Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (
#GWNYFCA
) is a group of film critics/journalists based in and around WNY with an affinity for cinematic art.
Our critics declare Luca Guadagnino’s CHALLENGERS as the best film of 2024 so far (Jan-June releases). Will it stay on top of our end-of-year ballot come December?
Check out the other six films that earned at least 4 votes from the poll's 12 participants:
Best Lead Actress:
• Olivia Colman, THE LOST DAUGHTER
• Jodie Comer, THE LAST DUEL
• Emilia Jones, CODA
• Renate Reinsve, THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD
• Kristen Stewart, SPENCER
#GWNYFCA2021Awards
Best Picture:
• BABYLON
• THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
• THE BATMAN
• DECISION TO LEAVE
• EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE
• THE FABELMANS
• NOPE
• TÁR
• TOP GUN: MAVERICK
• WOMEN TALKING
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Best Editing:
• Tom Cross, BABYLON
• Eddie Hamilton, TOP GUN: MAVERICK
• Paul Rogers, EEAAO
• Matt Villa & Jonathan Redmond, ELVIS
• Monika Willi, TÁR
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Best Picture:
• C'MON C'MON
• CODA
• DUNE
• THE GREEN KNIGHT
• JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
• THE LAST DUEL
• LICORICE PIZZA
• PIG
• THE POWER OF THE DOG
• SPENCER
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Best Director:
• Jane Campion, THE POWER OF THE DOG
• Pablo Larraín, SPENCER
• Ridley Scott, THE LAST DUEL
• Michael Sarnoski, PIG
• Denis Villeneuve, DUNE
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Best Cinematography:
• Ben Davis, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
• Florian Hoffmeister, TÁR
• Claudio Miranda, TOP GUN: MAVERICK
• Linus Sandgren, BABYLON
• Hoyte Van Hoytema, NOPE
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Best Cinematography:
• Greig Fraser, DUNE
• Andrew Droz Palermo, THE GREEN KNIGHT
• Ari Wegner, THE POWER OF THE DOG
• Claire Mathon, SPENCER
• Bruno Delbonnel, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
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Best Supporting Actress:
• Nicole Kidman, BOY ERASED
•
@ReginaKing
, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
• Emma Stone, THE FAVOURITE
• Tilda Swinton, SUSPIRIA
• Rachel Weisz, THE FAVOURITE
• Michelle Yeoh, CRAZY RICH ASIANS
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Best Score:
• Hans Zimmer, DUNE
• Alberto Iglesias, PARALLEL MOTHERS
• Jonny Greenwood, THE POWER OF THE DOG
• Jonny Greenwood, SPENCER
• Carter Burwell, THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH
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Best Editing:
• Joe Walker, DUNE
• Andrew Weisblum, THE FRENCH DISPATCH
• Claire Simpson, THE LAST DUEL
• Peter Sciberras, THE POWER OF THE DOG
• Sebastián Sepúlveda, SPENCER
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Best Supporting Actor:
• Robin de Jesús, TICK, TICK … BOOM!
• Mike Faist, WEST SIDE STORY
• Jason Isaacs, MASS
• Daniel Kaluuya, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
• Troy Kotsur, CODA
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Best Lead Actor:
• Austin Butler, ELVIS
• Diego Calva, BABYLON
• Colin Farrell, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
• Brendan Fraser, THE WHALE
• Paul Mescal, AFTERSUN
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Best Supporting Actress:
• Emily Blunt, OPPENHEIMER
• America Ferrera, BARBIE
• Anne Hathaway, EILEEN
• Rachel McAdams, ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET.
• Da’Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS
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Best Adapted Screenplay:
• Ben Affleck, Matt Damon & Nicole Holofcener, THE LAST DUEL
• Maggie Gyllenhaal, THE LOST DAUGHTER
• Rebecca Hall, PASSING
• Jane Campion, THE POWER OF THE DOG
• Tony Kushner, WEST SIDE STORY
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Best Film in a Foreign Language:
• Romain Gavras' ATHENA (France)
• Park Chan-wook's DECISION TO LEAVE (South Korea)
• Jerzy Skolimowski's EO (Poland)
• Audrey Diwan's HAPPENING (France)
• S.S. Rajamouli's RRR (India)
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Don’t forget to check out our Instagram at “gwnyfca” for some great original image edits from
@hottoiletwater
honoring our 2021 nominees and winners including Kristen Stewart, Nicholas Cage, and more:
Best Supporting Actress:
• Kerry Condon, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
• Dolly De Leon, TRIANGLE OF SADNESS
• Stephanie Hsu, EEAAO
• Janelle Monáe, GLASS ONION: A KNIVES OUT MYSTERY
• Keke Palmer, NOPE
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And there you have it. Our 2021 Film Awards Nominees!
