2019 AFCA Award Nominations
The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) announced its 2019 awards nominations today.
Parasite leads the nominations with eight — including Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Ensemble. (update: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood has one more nomination than Parasite, with nine — including Best Stunts and Best Cinematography).
Other Best Film nominees are The Irishman, Marriage Story, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, and Uncut Gems.
And no, you’re not seeing double, Will Smith is nominated for two different motion-capture/special effects performances this year: Aladdin and (fittingly) Gemini Man!
List of Nominations
Best Film
- The Irishman
- Marriage Story
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Parasite
- Uncut Gems
Best Director
- Greta Gerwig, Little Women
- Bong Joon Ho, Parasite
- The Safdie Brothers, Uncut Gems
- Martin Scorsese, The Irishman
- Quentin Tarantino, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Best Actor
- Antonio Banderas, Pain and Glory
- Leonardo DiCaprio, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Adam Driver, Marriage Story
- Eddie Murphy, Dolemite is My Name
- Adam Sandler, Uncut Gems
Best Actress
- Awkwafina, The Farewell
- Scarlett Johansson, Marriage Story
- Elisabeth Moss, Her Smell
- Lupita Nyong’o, Us
- Renee Zellweger, Judy
Best Supporting Actor
- Willem Dafoe, The Lighthouse
- Al Pacino, The Irishman
- Joe Pesci, The Irishman
- Brad Pitt, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Song Kang-ho, Parasite
Best Supporting Actress
- Laura Dern, Marriage Story
- Adèle Haenel, Portrait of a Lady on Fire
- Scarlett Johansson, Jojo Rabbit
- Jennifer Lopez, Hustlers
- Florence Pugh, Little Women
Best Original Screenplay
- Knives Out
- Marriage Story
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Parasite
- Us
Best Adapted Screenplay
- A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
- Hustlers
- The Irishman
- Jojo Rabbit
- Little Women
Best Cinematography
- 1917
- Ad Astra
- The Lighthouse
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Parasite
Best Original Score
- 1917
- Little Women
- Marriage Story
- Us
- Waves
Best Foreign Language Film
- Atlantics
- One Cut of the Dead
- Pain and Glory
- Parasite
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Best Documentary
- Apollo 11
- The Biggest Little Farm
- For Sama
- Hail Satan?
- One Child Nation
Best Animated Film
- Frozen II
- I Lost My Body
- Klaus
- Missing Link
- Toy Story 4
Best Ensemble
- The Irishman
- Knives Out
- Little Women
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Parasite
Best Editing
- 1917
- The Irishman
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Parasite
- Uncut Gems
Best Motion Capture/Special Effects Performance
- Josh Brolin, Avengers: Endgame
- Mark Ruffalo, Avengers: Endgame
- Rosa Salazar, Alita: Battle Angel
- Will Smith, Aladdin
- Will Smith, Gemini Man
Best Stunts
- Avengers: Endgame
- Ford vs. Ferrari
- John Wick 3: Parabellum
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Shadow
Best First Film
- Atlantics (dir. Mati Diop)
- Booksmart (dir. Olivia Wilde)
- The Last Black Man in San Francisco (dir. Joe Talbot)
- The Peanut Butter Falcon (dir. Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz)
- Queen and Slim (dir. Melina Matsoukas)
Breakthrough Artist
- Awkwafina, The Farewell
- Noah Jupe, Honey Boy
- Florence Pugh, Midsommar/Little Women
- Da’vine Joy Randolph, Dolemite is My Name
- Lulu Wang, The Farewell
Austin Film Award (previously announced)
- Frances Ferguson (dir. Bob Byington)
- A Hidden Life (dir. Terrence Malick)
- The River and the Wall (dir. Ben Masters)
- Running with Beto (dir. David Modigliani)
- Where’d You Go, Bernadette (dir. Richard Linklater)
The AFCA will announce 2019 award winners, including the Austin Film Award, Top 10 Films of 2019, their Best of the Decade list, and special awards on Monday, Jan. 6.
