Here is the full list of nominations from the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association.  Winners will be announced January 4, 2025.

Best Film

Anora
The Brutalist
Challengers
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
I Saw the TV Glow
Nickel Boys
No Other Land
Nosferatu
A Real Pain

Best Director

Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Coralie Fargeat, The Substance
Luca Guadagnino, Challengers
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys

Best Actor

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown
Colman Domingo, Sing Sing
Hugh Grant, Heretic
Keith Kupferer, Ghostlight

Best Actress

Pamela Anderson, The Last Showgirl
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths
Mikey Madison, Anora
Demi Moore, The Substance
Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov, Anora
Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Edward Norton, A Complete Unknown
Guy Pearce, The Brutalist

Best Supporting Actress

Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown
Joan Chen, Dìdi
Ariana Grande-Butera, Wicked
Natasha Lyonne, His Three Daughters
Margaret Qualley, The Substance

Best Original Screenplay

Sean Baker, Anora
Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold, The Brutalist
Justin Kuritzkes, Challengers
Aaron Schimberg, A Different Man
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain

Best Adapted Screenplay

Peter Straughan, Conclave
Richard Linklater and Glen Powell, Hit Man
RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys
Paul Schrader, Oh, Canada
Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar, Clarence Maclin & John Whitfield, Sing Sing

Best Animated Film

Flow
Inside Out 2
Memoir of a Snail
Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl
The Wild Robot

Best Documentary

Daughters
No Other Land
The Remarkable Life of Ibelin
Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story

Best Foreign Film

All We Imagine as Light
Evil Does Not Exist
Kneecap
No Other Land
Red Rooms

Best Cinematography

Lol Crawley, The Brutalist
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom, Challengers
Greig Fraser, Dune: Part Two
Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys
Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu

Best Editing

Dávid Jancsó, The Brutalist
Marco Costa, Challengers
Joe Walker, Dune: Part Two
Nicholas Monsour, Nickel Boys
Nathan Orloff and Shane Reid, Saturday Night

Best Score

Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers
Volker Bertelmann, Conclave
Robin Carolan, Nosferatu
Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot

Breakthrough Director

India Donaldson, Good One
Vera Drew, The People’s Joker
Josh Margolin, Thelma
RaMell Ross, Nickel Boys
Aaron Schimberg, A Different Man

Breakthrough Performance

Yura Borisov, Anora
Lily Collias, Good One
Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing
Mikey Madison, Anora
Izaac Wang, Dìdi