If there’s a story here, it’s that the Austin film critics haven’t made any terribly original selections.

Award Tallies

(9) Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
(8) Parasite
(7) The Irishman
(6) Little Women, Marriage Story
(4) Uncut Gems
(3) 1917, Avengers: Endgame, The Farewell, Us

The Awards

Best Film

The Irishman
Marriage Story
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Parasite
Uncut Gems

Best Animated Film

Frozen II
I Lost My Body
Klaus
Missing Link
Toy Story 4

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 Original Score

1917
Little Women
Marriage Story
Us
Waves

Best Editing

1917
The Irishman
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Parasite
Uncut Gems

Best Cinematography

1917
Ad Astra
The Lighthouse
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Parasite

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 Ensemble

The Irishman
Knives Out
Little Women
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood
Parasite

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

Best Austin Film

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)

Austin Film Critics Data

First Awards: 2005 (15)