We will be announcing the winners on Friday, December 31st.
For a full list of our 2021 Film Awards Nominees, please visit our website here:
Thanks for following along!
#GWNYFCA2021Awards
Best Lead Actor:
• Nicolas Cage, PIG
• Benedict Cumberbatch, THE POWER OF THE DOG
• Andrew Garfield, TICK, TICK, BOOM!
• Joaquin Phoenix, C'MON C'MON
• Will Smith, KING RICHARD
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Best Director:
• Todd Field, TÁR
• Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert, EEAAO
• Martin McDonagh, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
• Park Chan-wook, DECISION TO LEAVE
• Charlotte Wells, AFTERSUN
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Breakthrough Director:
• Maggie Gyllenhaal, THE LOST DAUGHTER
• Rebecca Hall, PASSING
• Fran Kranz, MASS
• Michael Sarnoski, PIG
• Emma Seligman, SHIVA BABY
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Best Supporting Actress:
• Jessie Buckley, THE LOST DAUGHTER
• Ariana Debose, WEST SIDE STORY
• Ann Dowd, MASS
• Aunjanue Ellis, KING RICHARD
• Ruth Negga, PASSING
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It's time to announce the
@GWNYFilmCritics
2021 Film Awards Winners.
Congratulations to all nominees & cinema at-large for holding strong during the ongoing pandemic.
The winners [THREAD]:
#GWNYFCA2021Awards
Best Film in a Foreign Language:
• Ryûsuke Hamaguchi's DRIVE MY CAR (Japan)
• Jonas Poher Rasmussen's FLEE (Denmark)
• Pedro Almodóvar's PARALLEL MOTHERS (Spain)
• Julia Ducournau's TITANE (France)
• Joachim Trier's THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD (Norway)
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Best Documentary:
• Jonas Poher Rasmussen's FLEE
• Aisling Chin-Yee & Chase Joynt's NO ORDINARY MAN
• Robert Greene's PROCESSION
• Edgar Wright's THE SPARKS BROTHERS
• Questlove's SUMMER OF SOUL
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Best Animated Film:
• Mamoru Hosoda's BELLE
• Tom McGrath's THE BOSS BABY: FAMILY BUSINESS
• Jonas Poher Rasmussen's FLEE
• Enrico Casarosa's LUCA
• Michael Rianda's THE MITCHELLS VS THE MACHINES
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It's time for the
@GWNYFilmCritics
2021 Film Awards Ballot Announcement.
Some stats:
• 32 films earned 1+ nomination(s)
• 57 unique titles were named in Best Film race
• 76 total actors named in the 4 Acting races combined
Here are the nominees [THREAD]:
#GWNYFCA2021Awards
Best Original Screenplay:
• Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, ANATOMY OF A FALL
• Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach, BARBIE
• David Hemingson, THE HOLDOVERS
• Samy Burch (story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik), MAY DECEMBER
• Celine Song, PAST LIVES
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Best Lead Actor:
• Bradley Cooper, A STAR IS BORN
•
@DaveedDiggs
, BLINDSPOTTING
• Ethan Hawke, FIRST REFORMED
• Joaquin Phoenix, YOU WERE NEVER REALLY HERE
•
@CharlieFPlummer
, LEAN ON PETE
• John David Washington, BLACKKKLANSMAN
#GWNYFCA2018Awards
And there you have it. Our 2020 Film Awards Nominees!
We will be announcing the winners on Thursday, December 31st.
For a full list of our 2020 Film Awards Nominees, please visit our website here:
Thanks for following along!
