The ballots have been counted for the Greater Western New York Film Critics Association’s second annual end-of-year Film Awards. We’ve chosen the below films as our collective favorites after engaging in a weighted scale voting process for Best Picture and fifteen other major categories. Potential titles/artists were restricted to those films released theatrically in the United States during the 2019 calendar year.
Leading the way are MARRIAGE STORY (5 wins), THE IRISHMAN (2 wins), and PARASITE (2 wins).
The 2019 GWNYFCA Film Awards Winners:
Best Picture:
- Ad Astra
- The Farewell
- The Irishman
- The Lighthouse
- Luce
- Marriage Story – **WINNER**
- Midsommar
- Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
- Parasite
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Best Foreign Language Film:
- The Farewell (United States)
- Pain & Glory (Spain)
- Parasite (South Korea) – **WINNER**
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (France)
- Transit (Germany)
Best Animated Film:
- Abominable
- How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
- I Lost My Body
- Missing Link
- Toy Story 4 – **WINNER**
Best Documentary:
Best Director:
- Noah Baumbach, Marriage Story
- James Gray, Ad Astra
- Bong Joon-ho, Parasite – **WINNER**
- Céline Sciamma, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
- Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Lead Actor:
- Antonio Banderas, Pain & Glory
- Adam Driver, Marriage Story – **WINNER**
- Joaquin Phoenix, Joker
- Brad Pitt, Ad Astra
- Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
Lead Actress:
- Awkwafina, The Farewell
- Adéle Haenel, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
- Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story – **WINNER**
- Noémie Merlant, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
- Sienna Miller, American Woman
- Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Supporting Actor:
- Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
- Song Kang-ho, Parasite
- Al Pacino, The Irishman
- Joe Pesci, The Irishman – **WINNER**
- Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood
Supporting Actress:
- Laura Dern, Marriage Story
- Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
- Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
- Florence Pugh, Little Women – **WINNER**
- Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell
Original Screenplay:
- The Farewell (Lulu Wang)
- Marriage Story (Noah Baumbach) – **WINNER**
- Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood (Quentin Tarantino)
- Parasite (Bong Joon-ho & Han Jin-won / story by Bong Joon-ho)
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Céline Sciamma)
Adapted Screenplay:
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster)
- The Irishman (Steven Zaillian) – **WINNER**
- Jojo Rabbit (Taika Waititi)
- Little Women (Greta Gerwig)
- Luce (J.C. Lee & Julius Onah)
Best Cinematography:
- Ad Astra (Hoyte Van Hoytema)
- The Lighthouse (Jarin Blaschke)
- Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood (Robert Richardson)
- Parasite (Hong Kyung-pyo)
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire (Claire Mathon) – **WINNER**
Best Editing:
- Apollo 11 (Todd Douglas Miller)
- The Irishman (Thelma Schoonmaker)
- Once Upon a Time … In Hollywood (Fred Raskin)
- Parasite (Yang Jin-mo)
- Uncut Gems (Ronald Bronstein & Benny Safdie) – **WINNER**
Best Score:
- Ad Astra (Max Richter)
- The Irishman (Robbie Robertson)
- Little Women (Alexandre Desplat)
- Marriage Story (Randy Newman) – **WINNER**
- Us (Michael Abels)
Breakthrough Performance:
- Jimmie Fails, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
- Julia Fox, Uncut Gems
- Zach Gottsagen, The Peanut Butter Falcon
- Roman Griffin Davis, Jojo Rabbit
- Zhao Shuzhen, The Farewell – **WINNER**
Breakthrough Director:
- Mati Diop, Atlantics
- Melina Matsoukas, Queen & Slim
- Tyler Nilson & Michael Schwartz, The Peanut Butter Falcon
- Joe Talbot, The Last Black Man in San Francisco
- Olivia Wilde, Booksmart – **WINNER**
Greater WNY Film Critics Association 
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