Austin Film Critics Association
Organization of professional film critics from Austin, Texas
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The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) is an organization of professional film critics from Austin, Texas, United States.[1]
Formation2005
PurposeFilm critics
Location
- Austin, Texas, United States
Founders
Cole DabneyRobert "Bobby" McCurdy
| Formation | 2005 |
|---|---|
| Purpose | Film critics |
| Location |
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Founders | Cole Dabney Robert "Bobby" McCurdy |
| Website | austinfilmcritics |
Each year, the AFCA votes on their end-of-year awards for films released in the same calendar year.[2] A special award, the Austin Film Award, is given each year to the best film made in Austin or by an Austin-area director.
History
The Austin Film Critics Association was founded in 2005 by local film critics Cole Dabney and Robert McCurdy while attending Bowie High School in Austin. The organization grew in its first eight years, expanding from three members in 2005 to 25 members in 2013.[3]
On January 12, 2007, after only one year in existence, Entertainment Weekly called the AFCA "wildly contrarian" for naming Elliot Page Best Actress for his role in Hard Candy over Helen Mirren for her performance in The Queen, as Mirren had swept the category so far during the award season.[4]
The association chose to name the group's Breakthrough Artist Award to honor Robert "Bobby" McCurdy starting in 2010. McCurdy died on December 19, 2010, while training to become a Naval Aviator.[5]
Categories
- Best Film
- Best Director
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Film Editing
- Best Ensemble
- Best Animated Film
- Best Foreign Language Film
- Best First Film
- Best Documentary
- Best Cinematography
- Best Score
- Best Stunts
- Best Motion Capture/Special Effects Performance
- The Robert R. "Bobby" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award
- Austin Film Award
- Special Honorary Award
Ceremonies
Winners
- † = Winner of the Academy Award
Best Picture
Best Director
Best Actor
| Year | Nominee | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Philip Seymour Hoffman † | Capote | Truman Capote |
| 2006 | Leonardo DiCaprio | The Departed | Billy |
| 2007 | Daniel Day-Lewis † | There Will Be Blood | Daniel Plainview |
| 2008 | Sean Penn † | Milk | Harvey Milk |
| 2009 | Colin Firth | A Single Man | George Falconer |
| 2010 | Colin Firth † | The King's Speech | King George VI |
| 2011 | Michael Shannon | Take Shelter | Curtis LaForche |
| 2012 | Joaquin Phoenix | The Master | Freddie Quell |
| 2013 | Chiwetel Ejiofor | 12 Years a Slave | Solomon Northup |
| 2014 | Jake Gyllenhaal | Nightcrawler | Louis "Lou" Bloom |
| 2015 | Michael Fassbender | Steve Jobs | Steve Jobs |
| 2016 | Casey Affleck † | Manchester by the Sea | Lee Chandler |
| 2017 | Timothée Chalamet | Call Me by Your Name | Elio Perlman |
| 2018 | Ethan Hawke | First Reformed | Pastor Ernst Toller |
| 2019 | Adam Sandler | Uncut Gems | Howard Ratner |
| 2020 | Riz Ahmed | Sound of Metal | Ruben Stone |
| 2021 | Nicolas Cage | Pig | Robin "Rob" Feld |
| 2022 | Colin Farrell | The Banshees of Inisherin | Pádraic Súilleabháin |
| 2023 | Cillian Murphy † | Oppenheimer | J. Robert Oppenheimer |
| 2024 | Colman Domingo | Sing Sing | John "Divine G" Whitfield |
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | William Hurt | A History of Violence | Richie Cusack |
| 2006 | Jack Nicholson | The Departed | Francis "Frank" Costello |
| 2007 | Javier Bardem † | No Country for Old Men | Anton Chigurh |
| 2008 | Heath Ledger (posthumous) † | The Dark Knight | The Joker |
| 2009 | Christoph Waltz † | Inglourious Basterds | Hans Landa |
| 2010 | Christian Bale † | The Fighter | Dicky Eklund |
| 2011 | Albert Brooks | Drive | Bernie Rose |
| 2012 | Christoph Waltz † | Django Unchained | Lancaster Dodd |