#GWNYFCA2020Awards
Best Lead Actress:
• Cate Blanchett, TÁR
• Danielle Deadwyler, TILL
• Mia Goth, PEARL
• Margot Robbie, BABYLON
• Michelle Yeoh, EEAAO
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Best Original Screenplay:
• Mike Mills, C'MON C'MON
• Will Berson & Shaka King and Kenneth Lucas & Keith Lucas, JUDAS AND THE BLACK MESSIAH
• Paul Thomas Anderson, LICORICE PIZZA
• Fran Kranz, MASS
• Julia Ducournau, TITANE
#GWNYFCA2021Awards
THREAD: Here are the winners of the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association's inaugural end-of-year Film Awards for 2018 (
#GWNYFCA2018Awards
) -
It's time for the
@GWNYFilmCritics
2022 Film Awards Ballot Announcement.
Some stats:
• 37 films earned 1+ nomination(s)
�� 64 unique titles were named in Best Film race
• 81 total actors named in the 4 Acting races combined
Here are the nominees [THREAD]:
#GWNYFCA2022Awards
We're proud to announce our new members for 2021. Please give them a follow for more great cinematic insights:
• Dianne Bennett & William Graebner -
• Will Bjarnar (
@bywillbjarnar
)
• Steven Prusakowski (
@FilmSnork
)
• Tessa Smith (
@MamasGeeky
)
It's time to announce the
@GWNYFilmCritics
2022 Film Awards Winners.
Congratulations to all nominees & the cinema world at-large for another great year of work.
The winners [THREAD]:
#GWNYFCA2022Awards
And there you have it. Our 2021 Film Awards Winners!
For a full list of our 2021 Film Awards Nominees and Winners, please visit our website here:
Thanks for following along! Bring on 2022!
#GWNYFCA2021Awards
Everyone's selections have been tallied for
@GWNYFilmCritics
' Best of 2019 So Far, a list comprised of those films released in the first half of the year that we love most. Here are the results:
The
@GWNYFilmCritics
2023 Film Awards Ballot is set!
Some stats:
• 33 films earned 1+ nomination(s)
• 60 unique titles were named in the Best Film race
• 90 total actors were named in the 4 Acting races combined
Here are the nominees [THREAD]:
#GWNYFCA2023Awards
And there you have it. Our 2020 Film Awards Winners!
For a full list of our 2020 Film Awards Nominees and Winners, please visit our website here:
Thanks for following along! Bring on 2021!
#GWNYFCA2020Awards
Breakthrough Director:
• Daniel Goldhaber, HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE
• Raven Jackson, ALL DIRT ROADS TASTE OF SALT
• Cord Jefferson, AMERICAN FICTION
• A.V. Rockwell, A THOUSAND AND ONE
• Celine Song, PAST LIVES
#GWNYFCA2023Awards
And there you have it. Our 2022 Film Awards Nominees!
We will be announcing the winners on Friday, December 30th.
For a full list of our 2022 Film Awards Nominees, please visit our website here:
Thanks for following along!
#GWNYFCA2022Awards
Best Original Screenplay:
• Todd Field, TÁR
• Daniel Kwan & Daniel Scheinert,
EEAAO
• Martin McDonagh, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
• Park Chan-wook & Jeong Seo-kyeong,
DECISION TO LEAVE
• Charlotte Wells, AFTERSUN
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Best Adapted Screenplay:
• Andrew Haigh, ALL OF US STRANGERS
• Kelly Fremon Craig, ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET.
• Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
• Christopher Nolan, OPPENHEIMER
• Tony McNamara, POOR THINGS
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Best Supporting Actor:
• Brendan Gleeson, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
• Brian Tyree Henry, CAUSEWAY
• Barry Keoghan, THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN
• Eddie Redmayne, THE GOOD NURSE
• Ke Huy Quan, EEAAO
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Breakthrough Performance:
• Abby Ryder Fortson, ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT'S ME, MARGARET.
• Charles Melton, MAY DECEMBER
• Dominic Sessa, THE HOLDOVERS
• Cailee Spaeny, PRISCILLA
• Teo Yoo, PAST LIVES
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THREAD: Here are the winners of the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association's annual end-of-year Film Awards for 2019 (
#GWNYFCA2019Awards
):
Best Director:
• Lee Chang-dong, BURNING
•
@AlfonsoCuaron
, ROMA
• Debra Granik, LEAVE NO TRACE
•
@BarryJenkins
, IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK
• Spike Lee, BLACKKKLANSMAN
• Paul Schrader, FIRST REFORMED
#GWNYFCA2018Awards
It's time for the
@GWNYFilmCritics
2020 Film Awards Ballot Announcement.
Some stats:
• 39 films earned 1+ nomination(s)
• 42 unique titles were named in Best Film race
• 55 total actors named in the 4 Acting races combined
Here are the nominees [THREAD]:
#GWNYFCA2020Awards