Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) Awards: ‘Past Lives’ Wins Best Picture

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The Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) has announced its winners for the best in film for 2023 where Past Lives won Best Picture, Original Screenplay and Breakthrough Director for Celine Song.

Oppenheimer was four overall, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, Editing and Cinematography. The Holdovers was a double winner with Lead Actor for Paul Giamatti and Supporting Actress for Da’Vine Joy Randolph. Killers of the Flower Moon picked up two as well, Lead Actress for Lily Gladstone and Best Score. Charles Melton won both Supporting Actor and Breakthrough Actor for May December.

Here is the complete list of winners.

Best Picture: PAST LIVES

Best Director: Christopher Nolan, OPPENHEIMER

Best Adapted Screenplay: OPPENHEIMER

Best Original Screenplay: PAST LIVES

Best Lead Actress: Lily Gladstone, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Best Lead Actor: Paul Giamatti, THE HOLDOVERS

Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS

Best Supporting Actor: Charles Melton, MAY DECEMBER

Best Editing: Jennifer Lame, OPPENHEIMER

Best Cinematography: Hoyte Van Hoytema, OPPENHEIMER

Best Score: Robbie Robertson, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON

Best Documentary: STILL: A MICHAEL J. FOX MOVIE

Best Film in a Foreign Language: THE ZONE OF INTEREST

Best Animated Film: THE BOY AND THE HERON

Breakthrough Performance: Charles Melton, MAY DECEMBER

Breakthrough Director: Celine Song, PAST LIVES

Erik Anderson

Erik Anderson is the founder/owner and Editor-in-Chief of AwardsWatch and has always loved all things Oscar, having watched the Academy Awards since he was in single digits; making lists, rankings and predictions throughout the show. This led him down the path to obsessing about awards. Much later, he found himself in film school and the film forums of GoldDerby, and then migrated over to the former Oscarwatch (now AwardsDaily), before breaking off to create AwardsWatch in 2013. He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Hollywood Critics Association (HCA) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.

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