BEST FILM
“If Beale Street Could Talk”
- “Blindspotting”
- “The Favourite”
- “Roma”
- “Suspiria”
BEST DIRECTOR
Barry Jenkins – “If Beale Street Could Talk”
- Alfonso Cuarón – “Roma”
- Debra Granik – “Leave No Trace”
- Yorgos Lanthimos – “The Favourite”
- Lynne Ramsay – “You Were Never Really Here”
BEST ACTOR
Ethan Hawke – “First Reformed”
- Christian Bale – “Vice”
- Bradley Cooper – “A Star Is Born”
- Rami Malek – “Bohemian Rhapsody”
- Joaquin Phoenix – “You Were Never Really Here”
BEST ACTRESS
Olivia Colman – “The Favourite”
- Toni Collette – “Hereditary”
- Elsie Fisher – “Eighth Grade”
- Regina Hall – “Support The Girls”
- Melissa McCarthy – “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Richard E. Grant – “Can You Ever Forgive Me?”
- Hugh Grant – “Paddington 2”
- Michael B. Jordan – “Black Panther”
- Brian Tyree Henry – “If Beale Street Could Talk”
- Steven Yeun – “Burning”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Regina King – “If Beale Street Could Talk”
- Amy Adams – “Vice”
- Claire Foy – “First Man”
- Emma Stone – “The Favourite”
- Rachel Weisz – “The Favourite”
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
“Sorry To Bother You” – Boots Riley
- “Eighth Grade” – Bo Burnham
- “The Favourite” – Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara
- “First Reformed” – Paul Schrader
- “Roma” – Alfonso Cuarón
BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAY
“If Beale Street Could Talk” – Barry Jenkins
- “BlacKkKlansman” – Charlie Watchtel, David Rabinsowitz, Kevin Willmot, & Spike Lee
- “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” – Nicole Holofcener & Jeff Whitty
- “The Death Of Stalin” – Armando Iannucci, David Schneider, Ian Martin, Peter Fellows, & Fabien Nury
- “Leave No Trace” – Debra Granik & Anne Rosellini
BEST DOCUMENTARY FILM
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?”
- “Free Solo”
- “Minding The Gap”
- “RBG”
- “Shirkers”
BEST ANIMATED FILM
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse”
- “Incredibles 2”
- “Isle Of Dogs”
- “Mirai”
- “Ralph Breaks the Internet”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Burning”
- “Cold War”
- “The Guilty”
- “Roma”
- “Shoplifters”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
“Roma” – Alfonso Cuarón
- “Burning” – Hong Gyeong-Pyo
- “First Man” – Linus Sandgren
- “The Favourite” – Robbie Ryan
- “If Beale Street Could Talk” – James Laxton
BEST FILM EDITING
“First Man” – Tom Cross
- “The Favourite” –
- “If Beale Street Could Talk” –
- “Roma” – Alfonso Cuarón
- “Widows” –
BEST ORIGINAL SCORE
“Mandy” – Jóhann Jóhannsson
- “Annihilation” – Geoff Barrow & Ben Salisbury
- “First Man” – Justin Hurwitz
- “If Beale Street Could Talk” – Nicholas Britell
- “Suspiria” – Thom Yorke
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST
Brian Tyree Henry – “If Beale Street Could Talk”, “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse” & “Widows”
- Yalitzia Aparicio – “Roma”
- Jim Cummings – “Thunder Road”
- Elsie Fisher – “Eighth Grade”
- Boots Riley – “Sorry To Bother You”
BEST ENSEMBLE
“Widows”
- “Avengers: Infinity War”
- “Black Panther”
- “Crazy Rich Asians”
- “The Favourite”
BEST MOTION CAPTURE/SPECIAL EFFECTS PERFORMANCE
Josh Brolin – “Avengers: Infinity War”
- Shameik Moore – “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse”
- Sonoya Mizuno – “Annihilation”
- Phoebe Waller–Bridge – “Solo: A Star Wars Story”
- Ben Whishaw – “Paddington 2”
BEST STUNTS
“Mission: Impossible – Fallout”
- “Black Panther”
- “Mandy”
- “The Night Comes For Us”
- “Upgrade”
BEST FIRST FILM
Bo Burnham – “Eighth Grade”
- Ari Aster – “Hereditary”
- Bradley Cooper – “A Star Is Born”
- Carlos Lopez Estrada – “Blindspotting”
- Boots Riley – “Sorry To Bother You”
THE AUSTIN FILM AWARD
(Works made in Austin and/or directed by a filmmaker living in town during their film’s production)
“Support The Girls”
(dir. Andrew Bujalski)
- “1985” (dir. Yen Tan)
- “Call Her Ganda” (dir. PJ Raval)
- “Damsel” (dir. David & Nathan Zellner)
- “Run Like the Devil” (dir. Steve Mims)
SPECIAL HONORARY AWARD
Bo Burnham, Elsie Fisher, & Josh Hamilton
(for their brilliant collaborative work on “Eighth Grade”)
AFCA 2018 TOP TEN FILMS
- “The Favourite”
- “Roma”
- “Blindspotting”
- “You Were Never Really Here”
- “Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse”
- “First Reformed”
- “If Beale Street Could Talk”
- “Eighth Grade”
- “Shoplifters”
- “Suspiria”
