Austin Film Critics Association

The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) is an organization of 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.

Awards

Award ceremonies

• 2005 - 1st
• 2006 - 2nd
• 2007 - 3rd
• 2008 - 4th
• 2009 - 5th
• 2010 - 6th

Awards breakdown

Films with 2 or more

• 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 Screenplay - Adapted
  • Black Swan (2010): Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography.
• 4 awards:
  • Juno (2007): Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay, Breakthrough Artist Award
• 3 awards:
  • The Hurt Locker - (2009): Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography
  • Inglourious Basterds - (2009): Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay
• 2 awards:
  • Up in the Air (2009): - Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay
  • Me and Orson Welles (2009): Breakthrough Artist Award, Austin Film Award
  • 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 Film, Best Director
  • Hustle and Flow (2005): Breakthrough Artist Award, Best First Film
  • Sin City (2005): Best Animated Film, Austin Film Award

People with 2 or more

• 3 awards:
  • Robert Rodriguez - Best Austin Film: Sin City (2005), Grindhouse (2007); Best Animated Film: Sin City (2005)
• 2 awards:
  • Quentin Tarantino - Best Original Screenplay: Inglourious Basterds (2009), Best Austin Film: Grindhouse (2007)
  • Richard Linklater - Best Austin Film: A Scanner Darkly (2006), Me and Orson Welles (2009)
  • Ellen Page - Best Actress: Hard Candy (2006), Juno (2007)
  • Alfonso Cuaron: - Best Director, Best Original Screenplay: Children of Men (2006)
  • Colin Firth: - Best Actor: A Single Man (2009), The King's Speech (2010)

Top 10 Films of the Decade (2000-09):

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. (tie) Memento (2000), The Departed (2006)^[1]

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