The Greater Western New York Film Critics Association (GWNYFCA) announced the winners of the third annual end-of-year Film Awards lead by Nomadland with 6 wins including Best Picture, Best Director along with Adapted Screenplay for Chloé Zhao and Best Actress for Frances McDormand.

Other top winning films include Sound of Metal with 4 wins and Minari with 2 wins including Best Foreign Language Film. Time directed by Garrett Bradley won for Best Documentary.

2020 Greater Western New York Film Critics Association Film Awards Winners

BEST PICTURE

• Da 5 Bloods
• Driveways
• The Father
• First Cow
• I’m Thinking of Ending Things
• Mank
• Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Nomadland – **WINNER**
• Small Axe: Lovers Rock
• Sound of Metal

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM

• Another Round (Denmark)
• Bacurau (Brazil)
• Ema (Chile)
• Minari (United States) – **WINNER**
• Undine (Germany)

BEST ANIMATED FILM

• Onward
• Soul
• The Wolf House
• Wolfwalkers – **WINNER**
• World of Tomorrow Episode Three

BEST DOCUMENTARY

• Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
• Boys State
• Collective
• Dick Johnson is Dead
• Time – **WINNER**

BEST DIRECTOR

• Spike Lee, Da 5 Bloods
• Darius Marder, Sound of Metal
• Steve McQueen, Small Axe: Lovers Rock
• Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
• Chloé Zhao, Nomadland – **WINNER**

LEAD ACTOR

• Riz Ahmed, Sound of Metal – **WINNER**
• Chadwick Boseman, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Anthony Hopkins, The Father
• Delroy Lindo, Da 5 Bloods
• Steven Yeun, Minari

LEAD ACTRESS

• Viola Davis, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
• Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Vanessa Kirby, Pieces of a Woman
• Frances McDormand, Nomadland – **WINNER**
• Carey Mulligan, Promising Young Woman

SUPPORTING ACTOR

• Sasha Baron Cohen, The Trial of the Chicago 7
• Brian Dennehy, Driveways
• Bill Murray, On the Rocks
• Leslie Odom Jr., One Night in Miami …
• Paul Raci, Sound of Metal – **WINNER**

SUPPORTING ACTRESS

• Maria Bakalova, Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
• Ellen Burstyn, Pieces of a Woman
• Olivia Colman, The Father
• Amanda Seyfried, Mank
• Youn Yuh-jung, Minari – **WINNER**

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY

• Hannah Bos & Paul Thureen, Driveways
• Lee Isaac Chung, Minari
• Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
• Eliza Hittman, Never Rarely Sometimes Always – **WINNER**
• Darius Marder & Abraham Marder, Sound of Metal

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY

• Eleanor Catton, Emma.
• Christopher Hampton & Florian Zeller, The Father
• Jonathan Raymond & Kelly Reichardt, First Cow
• Charlie Kaufman, I’m Thinking of Ending Things
• Chloé Zhao, Nomadland – **WINNER**

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

• Christopher Blauvelt, First Cow
• Erik Messerschmidt, Mank
• Martin Ruhe, The Midnight Sky
• Joshua James Richards, Nomadland – **WINNER**
• Shabier Kirchner, Small Axe: Lovers Rock

BEST EDITING

• Andy Canny, The Invisible Man
• Kirk Baxter, Mank
• Chloé Zhao, Nomadland – **WINNER**
• Mikkel E.G. Nielsen, Sound of Metal
• Alan Baumgarten, The Trial of the Chicago 7

BEST SCORE

• Terence Blanchard, Da 5 Bloods
• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Mank
• Alexandre Desplat, The Midnight Sky
• Emile Mosseri, Minari
• Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross, Soul – **WINNER**

BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE

• Kiera Allen, Run
• Sidney Flanigan, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Paul Raci, Sound of Metal – **WINNER**
• Talia Ryder, Never Rarely Sometimes Always
• Isabel Sandoval, Lingua Franca

BREAKTHROUGH DIRECTOR

• Max Barbakow, Palm Springs
• Radha Blank, The Forty-Year Old Version
• Emerald Fennell, Promising Young Woman
• Darius Marder, Sound of Metal – **WINNER**
• Florian Zeller, The Father