Georgia Film Critics Association

Georgia Film Critics Association
Formation2011
PurposeFilm critics
Location
Membership50+
Websitewww.georgiafilmcritics.org

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.[1]

Overview

The Georgia Film Critics Association was founded in 2011, and is the first film critic group in the state of Georgia.[2][3] As of 2023, GAFCA comprises 48 members.[4] 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.[5] The Oglethorpe Award is credited to the winning film's director and writer.[6]

Each January, GAFCA votes on their end-of-year awards for films released in the previous calendar year.[7] Nomination ballots are typically due on the first Saturday in January, with nominations announced the following Monday and winners announced that Friday.[1]

In 2022, GAFCA released the runners-up alongside winners for the first time in their history.[8]

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

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[9] Boyhood Richard Linklater
Boyhood 		Jake Gyllenhaal
Nightcrawler 		Marion Cotillard
Two Days, One Night 		J. K. Simmons
Whiplash 		Tilda Swinton
Snowpiercer
2015 - 5th[10] 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[11] 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[12] 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
2025 - 15th One Battle After Another Paul Thomas Anderson
One Battle After Another 		Timothée Chalamet
Marty Supreme 		Jessie Buckley
Hamnet 		Benicio del Toro
One Battle After Another 		Amy Madigan
Weapons

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.[13]

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
2025 - 15th Miles Caton Performer, songwriter

Multiple award winners

Films with multiple awards

People with multiple awards

References

  1. ^ a b "Georgia Film Critics Association". Georgia Film Critics Association. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  2. ^ Hensley, Ellie (January 19, 2017). "Georgia Film Critics Association unveils 2016 winners". Atlanta Business Chronicle. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  3. ^ "Georgia Film Critics Association Announces 2016 Winners". Atlanta's CW. January 13, 2017. Archived from the original on January 15, 2017. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  4. ^ "Georgia Film Critics Association Announces Nominations for 2019 Year in Film". Oz Magazine. January 8, 2020. Archived from the original on March 5, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
  5. ^ St. Clair, Matt (January 14, 2019). "Georgia Film Critics Association Awards Winners: 'A Star Is Born' and 'The Favourite' Win Big". Awards Circuit. Archived from the original on October 23, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
  6. ^ Colurso, Mary (February 23, 2015). "Oscars 2015: 'Glory' from movie 'Selma' wins award for best original song". AL.com. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  7. ^ "Awards Archive". Georgia Film Critics Association. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  8. ^ "2022 Awards". Georgia Film Critics Association. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  9. ^ Zusel, Yvonne (January 9, 2015). "Georgia Film Critics Association awards the best movies of 2014". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  10. ^ Tangcay, Jazz (January 10, 2016). "Mad Max triumphs with Georgia Film Critics". Awards Daily. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  11. ^ "Georgia Film Critics Association (GAFCA) – 2019 Awards". IMDb. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  12. ^ Neglia, Matt (January 10, 2020). "The 2019 Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  13. ^ Anderson, Erik (January 14, 2023). "2022 Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) winners". AwardsWatch. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
  14. ^ "'Parasite' Wins Top Awards from Georgia Film Critics Association". KBS World Radio. January 12, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2026.
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