Austin_Film_Critics_Association

Austin Film Critics Association

Austin Film Critics Association

Organization of professional film critics from Austin, Texas

The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) is an organization of professional film critics from Austin, Texas.

Quick Facts Formation, Purpose ...

Each year, the AFCA votes on their end-of-year awards for films released in the same calendar year. 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 "Bobby" 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.[1]

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.[2]

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.[3]

Categories

Ceremonies

Winners

Best Picture

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Best Director

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Best Actor

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Best Actress

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Best Supporting Actor

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Best Supporting Actress

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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
  • 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[4]
  • 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
  • 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

Producers, directors, and cinematographers

6 awards
Barry Jenkins


Richard Linklater


4 awards
Alfonso Cuarón


Bong Joon-ho


Emmanuel Lubezki


Keith Maitland

  • Best Documentary
  • Bobby McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award
  • Austin Film Award
  • Special Honorary Award


3 awards
Paul Thomas Anderson


Kathryn Bigelow


Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert


Guillermo del Toro


Jordan Peele


Robert Rodriguez


2 awards
Mark Boal


Megan Ellison


Paul Haggis

  • Best Film
  • Best Director


Rian Johnson

  • Best First Film
  • Best Original Screenplay


Quentin Tarantino

Actors

3 awards
Brie Larson


2 awards
Timothée Chalamet


Jessica Chastain


Colin Firth


Anne Hathaway


Allison Janney


Elliot Page [A]


Christoph Waltz

Top 10 Films of the Decade (2000s)

  1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)
  2. There Will Be Blood (2007)
  3. The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003)
  4. The Dark Knight (2008)
  5. Requiem for a Dream (2000)
  6. Kill Bill (2003/4)
  7. No Country for Old Men (2007)
  8. The Incredibles (2004)
  9. Children of Men (2006)
  10. Memento (2000) / The Departed (2006) (TIE) [5]

Top 10 Films of the Decade (2010s)

  1. Mad Max Fury Road (2015)
  2. Moonlight (2016)
  3. The Social Network (2010)
  4. Get Out (2017)
  5. Arrival (2016)
  6. The Handmaiden (2016)
  7. Parasite (2019)
  8. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019)
  9. Boyhood (2014)
  10. Phantom Thread (2017) [6]

Notes

    A^ : Elliot Page won before his gender transition in 2020.[7]

    References

    1. [1]
      "Austinfilmcritics.org". Archived from the original on 2013-07-24. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
    2. [2]
      "Entertainment Weekly". Archived from the original on 2018-09-21. Retrieved 2013-04-09.
    3. [3]
      Austin360.com
    4. [4]
      Partridge, Jon (2022-01-11). "The 2021 Austin Film Critics Association Award Winners". Medium. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
    5. [5]
      "2009 Awards". Austin Film Critics Association. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 8 December 2011.
    6. [6]
      "2019 Awards". Austin Film Critics Association. Archived from the original on 22 February 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
    7. [7]
      Donnelly, Matt (December 1, 2020). "Oscar-Nominated 'Umbrella Academy' Star Elliot Page Announces He Is Transgender". Variety. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
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