| 2013 | Jared Leto † | Dallas Buyers Club | Rayon |
| 2014 | J. K. Simmons † | Whiplash | Terence Fletcher |
| 2015 | Sylvester Stallone | Creed | Rocky Balboa |
| 2016 | Mahershala Ali † | Moonlight | Juan |
| 2017 | Willem Dafoe | The Florida Project | Bobby Hicks |
| 2018 | Richard E Grant | Can You Ever Forgive Me? | Jack Hock |
| 2019 | Brad Pitt † | Once Upon a Time in...Hollywood | Cliff Booth |
| 2020 | Daniel Kaluuya † | Judas and the Black Messiah | Fred Hampton |
| 2021 | Kodi-Smit McPhee | The Power of the Dog | Peter Gordon |
| 2022 | Ke Huy Quan † | Everything Everywhere All At Once | Waymond Wang |
| 2023 | Robert Downey Jr. † | Oppenheimer | Lewis Strauss |
| 2024 | Yura Borisov | Anora | Igor |
Best Supporting Actress
| Year | Winner | Film | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Laura Linney | The Squid and the Whale | Joan Berkman |
| 2006 | Rinko Kikuchi | Babel | Chieko Wataya |
| 2007 | Allison Janney | Juno | Bren MacGuff |
| 2008 | Taraji P. Henson | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Queenie |
| 2009 | Anna Kendrick | Up in the Air | Natalie Keener |
| 2010 | Hailee Steinfeld | True Grit | Mattie Ross |
| 2011 | Jessica Chastain | Take Shelter | Samantha LaForche |
| 2012 | Anne Hathaway † | Les Misérables | Fantine |
| 2013 | Lupita Nyong'o † | 12 Years a Slave | Patsey |
| 2014 | Patricia Arquette † | Boyhood | Olivia Evans |
| 2015 | Alicia Vikander | Ex Machina | Ava |
| 2016 | Viola Davis † | Fences | Rose Maxson |
| 2017 | Allison Janney † | I, Tonya | LaVona Golden |
| 2018 | Regina King † | If Beale Street Could Talk | Sharon Rivers |
| 2019 | Jennifer Lopez | Hustlers | Ramona Vega |
| 2020 | Youn Yuh-jung † | Minari | Soonja |
| 2021 | Kirsten Dunst | The Power of the Dog | Rose Gordon |
| 2022 | Stephanie Hsu | Everything Everywhere All At Once | Joy Wang/Jobu Tupaki |
| 2023 | Da'Vine Joy Randolph † | The Holdovers | Mary Lamb |
| 2024 | Margaret Qualley | The Substance | Sue |
Multiple award winners
Films
- 9 awards:
- Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022): Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Ensemble
- 8 Awards:
- Oppenheimer (2023):
- 6 Awards:
- Anora (2024): Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Robert R. "Buddy" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award (Mikey Madison)
- 5 awards:
- There Will Be Blood (2007): Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score
- The Dark Knight (2008): Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Score, Best Adapted Screenplay
- Black Swan (2010): Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography
- If Beale Street Could Talk (2018): Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, Breakthrough Artist Award
- The Power of the Dog (2021): Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Score[14]
- 4 awards:
- Juno (2007): Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Breakthrough Artist Award
- Take Shelter (2011): Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Austin Film Award, Breakthrough Artist Award*
- Boyhood (2014): Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Austin Film Award
- Moonlight (2016): Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay
- Parasite (2019): Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Foreign Language Film
- Sing Sing (2024): Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Ensemble, Best Austin Film
- 3 awards
- The Hurt Locker (2009): Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography
- Inglourious Basterds (2009): Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay
- The Master (2012): Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography
- 12 Years a Slave (2013): Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay
- Her (2013): Best Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score
