Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) Nominations

Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) have announced their nominations for the best in film for 2025 where the top films were One Battle After Another with 12, Sinners with 11 and Marty Supreme with 10.

Winners will be announced on January 10. Here is the complete list of nominations.

BEST PICTURE:
The Ballad of Wallis Island
Bugonia
Frankenstein
If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
No Other Choice
One Battle After Another
Sinners
Train Dreams

BEST DIRECTOR:
Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
Mary Bronstein, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Ryan Coogler, Sinners
Guillermo del Toro, Frankenstein
Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme

LEAD ACTOR
Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme
Leonardo DiCaprio, One Battle After Another
Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
Michael B. Jordan, Sinners
Jesse Plemons, Bugonia

LEAD ACTRESS
Jessie Buckley, Hamnet
Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Jennifer Lawrence, Die My Love
Renate Reinsve, Sentimental Value
Emma Stone, Bugonia

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Benicio del Toro, One Battle After Another
Jacob Elordi, Frankenstein
Delroy Lindo, Sinners
Sean Penn, One Battle After Another
Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
Ariana Grande, Wicked: For Good
Amy Madigan, Weapons
Wunmi Mosaku, Sinners
Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another

ENSEMBLE
It Was Just an Accident
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
Sentimental Value
Sinners

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
It Was Just an Accident (Iran/France)
Misericordia (France)
No Other Choice (South Korea)
The Secret Agent (Brazil)
Sentimental Value (Norway)

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Arco
Boys Go to Jupiter
KPop Demon Hunters
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
Zootopia 2

BEST DOCUMENTARY
Afternoons of Solitude
Cover-Up
The Encampments
The Perfect Neighbor
The Tale of Silyan

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
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)
Sinners (Ryan Coogler)

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
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)
One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson)

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Frankenstein (Dan Laustsen)
Marty Supreme (Darius Khondji)
One Battle After Another (Michael Bauman)
Sinners (Autumn Durald Arkapaw)
Train Dreams (Adolpho Veloso)

BEST EDITING
It Was Just an Accident (Amir Etminan)
Marty Supreme (Ronald Bronstein & Josh Safdie)
One Battle After Another (Andy Jurgensen)
Sinners (Michael P. Shawver)
Weapons (Joe Murphy)

BEST SCORE
Frankenstein (Alexandre Desplat)
Marty Supreme (Daniel Lopatin)
One Battle After Another (Jonny Greenwood)
Sinners (Ludwig Göransson)
Train Dreams (Bryce Dessner)

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Odessa A’zion, Marty Supreme
Miles Caton, Sinners
Chase Infiniti, One Battle After Another
Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR
Clint Bentley, Train Dreams
Mary Bronstein, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
Harris Dickinson, Urchin
Carson Lund, Eephus
Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby

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