Austin Film Critics Association


The Austin Film Critics Association is an organization of professional film critics from Austin, Texas.
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.
On January 12, 2007, after only one year in existence, Entertainment Weekly called the AFCA "wildly contrarian" for naming Ellen Page Best Actress for her 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.

Winners

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

YearNomineeFilmRole
2005Reese Witherspoon †Walk the LineJune Carter Cash
2006Ellen PageHard CandyHayley Stark
2007Ellen PageJunoJuno 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

Best Supporting Actor

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

Multiple award winners

Films

6 awards
Barry Jenkins
Richard Linklater
4 awards
Alfonso Cuarón
Bong Joon-ho
Emmanuel Lubezki
Keith Maitland
3 awards
Paul Thomas Anderson
Kathryn Bigelow
Guillermo del Toro
Jordan Peele
Robert Rodriguez
2 awards
Mark Boal
Megan Ellison
Paul Haggis
Rian Johnson
Quentin Tarantino
3 awards
Brie Larson
2 awards
Timothée Chalamet
Jessica Chastain
Colin Firth
Anne Hathaway
Allison Janney
Ellen Page
Christoph Waltz
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  2. There Will Be Blood
  3. The Lord of the Rings
  4. The Dark Knight
  5. Requiem for a Dream
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  7. No Country for Old Men
  8. The Incredibles
  9. Children of Men
  10. Memento / The Departed '''