- Nightcrawler (2014): Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best First Film
- Room (2015): Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Breakthrough Artist Award
- Tower (2016): Best Documentary, Austin Film Award, Breakthrough Artist Award
- Get Out (2017): Best Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best First Film
- Call Me by Your Name (2017): Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Breakthrough Artist Award
- Pig (2021): Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best First Film
- Killers of the Flower Moon (2023): Best Film, Best Actress, Breakthrough Artist Award
Producers, directors, and cinematographers
6 awards
Barry Jenkins
- Best Film
- 2016 – Moonlight
- 2018 – If Beale Street Could Talk
- Best Director
- 2016 – Moonlight
- 2018 – If Beale Street Could Talk
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- 2018 – If Beale Street Could Talk
- Best Original Screenplay
- 2016 – Moonlight
- Best Film
- 2014 – Boyhood
- Best Director
- 2014 – Boyhood
- Best Austin Film
- 2006 – A Scanner Darkly
- 2009 – Me and Orson Welles
- 2012 – Bernie
- 2014 – Boyhood
4 awards
Alfonso Cuarón
- Best Director
- 2006 – Children of Men
- 2013 – Gravity
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- 2006 – Children of Men
- Best Cinematography
- 2018 – Roma
- Best Film
- 2019 - Parasite
- Best Director
- 2019 - Parasite
- Best Original Screenplay
- 2019 - Parasite
- Best Foreign Language Film
- 2019 - Parasite
- Best Cinematography
- 2006 – Babel
- 2011 – The Tree of Life
- 2013 – Gravity
- 2014 – Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Keith Maitland
- Best Documentary
- 2016 – Tower
- Bobby McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award
- 2016 – Tower
- Austin Film Award
- 2016 – Tower
- Special Honorary Award
- 2016 – Tower
3 awards
Paul Thomas Anderson
- Best Film
- 2007 – There Will Be Blood
- Best Director
- 2007 – There Will Be Blood
- 2012 – The Master
- Best Film
- 2009 – The Hurt Locker
- 2012 – Zero Dark Thirty
- Best Director
- 2009 – The Hurt Locker
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
- Best Film
- Best Director
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Director
- 2017 – The Shape of Water
- Best Original Screenplay
- 2006 – Pan's Labyrinth
- Best Foreign Film
- 2006 – Pan's Labyrinth
- Best Austin Film
- 2005 – Sin City
- 2007 – Grindhouse (Shared with Quentin Tarantino)
- Best Animated Film
- 2005 – Sin City
2 awards
Mark Boal
- Best Film
- 2009 – The Hurt Locker
- 2012 – Zero Dark Thirty
- Best Film
- 2012 – Zero Dark Thirty
- 2013 – Her
- Best Original Screenplay
- 2009 – Inglourious Basterds
- Best Austin Film
- 2007 – Grindhouse (Shared with Robert Rodriguez)
Actors
3 awards
Brie Larson
- Best Actress
- 2013 – Short Term 12
- 2015 – Room
- Bobby McCurdy Breakthrough Artist Award
- 2013 – Short Term 12
2 awards
Timothée Chalamet
- Best Actor
- 2017 – Call Me by Your Name
- Bobby McCurdy Breakthrough Artist Award
- 2017 – for his work in Call Me By your Name, and Lady Bird
- Best Supporting Actress
- 2011 – Take Shelter
- Bobby McCurdy Breakthrough Artist Award[15]
- 2011 – for her work in The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life
- Best Actor
- 2009 – A Single Man
- 2010 – The King's Speech
- Best Actress
- 2023 – Killers of the Flower Moon
- Bobby McCurdy Breakthrough Artist Award
- 2023 – for her work in Killers of the Flower Moon, The Unknown Country, Fancy Dance, and Quantum Cowboys
- Best Actress
- 2008 – Rachel Getting Married
- Best Supporting Actress
- 2017 – Les Misérables
- Best Actress
- 2024 – Anora
- Bobby McCurdy Breakthrough Artist Award
- 2024 – Anora
- Best Actress
- 2006 – Hard Candy
- 2007 – Juno
- Best Supporting Actor
- 2008 – Inglourious Basterds
- 2012 – Django Unchained
Top 10 Films of the Decade (2000s)
Top 10 Films of the Decade (2010s)
Notes
- A^: Elliot Page won before his gender transition in 2020.[18]