The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) announced its 2019 awards, with Parasite winning Best Film, Best Director (Bong Joon-Ho), Best Foreign Language Film, and Best Original Screenplay.
The winner of this year’s Robert R. “Bobby” McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award is Florence Pugh for her work in Midsommar, Little Women, and Fighting with My Family.
Other awards include I Lost My Body winning Best Animated Feature, and Apollo 11 winning Best Documentary. The 2019 Austin Film Award winner is Terrence Malick’s A Hidden Life.
Winners of Austin Film Critics Association 2019 Awards
Best Film: Parasite (dir: Bong Joon-Ho)
Best Director: Bong Joon-Ho, Parasite
Best Actress: Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Best Actor: Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
Best Supporting Actor: Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Ensemble: Knives Out
Best Original Screenplay: Bong Joon-Ho & Jin Won Han, Parasite
Best Adapted Screenplay: Greta Gerwig, Little Women
Best Cinematography: Roger Deakins, 1917
Best Score: Thomas Newman, 1917
Best Editing: Ronald Bronstein & Benny Safdie, Uncut Gems
Best Foreign-Language Film: Parasite (dir: Bong Joon-Ho)
Best Documentary: Apollo 11 (dir: Todd Douglas Miller)
Best Animated Film: I Lost My Body (dir: Jeremy Clapin)
Best Stunts: John Wick 3: Parabellum
Best Motion Capture/Special Effects Performance: Josh Brolin, Avengers: Endgame
Best First Film: Booksmart (dir: Olivia Wilde)
The Robert R. “Bobby” McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award: Florence Pugh, Midsommar, Little Women, Fighting with My Family
Austin Film Award: A Hidden Life (dir: Terrence Malick)
Special Honorary Award: To Agnes Varda, whose work inspired generations of filmmakers.
AFCA 2019 Top Ten Films
- Parasite
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Uncut Gems
- Marriage Story
- The Irishman
- The Farewell
- Knives Out
- Jojo Rabbit
- 1917
- 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
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