By Matt Neglia
The Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA) have announced their winners representing the best in film for 2018.
​Click below to see the winners.
BEST FILM
Blindspotting
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
Suspiria
The Favourite
BEST DIRECTOR
Alfonso Cuaron – Roma
Debra Granik – Leave No Trace
Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite
Lynne Ramsay – You Were Never Really Here
BEST ACTRESS
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Regina Hall – Support The Girls
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
BEST ACTOR
Christian Bale – Vice
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
Joaquin Phoenix – You Were Never Really Here
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Amy Adams – Vice
Claire Foy – First Man
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Hugh Grant – Paddington 2
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther
Brian Tyree Henry – If Beale Street Could Talk
Steven Yeun – Burning
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
Yalitzia Aparicio – Roma
Jim Cummings – Thunder Road
Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
Boots Riley – Sorry To Bother You
Brian Tyree Henry – If Beale Street Could Talk, Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse & Widows
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Eighth Grade
The Favourite
First Reformed
Roma
Sorry To Bother You
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
BlacKkKlansman
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
​The Death Of Stalin
If Beale Street Could Talk
Leave No Trace
BEST FILM EDITING
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
The Favourite
Widows
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Burning
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Roma
The Favourite
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
Annihilation
First Man
If Beale Street Could Talk
Mandy
Suspiria
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Incredibles 2
Isle Of Dogs
Mirai
Ralph Breaks The Internet
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
BEST FOREIGN FILM
Burning
Cold War
The Guilty
Roma
Shoplifters
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Free Solo
Minding The Gap
RBG
Shirkers
Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
BEST ENSEMBLE
Avengers: Infinity War
Black Panther
Crazy Rich Asians
The Favourite
Widows
BEST MOTION CAPTURE/SPECIAL EFFECTS PERFORMANCE
Josh Brolin – Avengers: Infinity War
Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Sonoya Mizuno​ – Annihilation
Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Solo: A Star Wars Story
Ben Whishaw – Paddington 2
BEST STUNTS
Black Panther
Mandy
Mission: Impossible – Fallout
The Night Comes For Us
Upgrade
BEST FIRST FILM
Ari Aster – Hereditary
​Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
​Carlos Lopez Estrada – Blindspotting
Boots Riley – Sorry To Bother You
THE AUSTIN FILM AWARD
*Works made in Austin and/or directed by a filmmaker living in town during their film’s production*
1985 (dir. Yen Tan)
Call Her Ganda (dir. PJ Raval)
Damsel (dir. David & Nathan Zellner)
Run Like the Devil (dir. Steve Mims)
Support The Girls (dir. Andrew Bujalski)
AFCA 2018 Top Ten Films
The Favourite
Roma
Blindspotting
You Were Never Really Here
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
First Reformed
If Beale Street Could Talk
Eighth Grade
Shoplifters
Suspiria
Special Honorary Award: To Bo Burnham, Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton for their brilliant collaborative work on Eighth Grade.
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