Austin Film Critics Association

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The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) is an organization of film critics from the Austin, Texas area. The AFCA includes members from the Austin Chronicle, the Austin-American Statesman, Ain't It Cool News, Cole & Bobby …at the Movies!, News 8 Austin, the Hill Country News, the San Antonio Observer, film.com and Spill.

Each year, the AFCA meets to vote on their Austin Film Critics Association Awards for films released in the same calendar year. The special award, the Austin Film Award, is given each year to the best film made in Austin.

Contents 1 Award ceremonies 2 Awards breakdown 3 Awards 3.1 Best Picture 3.2 Best Director

[edit] Award ceremonies

• 2005 - 1st
• 2006 - 2nd
• 2007 - 3rd

[edit] Awards breakdown

(2 or more)

• 5 awards:
  • There Will Be Blood (2007): Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score
• 4 awards:
  • Juno (2007): Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Breakthrough Artist Award
• 2 awards:
  • No Country for Old Men (2007): Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay
  • The Departed (2006): Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor
  • Pan's Labyrinth (2006): Best Foreign Film, Best Original Screenplay
  • Children of Men (2006): Best Director, Best Cinematography
  • Crash (2005): Best Picture, Best Director
  • The Squid and the Whale (2005): Best Supporting Actress, Best First Film
  • Sin City (2005): Best Animated Film, Austin Film Award

[edit] Awards

[edit] Best Picture

• 2007: There Will Be Blood
• 2006: United 93
• 2005: Crash

[edit] Best Director

• 2007: Paul Thomas Anderson, There Will Be Blood
• 2006: Alfonso Cuaron, Children of Men
• 2005: Paul Haggis, Crash