The Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) is an organization of professional film critics from the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), 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 (U.S. state), Georgia. As of 2019, GAFCA comprises 38 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, the 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.

Awards Categories

* Best Actor * Best Actress * Best Adapted Screenplay * Best Animated Film * Best Cinematography * Best Director * Best Documentary * Best Ensemble * Best Foreign Language Film (formerly Foreign 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

Multiple award winners

Films with multiple awards

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

People with multiple awards

* 3 awards: ** Alfonso Cuarón - Best Director: ''Gravity (2013 film), Gravity'' (2013 in film, 2013), ''Roma (2018 film), Roma'' (2018 in film, 2018); Best Cinematography: ''Roma (2018 film), Roma'' (2018 in film, 2018) ** Justin Hurwitz - Best Original Score: ''La La Land (film), La La Land'' (2016 in film, 2016), ''First Man (film), First Man'' (2018 in film, 2018); Best Original Song: ''La La Land (film), La La Land'' (2016 in film, 2016) ** Emmanuel Lubezki - Best Cinematography: ''The Tree of Life (film), The Tree of Life'' (2011 in film, 2011), ''Gravity (2013 film), Gravity'' (2013 in film, 2013), ''Birdman (film), Birdman'' (2014 in film, 2014) ** Hans Zimmer - Best Original Score: ''Interstellar (film), Interstellar'' (2014 in film, 2014), ''Dunkirk (2017 film), Dunkirk'' (2017 in film, 2017), ''Dune (2021 film), Dune'' (2021 in film, 2021) * 2 awards: ** Mahershala Ali - Best Supporting Actor: ''Moonlight (2016 film), Moonlight'' (2016 in film, 2016), Breakthrough Award: ''Free State of Jones (film), Free State of Jones'', ''Hidden Figures'', ''Kicks (film), Kicks'', ''Moonlight (2016 film), Moonlight'' (2016 in film, 2016) ** Bong Joon-ho - Best Director, Best Original Screenplay: ''Parasite (2019 film), Parasite'' (2019 in film, 2019) ** Jane Campion - Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay: ''The Power of the Dog (film), The Power of the Dog'' (2021 in film, 2021) ** Jessica Chastain - Best Supporting Actress: ''The Tree of Life (film), The Tree of Life'' (2011 in film, 2011), Breakthrough Award: ''Coriolanus (film), Coriolanus'', ''The Debt (2011 film), The Debt'', ''The Help (film), The Help'', ''Take Shelter'', ''The Tree of Life (film), The Tree of Life'' (2011 in film, 2011) ** Damien Chazelle - Best Director, Best Original Screenplay: ''La La Land (film), La La Land'' (2016 in film, 2016) ** Roger Deakins - Best Cinematography: ''Skyfall (film), Skyfall'' (2012 in film, 2012), ''1917 (2019 film), 1917'' (2019 in film, 2019) ** Emerald Fennell - Best Original Screenplay, Breakthrough Award: ''Promising Young Woman'' (2020 in film, 2020) ** Dennis Gassner - Best Production Design: ''Blade Runner 2049'' (2017 in film, 2017), ''1917 (2019 film), 1917'' (2019 in film, 2019) ** Alana Haim - Best Actress, Breakthrough Award: ''Licorice Pizza'' (2021 in film, 2021) ** Brie Larson - Breakthrough Award: ''Don Jon'', ''Short Term 12'', ''The Spectacular Now (film), The Spectacular Now'' (2013 in film, 2013), Best Actress: ''Room (2015 film), Room'' (2015 in film, 2015) ** Adam McKay - Best Adapted Screenplay: ''The Big Short (film), The Big Short'' (2015 in film, 2015), Oglethorpe Award: ''Ant-Man (film), Ant-Man'' (2015 in film, 2015) ** Lupita Nyong'o - Best Supporting Actress: ''12 Years a Slave (film), 12 Years a Slave'' (2013 in film, 2013); Best Actress: ''Us (2019 film), Us'' (2019 in film, 2019) ** Brad Pitt - Best Actor: ''Moneyball (film), Moneyball'' (2011 in film, 2011), Best Supporting Actor: ''The Tree of Life (film), The Tree of Life'' (2011 in film, 2011) ** Florence Pugh - Best Supporting Actress: ''Little Women (2019 film), Little Women'' (2019 in film, 2019), Breakthrough Award: ''Fighting with My Family'', ''Little Women (2019 film), Little Women'', ''Midsommar (film), Midsommar'' (2019 in film, 2019) ** Alicia Vikander - Best Supporting Actress: ''Ex Machina (film), Ex Machina'' (2015 in film, 2015), Breakthrough Award: ''Burnt (film), Burnt'', ''The Danish Girl (film), The Danish Girl'', ''Ex Machina (film), Ex Machina'', ''The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (film), The Man from U.N.C.L.E.'', ''Testament of Youth (film), Testament of Youth'' (2015 in film, 2015) ** Steve Zaillian - Best Adapted Screenplay: ''Moneyball (film), Moneyball'' (2011 in film, 2011), ''The Irishman (2019 film), The Irishman'' (2019 in film, 2019), ** Benh Zeitlin - Best Original Score, Breakthrough Award: ''Beasts of the Southern Wild'' (2012 in film, 2012) ** Chloé Zhao - Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay: ''Nomadland (film), Nomadland'' (2020 in film, 2020)

References

External links

Georgia Film Critics Association official website
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