Austin Film Critics Association Award Winners

Best Film

Anora

Best Director

Sean Baker, Anora

Best Actress

Mikey Madison, Anora

Best Actor

Colman Domingo, Sing Sing

Best Supporting Actress

Margaret Qualley, The Substance

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov, Anora

Best Ensemble

Sing Sing

Best Original Screenplay

Sean Baker, Anora

Best Adapted Screenplay

Greg Kwedar & Clint Bentley, Sing Sing

Best Cinematography

Lol Crawley, The Brutalist

Best Editing

Coralie Fargeat, Jérôme Eltabet, & Valentin Feron, The Substance 

Best Original Score

Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist 

Best International Film

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

Best Documentary

Will & Harper

Best Animated Film

The Wild Robot

Best Voice Acting/Animated/Digital Performance

Lupita Nyong’o, The Wild Robot

Best Stuntwork

The Fall Guy

Best First Film

Arkasha Stevenson, The First Omen

The Robert R. “Bobby” McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Award: 

Vera Drew, The People’s Joker

Clarence “Divine Eye” Maclin, Sing Sing

Mikey Madison, Anora

Katy O’Brian, Love Lies Bleeding

Aaron Pierre, Rebel Ridge

2024 Austin Film Award Winner

Sing Sing (dir. Greg Kwedar)

AFCA Top 10 Films of 2024

1. Anora

2. The Brutalist

3. The Substance

4. Sing Sing

5. Love Lies Bleeding

6. Nickel Boys

7. Dune: Part Two

8. Nosferatu

9. Conclave

10. Wicked