# Georgia Film Critics Association

The Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) is an organization of professional film critics from the U.S. state of Georgia. Inclusion is open to film critics throughout the entire state of Georgia, although the majority of members are concentrated in the Metro Atlanta area. GAFCA members represent the reviewing press through online, radio, television, or print media.

## Overview

The Georgia Film Critics Association was founded in 2011, and is the first film critic group in the state of Georgia. As of 2023, GAFCA comprises 48 members. Awards are given annually in 17 categories. A special award, the Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema, is bestowed upon a film or short film that was produced in Georgia. The Oglethorpe Award is credited to the winning film's director and writer.
Each January, GAFCA votes on their end-of-year awards for films released in the previous calendar year. Nomination ballots are typically due on the first Saturday in January, with nominations announced the following Monday and winners announced that Friday.
In 2022, GAFCA released the runners-up alongside winners for the first time in their history.

### Awards Categories

* Best Actor
* Best Actress
* Best Adapted Screenplay
* Best Animated Film
* Best Cinematography
* Best Director
* Best Documentary
* Best Ensemble
* Best International Film (formerly Foreign Film or Foreign Language Film)
* Best Original Score
* Best Original Screenplay
* Best Original Song
* Best Picture
* Best Production Design (formerly Art Direction)
* Best Supporting Actor
* Best Supporting Actress
* Breakthrough Award
* Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema

## Awards History
### Top Category Winner History

| Year | Best Film | Best Director | Best Actor | Best Actress | Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| 2011 - 1st | The Tree of Life | Terrence Malick The Tree of Life | Brad Pitt Moneyball | Juliette Binoche Certified Copy | Brad Pitt The Tree of Life | Jessica Chastain The Tree of Life |
| 2012 - 2nd | Silver Linings Playbook | Kathryn Bigelow Zero Dark Thirty | Daniel Day-Lewis Lincoln | Jennifer Lawrence Silver Linings Playbook | Philip Seymour Hoffman The Master | Judi Dench Skyfall |
| 2013 - 3rd | Her | Alfonso Cuarón Gravity | Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave | Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine | Michael Fassbender 12 Years a Slave | Lupita Nyong'o 12 Years a Slave |
| 2014 - 4th | Boyhood | Richard Linklater Boyhood | Jake Gyllenhaal Nightcrawler | Marion Cotillard Two Days, One Night | J. K. Simmons Whiplash | Tilda Swinton Snowpiercer |
| 2015 - 5th | Mad Max: Fury Road | George Miller Mad Max: Fury Road | Leonardo DiCaprio The Revenant | Brie Larson Room | Sylvester Stallone Creed | Alicia Vikander Ex Machina |
| 2016 - 6th | Moonlight | Damien Chazelle La La Land | Casey Affleck Manchester by the Sea | Natalie Portman Jackie | Mahershala Ali Moonlight | Viola Davis Fences |
| 2017 - 7th | Lady Bird | Greta Gerwig Lady Bird | Daniel Kaluuya Get Out | Saoirse Ronan Lady Bird | Willem Dafoe The Florida Project | Laurie Metcalf Lady Bird |
| 2018 - 8th | A Star Is Born | Alfonso Cuarón Roma | Ethan Hawke First Reformed | Toni Collette Hereditary | Sam Elliott A Star Is Born | Emma Stone The Favourite |
| 2019 - 9th | Parasite | Bong Joon-ho Parasite | Adam Driver Marriage Story | Lupita Nyong'o Us | Joe Pesci The Irishman | Florence Pugh Little Women |
| 2020 - 10th | Nomadland | Chloé Zhao Nomadland | Riz Ahmed Sound of Metal | Carey Mulligan Promising Young Woman | Paul Raci Sound of Metal | Youn Yuh-jung Minari |
| 2021 - 11th | Licorice Pizza | Jane Campion The Power of the Dog | Nicolas Cage Pig | Alana Haim Licorice Pizza | Bradley Cooper Licorice Pizza | Ariana DeBose West Side Story |
| 2022 - 12th | Everything Everywhere All at Once | Daniels Everything Everywhere All at Once | Colin Farrell The Banshees of Inisherin | Michelle Yeoh Everything Everywhere All at Once | Ke Huy Quan Everything Everywhere All at Once | Stephanie Hsu Everything Everywhere All at Once |
| 2023 - 13th | Oppenheimer | Christopher Nolan Oppenheimer | Cillian Murphy Oppenheimer | Lily Gladstone Killers of the Flower Moon | Robert Downey Jr. Oppenheimer | Da'Vine Joy Randolph The Holdovers |
| 2024 - 14th | Anora | Denis Villeneuve Dune: Part Two | Colman Domingo Sing Sing | Mikey Madison Anora | Kieran Culkin A Real Pain | Danielle Deadwyler The Piano Lesson |

### Breakthrough Award Winner History

The Breakthrough Award is credited to an individual only and not to a film.
Danielle Deadwyler and Stephanie Hsu tied for the Breakthrough Award in 2022, marking the first tie in Georgia Film Critics history in any category.
| Year | Winner | Role |
| 2011 - 1st | Jessica Chastain | Performer |
| 2012 - 2nd | Benh Zeitlin | Director, writer, composer |
| 2013 - 3rd | Brie Larson | Performer |
| 2014 - 4th | David Oyelowo | Performer |
| 2015 - 5th | Alicia Vikander | Performer |
| 2016 - 6th | Mahershala Ali | Performer |
| 2017 - 7th | Jordan Peele | Director, writer |
| 2018 - 8th | Elsie Fisher | Performer |
| 2019 - 9th | Florence Pugh | Performer |
| 2020 - 10th | Emerald Fennell | Director, writer |
| 2021 - 11th | Alana Haim | Performer |
| 2022 - 12th | Danielle Deadwyler Stephanie Hsu | Performer Performer |
| 2023 - 13th | Dominic Sessa | Performer |
| 2024 - 14th | RaMell Ross | Director, writer |

