Oscars Watch: 2025 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Awards

8TH ANNUAL GREATER WESTERN NEW YORK FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS
Saturday, January 10, 2026

BEST PICTURE

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


The Ballad of Wallis Island • Focus Features
Bugonia • Focus Features
Frankenstein • Netflix
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You • A24
It Was Just an Accident • NEON
Marty Supreme • A24
No Other Choice • NEON
Sinners • Warner Bros. Pictures
Train Dreams • Netflix

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

SENTIMENTAL VALUE • NEON

Joachim Trier | Director
Andrea Berentsen Ottmar, Maria Ekerhovd | Producers


It Was Just an Accident (Iran/France)
Misericordia (France)
No Other Choice (South Korea)
The Secret Agent (Brazil)

Best Animated Film

KPOP DEMON HUNTERS • Netflix

Chris Appelhans, Maggie Kang | Directors
Michelle L.M. Wong | Producer


Arco
Boys Go to Jupiter
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

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Best Documentary

THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR • Netflix

Geeta Gandbhir | Director
Nikon Kwantu, Alisa Payne, Sam Bisbee, Geeta Gandbhir | Producers


Afternoons of Solitude
Cover-Up
The Encampments
The Tale of Silyan

Best Director

PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Mary Bronstein – If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Ryan Coogler – Sinners
Guillermo del Toro – Frankenstein
Josh Safdie – Marty Supreme

BEST LEAD ACTOR

TIMOTHÉE CHALAMET
MARTY SUPREME • A24

Josh Safdie | Director
Josh Safdie, Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Anthony Katagas, Timothée Chalamet | Producers


Leonardo DiCaprio – One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke – Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan – Sinners
Jesse Plemons – Bugonia

BEST LEAD ACTRESS

ROSE BYRNE
IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU • A24

Mary Bronstein | Director
Sara Murphy, Ryan Zacarias, Ronald Bronstein, Josh Safdie, Eli Bush, Conor Hannon, Richie Doyle | Producers


Jessie Buckley – Hamnet
Jennifer Lawrence – Die My Love
Renate Reinsve – Sentimental Value
Emma Stone – Bugonia

Best SUPPORTING ACTOR

BENICIO DEL TORO
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Jacob Elordi – Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo – Sinners
Sean Penn – One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård – Sentimental Value

Best SUPPORTING ACTRESS

WUNMI MOSAKU
SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers


Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Ariana Grande – Wicked: For Good
Amy Madigan – Weapons
Teyana Taylor – One Battle After Another

Best Original Screenplay

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Written by Ryan Coogler

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers


If I Had Legs I’d Kick You – Mary Bronstein
It Was Just An Accident – Jafar Panahi
Marty Supreme – Josh Safdie & Ronald Bronstein
Sentimental Value – Eskil Vogt & Joachim Trier

Best Adapted Screenplay

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Written by Paul Thomas Anderson

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Bugonia – Will Tracy
Frankenstein – Guillermo del Toro
Hamnet – Chloé Zhao & Maggie O’Farrell
No Other Choice – Park Chan-wook, Lee Kyoung-mi, Jahye Lee & Don McKellar

BEST ENSEMBLE

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
Sentimental Value
Sinners

Best Cinematography 

TRAIN DREAMS • Netflix

Cinematography by Adolpho Veloso

Clint Bentley | Director
Marissa McMahon, Teddy Schwarzman, Will Janowitz, Ashley Schlaifer, Michael Heimler | Producers


Frankenstein – Dan Laustsen
Marty Supreme – Darius Khondji
One Battle After Another – Michael Bauman
Sinners – Autumn Durald Arkapaw

Best Editing

ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Editing by Andy Jurgensen

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


It Was Just an Accident – Amir Etminan
Marty Supreme – Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie
Sinners – Michael P. Shawver
Weapons – Joe Murphy

Best Original Score 

SINNERS • Warner Bros. Pictures

Composed by Ludwig Göransson

Ryan Coogler | Director
Zinzi Coogler, Sev Ohanian, Ryan Coogler | Producers


Frankenstein – Alexandre Desplat
Marty Supreme – Daniel Lopatin
One Battle After Another – Jonny Greenwood
Train Dreams – Bryce Dessner

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BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

CHASE INFINITI
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER •
Warner Bros. Pictures

Paul Thomas Anderson | Director
Paul Thomas Anderson, Adam Somner, Sara Murphy | Producers


Odessa A’zion – Marty Supreme
Miles Caton – Sinners
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – Sentimental Value
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR

MARY BRONSTEIN
IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU • A24

Ronald Bronstein, Eli Bush, Richie Doyle, Conor Hannon, Sara Murphy, Josh Safdie, Ryan Zacarias | Producers


Clint Bentley – Train Dreams
Harris Dickinson – Urchin
Carson Lund – Eephus
Eva Victor – Sorry, Baby

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“One Battle After Another”
“Sentimental Value”
“KPop Demon Hunters”
“The Perfect Neighbor”
Paul Thomas Anderson – “One Battle After Another”
Timothée Chalamet – “Marty Supreme”
Rose Byrne – “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”
Benicio del Toro – “One Battle After Another”
Wunmi Mosaku – “Sinners”
“Sinners” – Ryan Coogler
“One Battle After Another” – Paul Thomas Anderson
“One Battle After Another”
“Train Dreams” – Adolpho Veloso
“One Battle After Another” – Andy Jurgensen
“Sinners” – Ludwig Göransson
Chase Infiniti – “One Battle After Another”
Mary Bronstein – “If I Had Legs I’d Kick You”

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.

Christopher Haskell

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