Georgia Film Critics Association

Georgia Film Critics Association
Formation	2011
Purpose	Film critics
Location	Georgia, United States;
Membership	40
Website	www.georgiafilmcritics.org

The Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) is an organization of professional film critics from the U.S. state of Georgia. Inclusion is open to film critics throughout the entire state of Georgia, although the majority of members are concentrated in the Metro Atlanta area. GAFCA members represent the reviewing press through online, radio, television, or print media.^[1]

Overview[]

The Georgia Film Critics Association was founded in 2011, and is the first film critic group in the state of Georgia.^[2]^[3] As of 2019, GAFCA comprises 38 members.^[4] Awards are given annually in 17 categories. A special award, the Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema, is bestowed upon a film or short film that was produced in Georgia.^[5] The Oglethorpe Award is credited to the winning film's director and writer.^[6]

Each January, the GAFCA votes on their end-of-year awards for films released in the previous calendar year. Nomination ballots are typically due on the first Saturday in January, with nominations announced the following Monday and winners announced that Friday.^[7]

Awards History[]

Year	Best Film	Best Director	Best Actor	Best Actress	Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
2011 - 1st	The Tree of Life	Terrence Malick The Tree of Life	Brad Pitt Moneyball	Juliette Binoche Certified Copy	Brad Pitt The Tree of Life	Jessica Chastain The Tree of Life
2012 - 2nd	Silver Linings Playbook	Kathryn Bigelow Zero Dark Thirty	Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln	Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook	Philip Seymour Hoffman The Master	Judi Dench Skyfall
2013 - 3rd	Her	Alfonso Cuarón Gravity	Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave	Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine	Michael Fassbender 12 Years a Slave	Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years a Slave
2014 - 4th	Boyhood	Richard Linklater Boyhood	Jake Gyllenhaal Nightcrawler	Marion Cotillard Two Days, One Night	J. K. Simmons Whiplash	Tilda Swinton Snowpiercer
2015 - 5th	Mad Max: Fury Road	George Miller Mad Max: Fury Road	Leonardo DiCaprio The Revenant	Brie Larson Room	Sylvester Stallone Creed	Alicia Vikander Ex Machina
2016 - 6th	Moonlight	Damien Chazelle La La Land	Casey Affleck Manchester by the Sea	Natalie Portman Jackie	Mahershala Ali Moonlight	Viola Davis Fences
2017 - 7th	Lady Bird	Greta Gerwig Lady Bird	Daniel Kaluuya Get Out	Saoirse Ronan Lady Bird	Willem Dafoe The Florida Project	Laurie Metcalf Lady Bird
2018 - 8th^[8]	A Star Is Born	Alfonso Cuarón Roma	Ethan Hawke First Reformed	Toni Collette Hereditary	Sam Elliott A Star Is Born	Emma Stone The Favourite
2019 - 9th^[9]	Parasite	Bong Joon-ho Parasite	Adam Driver Marriage Story	Lupita Nyong'o Us	Joe Pesci The Irishman	Florence Pugh Little Women
2020 - 10th	Nomadland	Chloé Zhao Nomadland	Riz Ahmed Sound of Metal	Carey Mulligan Promising Young Woman	Paul Raci Sound of Metal	Youn Yuh-jung Minari
2021 - 11th	Licorice Pizza	Jane Campion The Power of the Dog	Nicolas Cage Pig	Alana Haim Licorice Pizza	Bradley Cooper Licorice Pizza	Ariana DeBose West Side Story

Multiple award winners[]

Films with multiple awards[]

6 awards:
- The Tree of Life (2011): Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction
5 awards:
- La La Land (2016): Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Production Design, Best Original Score, Best Original Song
- Licorice Pizza (2021): Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble
- Moonlight (2016): Best Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Ensemble
4 awards:
- Lady Bird (2017): Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress
- Mad Max: Fury Road (2015): Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design
- Nomadland (2020): Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography
- Parasite (2019): Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Foreign Language Film
- Silver Linings Playbook (2012): Best Film, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Ensemble
3 awards:
- 1917 (2019): Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Original Score
- Dune (2021): Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Original Score
- The Favourite (2018): Best Supporting Actress, Best Production Design, Best Ensemble
- Gravity (2013): Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design
- Her (2013): Best Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score
- Roma (2018): Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Foreign Language Film
- Skyfall (2012): Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Original Song
- A Star Is Born (2018): Best Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Song
- 12 Years a Slave (2013): Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress
2 awards:
- Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012): Best Production Design, Best Original Score
- Boyhood (2014): Best Film, Best Director
- Certified Copy (2011): Best Actress, Best Foreign Film
- Coco (2017): Best Original Song, Best Animated Film
- Dunkirk (2017): Best Cinematography, Best Score
- Get Out (2017): Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay
- The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Best Production Design, Best Ensemble
- Inside Out (2015): Best Original Screenplay, Best Animated Film
- The Irishman (2019): Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay
- Little Women (2019): Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble
- Moneyball (2011): Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay
- Nightcrawler (2014): Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay
- The Power of the Dog (2021): Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay
- Promising Young Woman (2020): Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay
- One Night in Miami (2020): Best Original Song, Best Ensemble
- Selma (2014): Best Original Song, Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema
- Soul (2020): Best Original Score, Best Animated Film
- Sound of Metal (2020): Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor

