Georgia Film Critics Association

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]

Georgia Film Critics Association
Formation2011
PurposeFilm critics
Location
Membership
48
Websitewww.georgiafilmcritics.org

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 2023, GAFCA comprises 48 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, 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]

In 2022, GAFCA released the runners-up alongside winners for the first time in their history.[8]

Awards Categories
  • Best Actor
  • Best Actress
  • Best Adapted Screenplay
  • Best Animated Film
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Director
  • Best Documentary
  • Best Ensemble
  • Best International Film (formerly Foreign Film or Foreign Language Film)
  • Best Original Score
  • Best Original Screenplay
  • Best Original Song
  • Best Picture
  • Best Production Design (formerly Art Direction)
  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Breakthrough Award
  • Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema

Awards History

Top Category Winner 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[9] 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[10] 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
2022 - 12th Everything Everywhere All at Once Daniels
Everything Everywhere All at Once		 Colin Farrell
The Banshees of Inisherin		 Michelle Yeoh
Everything Everywhere All at Once		 Ke Huy Quan
Everything Everywhere All at Once		 Stephanie Hsu
Everything Everywhere All at Once

Breakthrough Award Winner History

The Breakthrough Award is credited to an individual only and not to a film.

Danielle Deadwyler and Stephanie Hsu tied for the Breakthrough Award in 2022, marking the first tie in Georgia Film Critics history in any category.[11]

YearWinnerRole
2011 - 1stJessica ChastainPerformer
2012 - 2ndBenh ZeitlinDirector, writer, composer
2013 - 3rdBrie LarsonPerformer
2014 - 4thDavid OyelowoPerformer
2015 - 5thAlicia VikanderPerformer
2016 - 6thMahershala AliPerformer
2017 - 7thJordan PeeleDirector, writer
2018 - 8thElsie FisherPerformer
2019 - 9thFlorence PughPerformer
2020 - 10thEmerald FennellDirector, writer
2021 - 11thAlana HaimPerformer
2022 - 12thDanielle Deadwyler
Stephanie Hsu		Performer
Performer

Films with multiple awards

People with multiple awards

References
  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. 23 February 2015.
  7. "Welcome!". www.georgiafilmcritics.org.
  8. "2022 Awards!". www.georgiafilmcritics.org.
  9. "Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) - 2019 Awards". IMDb.com.
  10. Neglia, Matt (10 January 2020). "The 2019 Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture.
  11. "Georgia Film Critics on Twitter". www.twitter.com/gafilmcritics.
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