2024 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) Winners: ‘Challengers’ Named Best Film

The Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) winners for the best in film for 2024 have been announced where Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers was named Best Film, also winning awards for Best Director, Best Editing and Best Score.

Sing Sing was a triple winner for Best Actor (Colman Domingo), Breakthrough Performance (Clarence Maclin) and Best Adapted Screenplay. No Other Land won two awards, for Best Documentary and Best Foreign Film, and A Real Pain was also a double winner, for Best Supporting Actor (Kieran Culkin) and Best Original Screenplay.

Best Actress went to Marianne Jean-Baptiste for Hard Truths and Natasha Lyonne (His Three Daughters) was the winner for Best Supporting Actress.

Here is the complete list of winners.

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 & 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

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