Tuesday, March 19, 2024

The 2019 Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) Winners

By Matt Neglia 

The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2019.

Click below to see the winners.

​Best Film
The Irishman
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite
Uncut Gems

Best Director
Greta Gerwig, Little Women
Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
The Safdie Brothers, Uncut Gems
Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Actor
Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Adam Driver, Marriage Story
Eddie Murphy, Dolemite is My Name
Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems

Best Actress
Awkwafina, The Farewell
Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
Elisabeth Moss, Her Smell
Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Renee Zellweger, Judy

Best Supporting Actor
Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
Al Pacino, The Irishman
Joe Pesci, The Irishman
Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Song Kang-ho, Parasite

Best Supporting Actress
Laura Dern, Marriage Story
Adèle Haenel, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Florence Pugh, Little Women

Best Original Screenplay
Knives Out
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite
Us

Best Adapted Screenplay
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
Hustlers
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Little Women

Best Cinematography
1917
Ad Astra
The Lighthouse
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite

Best Original Score
1917
Little Women
Marriage Story
Us
Waves

Best Foreign Language Film
Atlantics
One Cut of the Dead
Pain and Glory
Parasite
Portrait of a Lady on Fire

Best Documentary
Apollo 11
The Biggest Little Farm
For Sama
Hail Satan?
One Child Nation

Best Animated Film
Frozen II
I Lost My Body
Klaus
Missing Link
Toy Story 4

Best Ensemble
The Irishman
Knives Out
Little Women
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite

Best Editing
1917
The Irishman
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Parasite
Uncut Gems

Best Motion Capture/Special Effects Performance
Josh Brolin, Avengers: Endgame
Mark Ruffalo, Avengers: Endgame
Rosa Salazar, Alita: Battle Angel
Will Smith, Aladdin
Will Smith, Gemini Man

Best Stunts
Avengers: Endgame
Ford vs. Ferrari
John Wick 3: Parabellum
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Shadow

Best First Film
Atlantics (dir. Mati Diop)
Booksmart (dir. Olivia Wilde)
The Last Black Man in San Francisco (dir. Joe Talbot)
The Peanut Butter Falcon (dir. Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz)
Queen and Slim (dir. Melina Matsoukas)

Breakthrough Artist
Awkwafina, The Farewell
Noah Jupe, Honey Boy
Florence Pugh, Midsommar/Little Women
Da’vine Joy Randolph, Dolemite is My Name
Lulu Wang, The Farewell

Austin Film Award (previously announced)
Frances Ferguson (dir. Bob Byington)
A Hidden Life (dir. Terrence Malick)
The River and the Wall (dir. Ben Masters)
Running with Beto (dir. David Modigliani)
Where’d You Go, Bernadette (dir. Richard Linklater)

Special Honorary Award: To Agnes Varda, whose work inspired generations of filmmakers

AFCA 2019 Top Ten Films
1. Parasite
2. Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
3. Uncut Gems
4. Marriage Story
5. The Irishman
6. The Farewell
7. Knives Out
8. Jojo Rabbit
9. 1917
10. Portrait of a Lady on Fire

AFCA Top Ten Films of the Decade
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

You can follow Matt and hear more of his thoughts on the Oscars and Film on Twitter at @NextBestPicture

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Matt Neglia
Matt Negliahttps://nextbestpicture.com/
Obsessed about the Oscars, Criterion Collection and all things film 24/7. Critics Choice Member.

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