco

Boys Go to Jupiter

KPop Demon Hunters (Winner)

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

Zootopia 2

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Best Documentary

Afternoons of Solitude

Cover-Up

The Encampments

The Perfect Neighbor (Winner)

The Tale of Silyan

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Best Director

Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another (Winner)

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

Ryan Coogler, Sinners

Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein

Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

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Lead Actor

Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme (Winner)

Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another

Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon

Michael B. Jordan, Sinners

Jesse Plemons, Bugonia

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Lead Actress

Jessie Buckley, Hamnet

Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (Winner)

Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love

Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value

Emma Stone, Bugonia

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Supporting Actor

Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another (Winner)

Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein

Delroy Lindo, Sinners

Sean Penn, One Battle After Another

Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

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Supporting Actress

Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme

Ariana Grande, Wicked For Good

Amy Madigan, Weapons

Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners (Winner)

Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

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Best Ensemble

It Was Just an Accident

Marty Supreme

One Battle After Another (Winner)

Sentimental Value

Sinners

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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 (Winner)

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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 (Winner)

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Best Cinematography

Frankenstein, Dan Laustsen

Marty Supreme, Darius Khondji

One Battle After Another, Michael Bauman

Sinners, Autumn Durald Arkapaw

Train Dreams, Adolpho Veloso (Winner)

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Best Editing

It Was Just an Accident, Amir Etminan

Marty Supreme, Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie

One Battle After Another, Andy Jurgensen (Winner)

Sinners, Michael P. Shawver

Weapons, Joe Murphy

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Best Original Score

Frankenstein, Alexandre Desplat

Marty Supreme, Daniel Lopatin

One Battle After Another, Jonny Greenwood

Sinners, Ludwig Göransson (Winner)

Train Dreams, Bryce Dessner

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Breakthrough Performance

Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme

Miles Caton, Sinners

Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another (Winner)

Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value

Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

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Breakthrough Director

Clint Bentley, Train Dreams

Mary Bronstein, If I Had Legs I'd Kick You (Winner)

Harris Dickinson, Urchin

Carson Lund, Eephus

Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

Congratulations to all of the winners at the 2025 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards.

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