# Austin Film Critics Association Awards 2019

15th AFCA Awards
Best Film:
Parasite
The 15th Austin Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking for 2019, were announced on January 7, 2020.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Parasite Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Uncut Gems Marriage Story The Irishman The Farewell Knives Out Jojo Rabbit 1917 Portrait of a Lady on Fire | Bong Joon-ho – Parasite Greta Gerwig – Little Women Josh Safdie and Benny Safdie – Uncut Gems Martin Scorsese – The Irishman Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Adam Driver – Marriage Story Eddie Murphy – Dolemite Is My Name | Lupita Nyong'o – Us Awkwafina – The Farewell Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story Elisabeth Moss – Her Smell Renée Zellweger – Judy |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse Al Pacino – The Irishman Joe Pesci – The Irishman Song Kang-ho – Parasite | Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers Laura Dern – Marriage Story Adèle Haenel – Portrait of a Lady on Fire Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit Florence Pugh – Little Women |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| Parasite – Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won Knives Out – Rian Johnson Marriage Story - Noah Baumbach Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Quentin Tarantino Us – Jordan Peele | Little Women – Greta Gerwig A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood – Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster Hustlers – Lorene Scafaria The Irishman – Steven Zaillian Jojo Rabbit – Taika Waititi |
| Best Film Editing | Best Ensemble |
| Uncut Gems - Ronald Bronstein and Benny Safdie 1917 - Lee Smith The Irishman - Thelma Schoonmaker Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Fred Raskin Parasite – Yang Jin-mo | Knives Out The Irishman Little Women Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Parasite |
| Best Animated Film | Best Foreign Language Film |
| I Lost My Body Frozen II Klaus Missing Link Toy Story 4 | Parasite Atlantics One Cut of the Dead Pain and Glory Portrait of a Lady on Fire |
| Best First Film | Best Documentary |
| Booksmart Atlantics The Last Black Man in San Francisco The Peanut Butter Falcon Queen & Slim | Apollo 11 The Biggest Little Farm For Sama Hail Satan? One Child Nation |
| Best Cinematography | Best Score |
| 1917 – Roger Deakins Ad Astra – Hoyte van Hoytema The Lighthouse – Jarin Blaschke Once Upon a Time in Hollywood – Robert Richardson Parasite – Hong Kyung-pyo | 1917 – Thomas Newman Little Women – Alexandre Desplat Marriage Story – Randy Newman Us – Michael Abels Waves – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross |
| Best Stunts | Best Motion Capture/Special Effects Performance |
| John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum Avengers: Endgame Ford v Ferrari Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Shadow | Josh Brolin - Avengers: Endgame Mark Ruffalo - Avengers: Endgame Rosa Salazar - Alita: Battle Angel Will Smith - Aladdin Will Smith - Gemini Man |
| Bobby McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award | Austin Film Award |
| Florence Pugh – Midsommar, Little Women and Fighting with My Family Awkwafina – The Farewell Noah Jupe – Honey Boy Da'Vine Joy Randolph – Dolemite Is My Name Lulu Wang – The Farewell | A Hidden Life – Terrence Malick Frances Ferguson – Bob Byington The River and the Wall – Ben Masters Running with Beto – David Modigliani Where'd You Go, Bernadette – Richard Linklater |
| Special Honorary Award ||
| To Agnès Varda, whose work inspired generations of filmmakers. ||