Australian Film Critics Association

The Australian Film Critics Association (AFCA), formerly Melbourne Film Critics’ Forum, is an Australian professional association for film critics, reviewers and journalists who work in the media, based in Melbourne.[1] It is a member of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI).[2]

Not to be confused with Film Critics Circle of Australia.

History

Formed in 1996, AFCA began as the Melbourne Film Critics’ Forum, expanding to a national organisation in 2004. In the same year, AFCA became an Australian representative of the International Federation of Film Critics (FIPRESCI),[3] which comprises the national organisations of professional film critics and film journalists from around the world. FIPRESCI has members in more than 50 countries worldwide. AFCA helped to establish the first FIPRESCI jury at the Adelaide Film Festival.

AFCA's members, several of whom contribute to internationally recognised media outlets, are professional film critics, film reviewers and film journalists, from all media forums, who provide informed discussion, analysis and comment on Australian and world cinema. Here are some of them: Adam Ross, Lachlan Marks, Alan James, Laura Bennett, Alex Thomas, Lawrence Barber, Alexandra Heller-Nicholas, Lee Zachariah, Lisa Thatcher, Ashley Beks, Luke Buckmaster, Marcella Papandrea, Bede Jermyn, Madeleine Swain, Mark Lavercombe, Cameron Williams, Matthew Toomey, Carol Van Opstal, Nicholas Brodie, Paul Turner, Peter Krausz, Richard Alaba, David O'Connell, etc.[4] The body supports both mainstream and independent cinema and highlights significant or challenging films.[5]

Film Awards

On 22 January 2008, AFCA announced the results of its inaugural Film Awards for 2007. The awards span four categories comprising Best Australian Film, Best Overseas Film, Best Documentary and Best Unreleased Film (in Australia at the time of the awards). The winning and commended films granted AFCA film awards are:

Year Best Australian Best Overseas Best Documentary Best Unreleased
2007[6]Winner:NoiseNo Country for Old Men (USA)Forbidden Lie$ (Australia)The Band's Visit (Israel)
Commended:The Home Song StoriesThe Lives of Others (Germany)Deep Water (UK)-
Commended:Romulus, My Father4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (Romania)Sicko (USA)-
2008[7]Winner:The Black BalloonThere Will Be Blood (USA)Man On Wire (UK)In the City of Sylvia (Spain)
Commended:The SquareThe Dark Knight (USA)Not Quite Hollywood (Australia)Romance of Astree and Celadon (France/Italy/Spain)
2009[8]Winner:BaliboLet the Right One In (Sweden)Of Time and the City (UK)Un Lac (France)
Commended:Mary & Max, Samson and DelilahMoon (UK), Wrestler (USA), Up (USA)Encounters at the End of the World (Germany), Capitalism: A Love Story (USA)Love Exposure (Japan)
2010[9]Winner:Animal KingdomThe Social Network (USA)Exit Through the Gift Shop (UK)Air Doll (Japan)
Commended:Beneath Hill 60, The Waiting City, Bran Nue DaeToy Story 3 (USA), The Hurt Locker (USA), Inception (USA/UK)Food, Inc. (USA), La Danse (France/USA), Gasland (USA)Tetro (USA/Argentina/Spain/Italy), Film Socialisme (Switzerland/France), Berlin 36 (Germany)

In 2011 acting awards were introduced and the Best Unreleased Film category was discontinued.

Year Best Film Best International Film (English Language) Best International Film (Foreign Language) Best Documentary
2011[10]SnowtownThe Tree of Life (USA)Incendies (Canada)Senna (UK)
2012[11]The SapphiresHugo (France/UK/USA)A Separation (Iran)Searching for Sugar Man (Sweden/UK/Finland)
2013[12]Mystery RoadDjango Unchained (USA)Amour (France/Germany/Austria)Stories We Tell (Canada)
2014[13]The BabadookThe Grand Budapest Hotel (USA/Germany)Two Days, One Night (Belgium/France/Italy)Jodorowsky's Dune (USA/France)
2015[14]Mad Max: Fury RoadBirdman (USA)Phoenix (Germany)Amy (UK)
2016[15]Girl AsleepArrival (USA)Mustang (France/Germany/Turkey)Sherpa (Australia)
2017[16]Hounds of LoveMoonlight (USA)Toni Erdmann (Germany/Austria)I Am Not Your Negro (France/USA/Switzerland/Belgium)
2018[17]Sweet CountryYou Were Never Really Here (UK/USA/France)Roma (Mexico)Gurrumul (Australia)

Writing Awards

In conjunction with its 2009 film awards, AFCA announced the results of its inaugural writing awards. The categories and winners are:

Year Ivan Hutchinson Award for Writing on Australian Film Award for Writing on Non-Australian Film Award for a Review of an individual Australian Film Award for a Review of an individual Non-Australian Film
2009Loving Samson and Delilah, Therese DavisFake Politics for the Real America, Martyn PedlerDisgrace, Alice Tynan2012, Stephen Rowley
2010Some of the Finest Films, Thomas CaldwellA Feast of Love - Eros, Agape and The Food Film, Bernard HemingwayThe Loved Ones, Anders WotzkeI'm Still Here, Luke Buckmaster
2011Who’s Afraid of the Working Class? We Are, Rebecca Harkins-CrossIslands and Ghosts: Roman Polanski's The Ghost Writer, Jake WilsonGriff the Invisible, Alice TynanUncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, Josh Nelson
2012God in all things: Amiel Courtin-Wilson’s Hail, Josh NelsonThe Shape of Rage: David Cronenberg’s Dangerous Methods, Rebecca Harkins CrossAll the Way Through Evening, Michael ScottThe Perks of Being a Wallflower, Laurence Barber
2013Launching The Rocket: Beyond the Typical Australian Film, Glenn DunksThrough the Mind: Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master, Scott MacLeodThe Great Gatsby, Simon MiraudoTo the Wonder, Simon Di Berardino
2014Anger and Banality in Ghosts… of the Civil Dead, Thomas CaldwellTime Enough at Last: The Long History of the Long Film, Jake MoodyThe Babadook, Alexandra DonaldBoyhood, Richard S. He
2015The Shadow of the Rock, Rebecca Harkins-Cross-Mad Max: Fury Road, Alexandra Heller-NicholasBridge of Spies, Luke Goodsell
2016South of Ealing: recasting a British studio's antipodean escapade, Adrian Danks-Joe Cinque's Consolation, Lauren Carroll HarrisNo Home Movie, Ivan Cercina
2017Dog Day, Every Day: Gillian Leahy’s Baxter and Me and the Essay Film, Adrian Martin-Ellipsis, Luke BuckmasterRisk, Glenn Dunks
2018[18]The art of metamorphosis: Julian Rosefeldt's 'Manifesto, Gabrielle O'Brien-West of Sunshine, Andrew PierceDisobedience, Glen Falkenstein

See also

References
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