People with multiple awards[]

3 awards:
- Alfonso Cuarón - Best Director: Gravity (2013), Roma (2018); Best Cinematography: Roma (2018)
- Justin Hurwitz - Best Original Score: La La Land (2016), First Man (2018); Best Original Song: La La Land (2016)
- Emmanuel Lubezki - Best Cinematography: The Tree of Life (2011), Gravity (2013), Birdman (2014)
- Hans Zimmer - Best Original Score: Interstellar (2014), Dunkirk (2017), Dune (2021)

2 awards:
- Mahershala Ali - Best Supporting Actor: Moonlight (2016), Breakthrough Award: Free State of Jones, Hidden Figures, Kicks, Moonlight (2016)
- Bong Joon-ho - Best Director, Best Original Screenplay: Parasite (2019)
- Jane Campion - Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay: The Power of the Dog (2021)
- Jessica Chastain - Best Supporting Actress: The Tree of Life (2011), Breakthrough Award: Coriolanus, The Debt, The Help, Take Shelter, The Tree of Life (2011)
- Damien Chazelle - Best Director, Best Original Screenplay: La La Land (2016)
- Roger Deakins - Best Cinematography: Skyfall (2012), 1917 (2019)
- Emerald Fennell - Best Original Screenplay, Breakthrough Award: Promising Young Woman (2020)
- Dennis Gassner - Best Production Design: Blade Runner 2049 (2017), 1917 (2019)
- Alana Haim - Best Actress, Breakthrough Award: Licorice Pizza (2021)
- Brie Larson - Breakthrough Award: Don Jon, Short Term 12, The Spectacular Now (2013), Best Actress: Room (2015)
- Adam McKay - Best Adapted Screenplay: The Big Short (2015), Oglethorpe Award: Ant-Man (2015)
- Lupita Nyong'o - Best Supporting Actress: 12 Years a Slave (2013); Best Actress: Us (2019)
- Brad Pitt - Best Actor: Moneyball (2011), Best Supporting Actor: The Tree of Life (2011)
- Florence Pugh - Best Supporting Actress: Little Women (2019), Breakthrough Award: Fighting with My Family, Little Women, Midsommar (2019)
- Alicia Vikander - Best Supporting Actress: Ex Machina (2015), Breakthrough Award: Burnt, The Danish Girl, Ex Machina, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Testament of Youth (2015)
- Steve Zaillian - Best Adapted Screenplay: Moneyball (2011), The Irishman (2019),
- Benh Zeitlin - Best Original Score, Breakthrough Award: Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012)
- Chloé Zhao - Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay: Nomadland (2020)

References[]

^ "Georgia Film Critics Association". www.georgiafilmcritics.org.
^ Hensley, Ellie (January 19, 2017). "Georgia Film Critics Association unveils 2016 winners". Atlanta Business Chronicle.
^ "Georgia Film Critics Association Announces 2016 Winners". 13 January 2017.
^ "Georgia Film Critics Association Announces Nominations for 2019 Year in Film". Oz Magazine. January 8, 2020.
^ "Georgia Film Critics Association Awards Winners: 'A Star Is Born' and 'The Favourite' Win Big". Awards Circuit.
^ "Oscars 2015: 'Glory' from movie 'Selma' wins award for best original song". AL.com.
^ "Welcome!". www.georgiafilmcritics.org.
^ "Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) - 2019 Awards". IMDb.com.
^ Neglia, Matt. "The 2019 Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture.

External links[]

Georgia Film Critics Association official website

[1] "Georgia Film Critics Association". www.georgiafilmcritics.org.

[2] Hensley, Ellie (January 19, 2017). "Georgia Film Critics Association unveils 2016 winners". Atlanta Business Chronicle.

[3] "Georgia Film Critics Association Announces 2016 Winners". 13 January 2017.

[4] "Georgia Film Critics Association Announces Nominations for 2019 Year in Film". Oz Magazine. January 8, 2020.

[5] "Georgia Film Critics Association Awards Winners: 'A Star Is Born' and 'The Favourite' Win Big". Awards Circuit.

[6] "Oscars 2015: 'Glory' from movie 'Selma' wins award for best original song". AL.com.

[7] "Welcome!". www.georgiafilmcritics.org.

[8] "Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) - 2019 Awards". IMDb.com.

[9] Neglia, Matt. "The 2019 Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture.

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