Greater Western New York Film Critics Association’s 2023 Film Awards Nominees

Buffalo, NY (December 22, 2023) – The Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA), a collective of WNY film critics from in and around the Buffalo and Rochester metropolitan areas, has just announced its sixth annual film awards nominees for 2023. Thirty-three (33) different titles are represented on the ballot.

Our members consist of critics in traditional print media (newspapers and magazines) and online media (websites and podcasts). In an era of aggregate sites, we aspire to give our region a voice within the ever-changing international cinematic landscape.

Please see below (the attached press release and our website) for a full account of this year’s nominees. Leading the way are OPPENHEIMER (9 nominations), KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, PAST LIVES, and POOR THINGS (7 nominations each).

We will be announcing our winners in-person at Rochester’s Dryden Theatre on January 6th, 2024.

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The 2023 GWNYFCA Film Awards Nominees:

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Best Picture:

• All of Us Strangers

• Asteroid City

• Barbie
• The Holdovers

• Killers of the Flower Moon
• May December

• Oppenheimer
• Past Lives
• Poor Things

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

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Best Foreign Language Film:

• Anatomy of a Fall (French)

• The Boy and the Heron (Japanese)

• Godzilla Minus One (Japanese)

• Perfect Days (Japanese)

• The Zone of Interest (German)

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Best Animated Film:

• The Boy and the Heron

• Elemental

• Nimona

• Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

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Best Documentary:

• Four Daughters

• Kokomo City

• Menus-Plaisirs – Les Troisgros

• Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie

• Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour

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Best Director:

• Greta Gerwig, Barbie

• Todd Haynes, May December

• Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

• Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

• Celine Song, Past Lives

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Lead Actor:

• Bradley Cooper, Maestro

• Paul Giamatti, The Holdovers

• Cillian Murphy, Oppenheimer

• Andrew Scott, All of Us Strangers

• Jeffrey Wright, American Fiction

Lead Actress:

• Lily Gladstone, Killers of the Flower Moon

• Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall

• Greta Lee, Past Lives

• Natalie Portman, May December

• Emma Stone, Poor Things

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Supporting Actor:

• Robert Downey Jr., Oppenheimer

• Ryan Gosling, Barbie

• Charles Melton, May December

• Mark Ruffalo, Poor Things

• Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers

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Supporting Actress:

• Emily Blunt, Oppenheimer

• America Ferrera, Barbie

• Anne Hathaway, Eileen

• Rachel McAdams, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

• Da’Vine Joy Randolph, The Holdovers

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Original Screenplay:

• Justine Triet and Arthur Harari, Anatomy of a Fall

• Greta Gerwig & Noah Baumbach, Barbie

• David Hemingson, The Holdovers

• Samy Burch (story by Samy Burch & Alex Mechanik), May December

• Celine Song, Past Lives

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Adapted Screenplay:

• Andrew Haigh, All of Us Strangers

• Kelly Fremon Craig, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

• Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese, Killers of the Flower Moon

• Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer

• Tony McNamara, Poor Things

Best Cinematography:

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• Mátyás Erdély, The Iron Claw

• Rodrigo Prieto, Killers of the Flower Moon

• Matthew Libatique, Maestro

• Hoyte Van Hoytema, Oppenheimer

• Robbie Ryan, Poor Things

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Best Editing:

• Nick Houy, Barbie

• Thelma Schoonmaker, Killers of the Flower Moon

• Jennifer Lame, Oppenheimer

• Keith Fraase, Past Lives

• Yorgos Mavropsaridis, Poor Things

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Best Original Score:

• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, The Killer

• Robbie Robertson, Killers of the Flower Moon

• Ludwig Göransson, Oppenheimer

• Jerskin Fendrix, Poor Things

• Daniel Pemberton, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

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Breakthrough Performance:

• Abby Ryder Fortson, Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.

• Charles Melton, May December

• Dominic Sessa, The Holdovers

• Cailee Spaeny, Priscilla

• Teo Yoo, Past Lives

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Breakthrough Director:

• Daniel Goldhaber, How to Blow Up a Pipeline

• Raven Jackson, All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt

• Cord Jefferson, American Fiction

• A.V. Rockwell, A Thousand and One

• Celine Song, Past Lives
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Greater Western New York Film Critics Association

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