The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) 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 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 Picture

Best Director

Best Actor

Best Actress

Best Supporting Actor

Best Supporting Actress

Multiple award winners

Films

Producers, directors, and cinematographers

6 awards Barry Jenkins Richard Linklater 4 awards Alfonso Cuarón Bong Joon-ho Emmanuel Lubezki Keith Maitland 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 Rian Johnson Quentin Tarantino

Actors

3 awards Brie Larson 2 awards Timothée Chalamet Jessica Chastain Colin Firth Anne Hathaway Allison Janney Elliot Page Christoph Waltz

Top 10 Films of the Decade (2000s)

Top 10 Films of the Decade (2010s)