With the bonus of Jon’s Top 10 Films of 2024!
With Cinapse being founded in Austin, we’ve been awaiting the film award announcements from our local critics group, the Austin Film Critics Association (AFCA). An organization that has several Cinapsians within its ranks, myself included. After announcing their film award nominees a few days ago, they have now followed up with their list winners.
This awards season has seen several films vying for the awards and despite leading pack with nomination in 10 categories, The Brutalist only managed to take home two wins (for Cinematography and Score). Instead, it’s Anora that celebrates, winning 5 awards from its 7 nominations – including Best Film, Best Director (Sean Baker), Best Original Screenplay, Best Actress (Mikey Madison), and Best Supporting Actor (Yura Borisov). The Substance also racked up deserved wins with Best Supporting Actress (Margaret Qualley) and Best Editing. A pick I’m particularly proud of is the choice of Colman Domingo for his Best Actor performance in Sing Sing. A wonderful film, and a performer who has been turning out outstanding work for the past few years.
One thing I’m glad to see was Love Lies Bleeding getting some love, well remembered after it’s release way back in March. A win for Arkasha Stevenson in Best First Film with The First Omen is pretty damn great too. Horror doesn’t get the respect it deserves come awards season. The only quibble I personally have is in the Best Digital/Animated Performance category, where the work of Robbie Williams and Jonno Davies for Better Man deserved some recognition.
Check out the full list of winners below and via the AFCA website, as well as my own personal top 10 films of 2024!
I always like to pair the AFCA with my own personal top 10, which is as follows.
- Anora
- Love Lies Bleeding
- The Brutalist
- The Substance
- Dune: Part Two
- Civil War
- Conclave
- Challengers
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Better Man
Honorable Mentions: A Different Man, Ghostlight, Kneecap, Last Stop in Yuma County, Sasquatch Sunset
