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Austin Film Critics Association

Organization of professional film critics from Austin, Texas

Organization of professional film critics from Austin, Texas

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nameAustin Film Critics Association
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Robert "Bobby" McCurdy
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Robert "Bobby" McCurdy

The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) 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 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

  • 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

  • 2005
  • 2006
  • 2007
  • 2008
  • 2009
  • 2010
  • 2011
  • 2012
  • 2013
  • 2014
  • 2015
  • 2016
  • 2017
  • 2018
  • 2019
  • 2020
  • 2021
  • 2022
  • 2023
  • 2024
  • 2025

Winners

  • † = Winner of the Academy Award

Best Picture

YearWinnerDirector(s)
2005Crash †Paul Haggis
2006United 93Paul Greengrass
2007There Will Be BloodPaul Thomas Anderson
2008The Dark KnightChristopher Nolan
2009The Hurt Locker †Kathryn Bigelow
2010Black SwanDarren Aronofsky
2011HugoMartin Scorsese
2012Zero Dark ThirtyKathryn Bigelow
2013HerSpike Jonze
2014BoyhoodRichard Linklater
2015Mad Max: Fury RoadGeorge Miller
2016Moonlight †Barry Jenkins
2017Get OutJordan Peele
2018If Beale Street Could TalkBarry Jenkins
2019Parasite †Bong Joon-ho
2020MinariLee Isaac Chung
2021The Power of the DogJane Campion
2022Everything Everywhere All At Once †Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
2023Oppenheimer †Christopher Nolan
2024Anora †Sean Baker

Best Director

YearWinnerFilm
2005Paul HaggisCrash
2006Alfonso CuarónChildren of Men
2007Paul Thomas AndersonThere Will Be Blood
2008Christopher NolanThe Dark Knight
2009Kathryn Bigelow †The Hurt Locker
2010Darren AronofskyBlack Swan
2011Nicolas Winding RefnDrive
2012Paul Thomas AndersonThe Master
2013Alfonso Cuarón †Gravity
2014Richard LinklaterBoyhood
2015George MillerMad Max: Fury Road
2016Barry JenkinsMoonlight
2017Guillermo del Toro †The Shape of Water
2018Barry JenkinsIf Beale Street Could Talk
2019Bong Joon-ho †Parasite
2020Lee Isaac ChungMinari
2021Jane Campion †The Power of the Dog
2022Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert †Everything Everywhere All At Once
2023Christopher Nolan †Oppenheimer
2024Sean Baker †Anora

Best Actor

YearNomineeFilmRole
2005Philip Seymour Hoffman †CapoteTruman Capote
2006Leonardo DiCaprioThe DepartedBilly
2007Daniel Day-Lewis †There Will Be BloodDaniel Plainview
2008Sean Penn †MilkHarvey Milk
2009Colin FirthA Single ManGeorge Falconer
2010Colin Firth †The King's SpeechKing George VI
2011Michael ShannonTake ShelterCurtis LaForche
2012Joaquin PhoenixThe MasterFreddie Quell
2013Chiwetel Ejiofor12 Years a SlaveSolomon Northup
2014Jake GyllenhaalNightcrawlerLouis "Lou" Bloom
2015Michael FassbenderSteve JobsSteve Jobs
2016Casey Affleck †Manchester by the SeaLee Chandler
2017Timothée ChalametCall Me by Your NameElio Perlman
2018Ethan HawkeFirst ReformedPastor Ernst Toller
2019Adam SandlerUncut GemsHoward Ratner
2020Riz AhmedSound of MetalRuben Stone
2021Nicolas CagePigRobin "Rob" Feld
2022Colin FarrellThe Banshees of InisherinPádraic Súilleabháin
2023Cillian Murphy †OppenheimerJ. Robert Oppenheimer
2024Colman DomingoSing SingJohn "Divine G" Whitfield

Best Actress

YearNomineeFilmRole
2005Reese Witherspoon †Walk the LineJune Carter Cash
2006Elliot PageHard CandyHayley Stark
2007JunoJuno 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 Actor

