2026 Voting Dates
- Nominations Due: Dec. 18, 2026
- Nominees Announced: Dec. 23, 2026
- Voting Ballot Due: Dec. 30, 2026
- Winners Announced: Jan. 9, 2027 at the Dryden Theatre in Rochester, NY
Rules
Nomination voting will consist of every member compiling a ranked five choices per category with first place votes receiving 5 points, second place votes receiving 4 points, and so on in order to achieve a weighted consensus of those choices with the most points.
Final voting will then be a weighted consensus in the same mold of the agreed upon nominees.
(Tie-breaker: number of 1st place votes, then 2nd, and so on. Run-off vote if remains tied.)
Our Categories
- Best Picture
- Best Film in a Foreign Language
- Best Animated Film
- Best Documentary
- Best Director
- Best Lead Actor
- Best Lead Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Ensemble
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Cinematography
- Best Film Editing
- Best Score
- Breakthrough Performance
- Breakthrough Director
Greater WNY Film Critics Association 