Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite leads the nominees for the Austin Film Critics Association 2018 film awards with a total of nine nominations including for Best Film. Other nominees for Best Film include Blindspotting, If Beale Street Could Talk, Roma and Suspiria.
The Austin Film Critics Association earlier revealed the films with local ties — works made in Austin and/or directed by a filmmaker living in town during their film’s production – nominated for the 2018 Austin Film award.
In alphabetical order, the five nominees for 2018 are:
1985 (dir. Yen Tan)
Call Her Ganda (dir. PJ Raval)
Damsel (dir. David & Nathan Zellner)
Run Like the Devil (dir. Steve Mims)
Support the Girls (dir. Andrew Bujalski)
The winners will be announced on January 7, 2019, and the winner of the 2018 Austin Film Award will be shown in a special screening at AFS Cinema on January 13, 2019.
Austin Film Critics Association 2018 Film Awards Nominations
Best Film
Blindspotting
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
Suspiria
The Favourite
Best Director
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Barry Jenkins, If Beale Street Could Talk
Debra Granik, Leave No Trace
Lynne Ramsay, You Were Never Really Here
Yorgos Lanthimos, The Favourite
Best Actor
Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born
Christian Bale, Vice
Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Joaquin Phoenix, You Were Never Really Here
Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody
Best Actress
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Regina Hall, Support the Girls
Toni Collette, Hereditary
Best Supporting Actor
Brian Tyree Henry, If Beale Street Could Talk
Hugh Grant, Paddington 2
Michael B. Jordan, Black Panther
Richard E. Grant, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Steven Yeun, Burning
Best Supporting Actress
Amy Adams, Vice
Claire Foy, First Man
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Best Original Screenplay
Eighth Grade
First Reformed
Roma
Sorry to Bother You
The Favourite
Best Adapted Screenplay
Blackkklansman
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
If Beale Street Could Talk
Leave No Trace
The Death of Stalin
Best Cinematography
Burning
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
The Favourite
Best Original Score
Annihilation
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mandy
Suspiria
Best Foreign Language Film
Burning
Cold War
Roma
Shoplifters
The Guilty
Best Documentary
Free Solo
Minding the Gap
RBG
Shirkers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Best Animated Film
Incredibles 2
Isle of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks the Internet
Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse
Best Ensemble
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Widows
Best Editing
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
The Favourite
Widows
Best Motion Capture/Special Effects Performance
Ben Whishaw, Paddington 2
Josh Brolin, Avengers: Infinity War
Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Solo: A Star Wars Story
Shameik Moore, Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse
Sonoya Mizuno, Annihilation
Best Stunts
Black Panther
Mandy
Mission Impossible: Fallout
The Night Comes for Us
Upgrade
Best First Film
A Star is Born (D. Bradley Cooper)
Blindspotting (D. Carlos López Estrada)
Eighth Grade (D. Bo Burnham)
Hereditary (D. Ari Aster)
Sorry To Bother You (D. Boots Riley)
Breakthrough Artist
Boots Riley, Sorry to Bother You
Brian Tyree Henry, If Beale Street Could Talk, Widows, Spider-man: Into the Spider-verse
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Jim Cummings, Thunder Road
Yalitza Aparicio, Roma
Austin Film Award
1985 (D. Yen Tan)
Call Her Ganda (D. PJ Raval)
Damsel (D. David & Nathan Zellner)
Run Like the Devil (D. Steve Mims)
Support the Girls (D. Andrew Bujalski)