Austin Film Critics Association


The Austin Film Critics Association is an organization of professional film critics from Austin, Texas, United States.
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 McCurdy while attending Bowie [High School (Austin, Texas)|Bowie High School] in Austin. The organization grew in its first eight years, expanding from three members in 2005 to 25 members in 2013.
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.
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.

Categories

Ceremonies

Winners

Best Actress

YearNomineeFilmRole
2005Reese Witherspoon †Walk the LineJune Carter Cash
2006Elliot Page Hard CandyHayley Stark
2007Elliot Page JunoJuno MacGuff
2008Anne HathawayRachel Getting MarriedKym
2009Mélanie LaurentInglourious BasterdsShosanna Dreyfus / Emmanuelle Mimieux
2010Natalie Portman †Black SwanNina Sayers
2011Tilda SwintonWe Need to Talk About KevinEva Khatchadourian
2012Jennifer Lawrence †Silver Linings PlaybookTiffany Maxwell
2013Brie LarsonShort Term 12Grace Howard
2014Rosamund PikeGone GirlAmy Elliott Dunne
2015Brie Larson †RoomJoy "Ma" Newsome
2016Isabelle HuppertElleMichèle Leblanc
2017Frances McDormand †Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, MissouriMildred Hayes
2018Olivia Colman †The FavouriteAnne, Queen of Great Britain
2019Lupita Nyong'oUsAdelaide Wilson / Red
2020Carey MulliganPromising Young WomanCassandra "Cassie" Thomas
2021Agathe RousselleTitaneAlexia / Adrien
2022Michelle Yeoh †Everything Everywhere All At OnceEvelyn Quan Wang
2023Lily GladstoneKillers of the Flower MoonMollie Kyle
2024Mikey Madison †AnoraAnora "Ani" Mikheeva

Best Supporting Actress

YearWinnerFilmRole
2005Laura LinneyThe Squid and the WhaleJoan Berkman
2006Rinko KikuchiBabelChieko Wataya
2007Allison JanneyJunoBren MacGuff
2008Taraji P. HensonThe [Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)|The Curious Case of Benjamin Button]Queenie
2009Anna KendrickUp in the AirNatalie Keener
2010Hailee SteinfeldTrue GritMattie Ross
2011Jessica ChastainTake ShelterSamantha LaForche
2012Anne Hathaway †Les MisérablesFantine
2013Lupita Nyong'o †12 Years a SlavePatsey
2014Patricia Arquette †BoyhoodOlivia Evans
2015Alicia VikanderEx MachinaAva
2016Viola Davis †FencesRose Maxson
2017Allison Janney †I, TonyaLaVona Golden
2018Regina King †If Beale Street Could TalkSharon Rivers
2019Jennifer LopezHustlersRamona Vega
2020Youn Yuh-jung †MinariSoonja
2021Kirsten DunstThe [Power of the Dog (film)|The Power of the Dog]Rose Gordon
2022Stephanie HsuEverything Everywhere All At OnceJoy Wang/Jobu Tupaki
2023Da'Vine Joy Randolph †The HoldoversMary Lamb
2024Margaret QualleyThe SubstanceSue

Multiple award winners

Films

9 awards:
  • * Everything Everywhere All At Once : Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Ensemble
  • 8 Awards:
  • *Oppenheimer :
  • 6 Awards:
  • *Anora : Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Robert R. "Buddy" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award 5 awards:
  • * There Will Be Blood : Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score
  • * The Dark Knight : Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Score, Best Adapted Screenplay
  • * Black Swan : Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography
  • * If Beale Street Could Talk : Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Supporting Actor, Breakthrough Artist Award
  • * The Power of the Dog : Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Score4 awards:
  • * Juno : Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Breakthrough Artist Award
  • * Take Shelter : Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Austin Film Award, Breakthrough Artist Award*
  • * Boyhood : Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Austin Film Award
  • * Moonlight : Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay
  • * Parasite : Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Foreign Language Film
  • * Sing Sing '': Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Ensemble, Best Austin Film3 awards
  • * The Hurt Locker : Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography
  • * Inglourious Basterds : Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay
  • * The Master : Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography
  • * 12 Years a Slave : Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay
  • * Her : Best Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score
  • * Nightcrawler : Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best First Film
  • * Room : Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Breakthrough Artist Award
  • * Tower : Best Documentary, Austin Film Award, Breakthrough Artist Award
  • * Get Out : Best Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best First Film
  • * Call Me by Your Name : Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Breakthrough Artist Award
  • * Pig : Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best First Film
  • *Killers of the Flower Moon'' : Best Film, Best Actress, Breakthrough Artist Award

Producers, directors, and cinematographers

6 awards
Barry Jenkins
Richard Linklater
4 awards
Alfonso Cuarón
Bong Joon-ho
Emmanuel Lubezki
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
Kathryn Bigelow
Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
Guillermo del Toro
Jordan Peele
  • Best Film
  • * 2017 – Get Out
  • Best Original Screenplay
  • * 2017 – Get Out
  • Best First Film
  • * 2017 – Get Out
Robert Rodriguez
2 awards
Mark Boal
Megan Ellison
Paul Haggis
  • Best Film
  • * 2005 – Crash
  • Best Director
  • * 2005 – Crash
Rian Johnson
  • Best First Film
  • * 2006 – Brick
  • Best Original Screenplay
  • * 2012 – Looper
Quentin Tarantino

Actors

3 awards
Brie Larson
2 awards
Timothée Chalamet
Jessica Chastain
Colin Firth
Lily Gladstone
Anne Hathaway
Allison Janney
Mikey Madison
  • Best Actress
  • * 2024 – Anora
  • Bobby McCurdy Breakthrough Artist Award
  • * 2024 – Anora
Elliot Page
Christoph Waltz

Top 10 Films of the Decade (2000s)

  1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
  2. There Will Be Blood
  3. The [Lord of the Rings (film series)|The Lord of the Rings]
  4. The Dark Knight
  5. Requiem for a Dream
  6. Kill Bill
  7. No [Country for Old Men (film)|No Country for Old Men]
  8. The Incredibles
  9. Children of Men
  10. Memento / The Departed ''''''

Top 10 Films of the Decade (2010s)

  1. Mad Max Fury Road
  2. Moonlight
  3. The Social Network
  4. Get Out
  5. Arrival
  6. The Handmaiden
  7. Parasite
  8. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
  9. Boyhood
  10. ''Phantom Thread''