7TH ANNUAL Greater Western New York
Film Critics Association Awards
Saturday, January 4, 2025

Best Picture

Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios

Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Produced by Luca Guadagnino, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Zendaya


“Anora” • NEON
“The Brutalist” • A24
“Dune: Part Two” • Warner Bros Pictures
“Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga” • Warner Bros Pictures
“I Saw The TV Glow” • A24
“Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
“No Other Land” • mTuckman Media
“Nosferatu” • Focus Features
“A Real Pain” • Searchlight Pictures

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

No Other Land” (Palestine) • mTuckman Media

Directed by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning


“All We Imagine as Light” (India) | Sideshow/Janus Films
“Evil Does Not Exist” (Japan) | Sideshow/Janus Films
“Kneecap” (Ireland) | Sony Pictures Classics
“Red Rooms” (Canada) | Utopia

Best Animated Film

The Wild Robot” • DreamWorks/Universal

Directed by Chris Sanders
Produced by Jeff Hermann


“Flow” | Sideshow/Janus Films
“Inside Out 2” | Pixar Animation/Walt Disney Pictures
“Memoir Of A Snail” | IFC Films
“Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl”

Best Documentary

No Other Land” • mTuckman Media

Directed by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal, Rachel Szor
Produced by Fabien Greenberg, Bård Kjøge Rønning


“Daughters” | Netflix
“The Remarkable Life of Ibelin” | Netflix
“Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” | Kino Lorber
“Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story” | Warner Bros Pictures

Best Director

Luca Guadagnino
Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios

Produced by Luca Guadagnino, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Zendaya


Sean Baker – “Anora” | NEON
Brady Corbet – “The Brutalist” | A24
Coralie Fargeat – “The Substance” | MUBI
RaMell Ross – “Nickel Boys” | Orion/Amazon MGM Studios

BEST LEAD ACTOR

Colman Domingo
Sing Sing” • A24

Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar


Adrien Brody – “The Brutalist” | A24
Timothée Chalamet – “A Complete Unknown” | Searchlight Pictures
Hugh Grant – “Heretic” | A24
Keith Kupferer – “Ghostlight” | IFC Films

BEST LEAD ACTRESS

Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Hard Truths” • Bleecker Street

Directed by Mike Leigh
Produced by Georgina Lowe


Pamela Anderson – “The Last Showgirl” | Roadside Attractions
Mikey Madison – “Anora” | NEON
Demi Moore – “The Substance” | MUBI
Fernanda Torres – “I’m Still Here” | RT Features

Best SUPPORTING ACTOR

Kieran Culkin
A Real Pain” • Searchlight Pictures

Directed by Jesse Eisenberg
Produced by Ewa Puszczyńska, Jennifer Semler, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Ali Herting, Dave McCary


Yura Borisov – “Anora” | NEON
Clarence Maclin – “Sing Sing” | A24
Edward Norton – “A Complete Unknown” | Searchlight Pictures
Guy Pearce – “The Brutalist” | A24

Best SUPPORTING ACTRESS

Natasha Lyonne
His Three Daughters” • Netflix

Directed by Azazel Jacobs
Produced by Matt Aselton, Lia Buman, Tim Headington, Azazel Jacobs, Diaz Jacobs, Duncan Montgomery, Alex Orlovsky, Jack Selby


Monica Barbaro – “A Complete Unknown” | Searchlight Pictures
Joan Chen – “Dìdi” | Focus Features
Ariana Grande-Butera – “Wicked” | Universal Pictures
Margaret Qualley – “The Substance” | MUBI

Best Original Screenplay

A Real Pain” • Searchlight Pictures

Written by Jesse Eisenberg

Directed by Jesse Eisenberg
Produced by Ewa Puszczyńska, Jennifer Semler, Jesse Eisenberg, Emma Stone, Ali Herting, Dave McCary


“Anora” – Sean Baker | NEON
“The Brutalist” – Brady Corbet & Mona Fastvold | A24
“Challengers” – Justin Kuritzkes | Amazon MGM Studios
“A Different Man” – Aaron Schimberg | A24

Best Adapted Screenplay

Sing Sing” • A24

Written by Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
Story by Greg Kwedar, Clint Bentley, Clarence Maclin & John Whitfield

Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar


“Conclave” – Peter Straughan | Focus Features
“Hit Man” – Richard Linklater & Glen Powell | Netflix
“Nickel Boys” – RaMell Ross & Joslyn Barnes | Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
“Oh, Canada” – Paul Schrader | Kino Lorber

Best Cinematography 

Nosferatu” • Focus Features

Cinematography by Jarin Blaschke

Directed by Robert Eggers
Produced by Jeff Robinov, John Graham, Chris Columbus, Eleanor Columbus, Robert Eggers


“The Brutalist” – Lol Crawley | A24
“Challengers” – Sayombhu Mukdeeprom | Amazon MGM Studios
“Dune: Part Two” – Greig Fraser | Warner Bros Pictures
“Nickel Boys” – Jomo Fray | Orion/Amazon MGM Studios

Best Editing

Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios

Editing by Marco Costa

Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Produced by Luca Guadagnino, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Zendaya


“The Brutalist” – David Jancso | A24
“Dune: Part Two” – Joe Walker | Warner Bros Pictures
“Nickel Boys” – Nicholas Monsour | Orion/Amazon MGM Studios
“Saturday Night” – Nathan Orloff & Shane Reid | Columbia Pictures

Best Original Score 

Challengers” • Amazon MGM Studios

Composed by Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross

Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Produced by Luca Guadagnino, Rachel O’Connor, Amy Pascal, Zendaya


“The Brutalist” – Daniel Blumberg | A24
“Conclave” – Volker Bertelman | Focus Features
“Nosferatu” – Robin Carolan | Focus Features
“The Wild Robot” – Kris Bowers | DreamWorks/Universal Pictures

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

Clarence Maclin
Sing Sing” • A24

Directed by Greg Kwedar
Produced by Monique Walton, Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar


Yura Borisov – “Anora” | NEON
Lily Collias – “Good One” | Metrograph Pictures
Mikey Madison – “Anora” | NEON
Izaac Wang – “Dìdi” | Focus Features

BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR

RaMell Ross
Nickel Boys” • Orion/Amazon MGM Studios

Produced by Joslyn Barnes, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, David Levine


India Donaldson – “Good One” | Metrograph Pictures
Vera Drew – “The People’s Joker” | Altered Innocence
Josh Margolin – “Thelma” | Magnolia Pictures
Aaron Schimberg – “A Different Man” | A24

Greater Western New York Film Critics Association

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“Challengers”
“No Other Land” (Palestine)
“The Wild Robot”
“No Other Land”
Luca Guadagnino – “Challengers”
Colman Domingo – “Sing Sing”
Marianne Jean-Baptiste – “Hard Truths”
Kieran Culkin – “A Real Pain”
Natasha Lyonne – “His Three Daughters”
“A Real Pain” – Jesse Eisenberg
“Sing Sing” – Clint Bentley & Greg Kwedar
“Nosferatu” – Jarin Blaschke
“Challengers” – Marco Costa
“Challengers” – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross
Clarence Maclin – “Sing Sing”
RaMell Ross – “Nickel Boys”

ABOUT THE Greater Western New York Film Critics Association

Founded in 2018 as a way to bring the disparate voices from the area together, the GWNYFCA 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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