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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.

Award 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 categories winners history

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.

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
  • One Battle After Another (2025): Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Ensemble
  • 4 awards:
  • Lady Bird (2017): Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress
  • ' (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
  • Sinners (2025): Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Original Score, Best Original Song
  • 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
  • ' (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
  • ' (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
  • ' (2022): Best Cinematography, Best Original Song
  • Weapons (2025): Best Supporting Actress, Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema

People with multiple awards

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