YearWinnerFilmRole
2005William HurtA History of ViolenceRichie Cusack
2006Jack NicholsonThe DepartedFrancis "Frank" Costello
2007Javier Bardem †No Country for Old MenAnton Chigurh
2008Heath Ledger (posthumous) †The Dark KnightThe Joker
2009Christoph Waltz †Inglourious BasterdsHans Landa
2010Christian Bale †The FighterDicky Eklund
2011Albert BrooksDriveBernie Rose
2012Christoph Waltz †Django UnchainedLancaster Dodd
2013Jared Leto †Dallas Buyers ClubRayon
2014J. K. Simmons †WhiplashTerence Fletcher
2015Sylvester StalloneCreedRocky Balboa
2016Mahershala Ali †MoonlightJuan
2017Willem DafoeThe Florida ProjectBobby Hicks
2018Richard E GrantCan You Ever Forgive Me?Jack Hock
2019Brad Pitt †Once Upon a Time in...HollywoodCliff Booth
2020Daniel Kaluuya †Judas and the Black MessiahFred Hampton
2021Kodi-Smit McPheeThe Power of the DogPeter Gordon
2022Ke Huy Quan †Everything Everywhere All At OnceWaymond Wang
2023Robert Downey Jr. †OppenheimerLewis Strauss
2024Yura BorisovAnoraIgor

Best Supporting Actress

YearWinnerFilmRole
2005Laura LinneyThe Squid and the WhaleJoan Berkman
2006Rinko KikuchiBabelChieko Wataya
2007Allison JanneyJunoBren MacGuff
2008Taraji P. HensonThe Curious Case of Benjamin ButtonQueenie
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 DogRose 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 (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
  • 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 Richard Linklater
  • 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 Bong Joon-ho
  • Best Film
    • 2019 - Parasite
  • Best Director
    • 2019 - Parasite
  • Best Original Screenplay
    • 2019 - Parasite
  • Best Foreign Language Film
    • 2019 - Parasite Emmanuel Lubezki
  • 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 Kathryn Bigelow
  • Best Film
    • 2009 – The Hurt Locker
    • 2012 – Zero Dark Thirty
  • Best Director
    • 2009 – The Hurt Locker Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert
  • Best Film
    • 2022-Everything Everywhere All At Once
  • Best Director
    • 2022-Everything Everywhere All At Once
  • Best Original Screenplay
    • 2022-Everything Everywhere All At Once Guillermo del Toro
  • Best Director
    • 2017 – The Shape of Water
  • Best Original Screenplay
    • 2006 – Pan's Labyrinth
  • Best Foreign Film
    • 2006 – Pan's Labyrinth Jordan Peele
  • Best Film
    • 2017 – Get Out
  • Best Original Screenplay
    • 2017 – Get Out
  • Best First Film
    • 2017 – Get Out Robert Rodriguez
  • 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 Megan Ellison
  • Best Film
    • 2012 – Zero Dark Thirty
    • 2013 – Her Paul Haggis
  • Best Film
    • 2005 – Crash
  • Best Director
    • 2005 – Crash Rian Johnson
  • Best First Film
    • 2006 – Brick
  • Best Original Screenplay
    • 2012 – Looper Quentin Tarantino
  • 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 Jessica Chastain
  • Best Supporting Actress
    • 2011 – Take Shelter
  • Bobby McCurdy Breakthrough Artist Award
    • 2011 – for her work in The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, and The Tree of Life Colin Firth
  • Best Actor
    • 2009 – A Single Man
    • 2010 – The King's Speech Lily Gladstone
  • 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 Anne Hathaway
  • Best Actress
    • 2008 – Rachel Getting Married
  • Best Supporting Actress
    • 2017 – Les Misérables Allison Janney
  • Best Supporting Actress
    • 2007 – Juno
    • 2017 – I, Tonya Mikey Madison
  • Best Actress
    • 2024 – Anora
  • Bobby McCurdy Breakthrough Artist Award
    • 2024 – Anora Elliot Page
  • Best Actress
    • 2006 – Hard Candy
    • 2007 – Juno Christoph Waltz
  • Best Supporting Actor
    • 2008 – Inglourious Basterds
    • 2012 – Django Unchained

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)

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)

Notes

: A: Elliot Page won before his gender transition in 2020.

References

References

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