### Multiple award winners
#### Films with multiple awards

* 8 awards:
** Oppenheimer (2023): Best Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Ensemble
* 6 awards:
** Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022): Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay
** The Tree of Life (2011): Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction
* 5 awards:
** La La Land (2016): Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Production Design, Best Original Score, Best Original Song
** Licorice Pizza (2021): Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble
** Moonlight (2016): Best Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Ensemble
* 4 awards:
** Lady Bird (2017): Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress
** Mad Max: Fury Road (2015): Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design
** Nomadland (2020): Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography
** Parasite (2019): Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Foreign Language Film
** Silver Linings Playbook (2012): Best Film, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Ensemble
* 3 awards:
** 1917 (2019): Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Original Score
** Anora (2024): Best Picture, Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay
** Dune (2021): Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Original Score
** The Favourite (2018): Best Supporting Actress, Best Production Design, Best Ensemble
** Gravity (2013): Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design
** Her (2013): Best Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Score
** Roma (2018): Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Foreign Language Film
** Skyfall (2012): Best Supporting Actress, Best Cinematography, Best Original Song
** A Star Is Born (2018): Best Film, Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Song
** 12 Years a Slave (2013): Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress
* 2 awards:
** Barbie (2023): Best Production Design, Best Original Song
** Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012): Best Production Design, Best Original Score
** Boyhood (2014): Best Film, Best Director
** Certified Copy (2011): Best Actress, Best Foreign Film
** Challengers (2024): Best Original Score, Best Original Song
** Coco (2017): Best Original Song, Best Animated Film
** Dune: Part Two (2024): Best Director, Best Cinematography
** Dunkirk (2017): Best Cinematography, Best Original Score
** Flow (2024): Best International Film, Best Animated Film
** Get Out (2017): Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay
** Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022): Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Ensemble
** The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014): Best Production Design, Best Ensemble
** The Holdovers (2023): Best Supporting Actress, Best Original Screenplay
** Inside Out (2015): Best Original Screenplay, Best Animated Film
** The Irishman (2019): Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay
** Little Women (2019): Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble
** Moneyball (2011): Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay
** Nightcrawler (2014): Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay
** The Power of the Dog (2021): Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay
** Promising Young Woman (2020): Best Actress, Best Original Screenplay
** One Night in Miami (2020): Best Original Song, Best Ensemble
** Selma (2014): Best Original Song, Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema
** Soul (2020): Best Original Score, Best Animated Film
** Sound of Metal (2020): Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor
** Top Gun: Maverick (2022): Best Cinematography, Best Original Song

#### People with multiple awards

* 3 awards:
** Alfonso Cuarón - Best Director: Gravity (2013), Roma (2018); Best Cinematography: Roma (2018)
** Justin Hurwitz - Best Score: La La Land (2016), First Man (2018); Best Original Song: La La Land (2016)
** Emmanuel Lubezki - Best Cinematography: The Tree of Life (2011), Gravity (2013), Birdman (2014)
** Trent Reznor - Best Original Score: Soul (2020), Challengers (2024); Best Original Song: Challengers (2024)
** Atticus Ross - Best Original Score: Soul (2021), Challengers (2024); Best Original Song: Challengers (2024)
** Hans Zimmer - Best Original Score: Interstellar (2014), Dunkirk (2017), Dune (2021)
* 2 awards:
** Mahershala Ali - Best Supporting Actor: Moonlight (2016); Breakthrough Award (2016)
** Bong Joon-ho - Best Director, Best Original Screenplay: Parasite (2019)
** Jane Campion - Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay: The Power of the Dog (2021)
** Jessica Chastain - Best Supporting Actress: The Tree of Life (2011); Breakthrough Award (2011)
** Damien Chazelle - Best Director, Best Original Screenplay: La La Land (2016)
** Daniels - Best Director, Best Original Screenplay: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022)
** Danielle Deadwyler - Breakthrough Award (2022); Best Supporting Actress: The Piano Lesson (2024)
** Roger Deakins - Best Cinematography: Skyfall (2012), 1917 (2019)
** Emerald Fennell - Best Original Screenplay: Promising Young Woman (2020); Breakthrough Award (2020)
** Greig Fraser - Best Cinematography: Dune (2021), Dune: Part Two (2024)
** Dennis Gassner - Best Production Design: Blade Runner 2049 (2017), 1917 (2019)
** Alana Haim - Best Actress: Licorice Pizza (2021); Breakthrough Award (2021)
** Lady Gaga - Best Original Song: A Star is Born (2018), Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
** Brie Larson - Breakthrough Award (2013); Best Actress: Room (2015)
** Adam McKay - Best Adapted Screenplay: The Big Short (2015); Oglethorpe Award: Ant-Man (2015)
** Lupita Nyong'o - Best Supporting Actress: 12 Years a Slave (2013); Best Actress: Us (2019)
** Brad Pitt - Best Actor: Moneyball (2011); Best Supporting Actor: The Tree of Life (2011)
** Florence Pugh - Best Supporting Actress: Little Women (2019); Breakthrough Award (2019)
** Stephanie Hsu - Best Supporting Actress: Everything Everywhere All at Once (2022); Breakthrough Award (2022)
** Alicia Vikander - Best Supporting Actress: Ex Machina (2015); Breakthrough Award (2015)
** Steve Zaillian - Best Adapted Screenplay: Moneyball (2011), The Irishman (2019),
** Benh Zeitlin - Best Original Score: Beasts of the Southern Wild (2012); Breakthrough Award (2012)
** Chloé Zhao - Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay: Nomadland (2020)