Georgia Film Critics Association

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The Georgia Film Critics Association (GFCA) is an organization of film critics operating in Georgia which was founded in 2011.[1]

In January of every year, the GFCA votes on their annual film awards. The organization is open to members of both print and digital media. While membership is open to film critics from all across the state, current membership is mostly concentrated in the metropolitan Atlanta area.

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Categories [edit]

  • Best Picture
  • Best Director
  • Best Actor
  • Best Actress
  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Best Original Screenplay
  • Best Adapted Screenplay
  • Best Production Design (formerly Best Art Direction)
  • Best Score
  • Best Original Song
  • Best Ensemble
  • Best Documentary
  • Best Animated Film
  • Best Foreign Film
  • Breakthrough Award
  • Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema

Oglethorpe Award [edit]

Each year, the Oglethorpe Award for Excellence in Georgia Cinema is bestowed upon a film or short film that was produced in Georgia. During the GFCA's first awards season in 2011, only the recipient of the award was named. Beginning with the 2012 awards, the entire shortlist of films in the running was released along with the winning film.

Year Film Filmmakers
2011 Sahkanaga John Henry Summerour
2012
4:00AM (short) Chris Tsambis
Everything's For Sale (short) Eric Haviv, R. Phillip Maxwell
Flight John Gatins, Robert Zemeckis
John Portman: A Life of Building Ben Loeterman
Lawless Nick Cave, John Hillcoat
Superhero (short) Kristin Wright
Trouble with the Curve Randy Brown, Robert Lorenz

Award breakdown [edit]

(2 awards and more)

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