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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