Austin Film Critics Association awards: Parasite wins four

As we lurch into the ever-deflating industry end of awards season, we're always grateful for those stragglers among the critics' groups, those who've opted to wait until the year has actually finished before they decide on their favourites from it. It doesn't make a huge difference, if today's Austin Film Critics Association awards are anything to go by, but at least they provide a welcome indication that some people have taste!

Parasite wins four prizes from the AFCA, all of them utterly deserved, and awards for Uncut Gems in Editing, I Lost My Body in Animated Film, and A Hidden Life further demonstrate the reliably good artistic judgement of this association's members. Recall their nominations for 2019? If not, here's the link!

Best Film

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

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 Original Screenplay

PARASITE

Best Adapted Screenplay

LITTLE WOMEN

Best Cinematography

1917

Best Editing

UNCUT GEMS

Best Original Score

1917

Best Ensemble

KNIVES OUT

Best Stunts

JOHN WICK: CHAPTER 3 - PARABELLUM

Best Animated Film

I LOST MY BODY

Best Documentary

APOLLO 11

Best Foreign Language Film

PARASITE

Best First Film

BOOKSMART (OLIVIA WILDE)

Breakthrough Artist Award

FLORENCE PUGH (LITTLE WOMEN / MIDSOMMAR)

Best Motion Capture / Special Effects Performance

JOSH BROLIN (AVENGERS: ENDGAME)

Austin Film Award

A HIDDEN LIFE (TERRENCE MALICK)

Special Honorary Award

AGNES VARDA - WHOSE WORK INSPIRED GENERATIONS OF FILMMAKERS

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