It really seems like the later in the season awards groups are giving prizes, the more frequently they are ignoring season leader Nomadland. Is it a concerted effort or just happenstance?

Awards Tallies

(6) Minari
(3) Nomadland
(2) The Invisible Man, Promising Young Woman

The Awards

Best Film

Minari

Best Animated Film

Wolfwalkers

Best Director

Lee Isaac Chung – Minari

Best Actor

Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal

Best Actress

Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman

Best Supporting Actor

Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah

Best Supporting Actress

Youn Yuh-jung – Minari

Best Original Screenplay

Minari

Best Adapted Screenplay

Nomadland

Best Original Score

Soul

Best Editing

Nomadland

Best Cinematography

Nomadland

Best Foreign Language Film

Minari

Best Documentary

Boys State

Best Ensemble

Minari

Best Motion Capture/Special Effects Performance

Elisabeth Moss – The Invisible Man

Best Stunts

The Invisible Man

Best First Film

Promising Young Woman

Breakthrough Artist

Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old Version

Best Austin Film

Greenland

Special Honorary Award

Honoring Miss Juneteenth with a “Texas Spirit” award, for exemplifying the creative output of the film industry here in the Lone Star State, as well as embodying the character of our community.

Top Ten

1. Minari
2. Nomadland
3. Promising Young Woman
4. First Cow
5. Never Rarely Sometimes Always
6. One Night in Miami
7. Palm Springs (TIE)
7. Sound of Metal (TIE)
9. The Invisible Man (TIE)
9. Mank (TIE)

Austin Film Critics Data

First Awards: 2005 (16)