The 15th Annual AAFCA Awards Announces Award Recipients | Festivals & Awards


 AAFCA’S TOP 10 FILMS OF THE YEAR

  • American Fiction
  • Origin
  • “The Color Purple”
  • Oppenheimer
  • Past Lives
  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
  • Poor Things
  • Anatomy of a Fall
  • Killers of the Flower Moon
  • Barbie
  • WINNERS | 15TH ANNUAL AAFCA AWARDS 

    Best Drama: “Origin” 

    Best Comedy: “American Fiction” 

    Best Musical: “The Color Purple” 

    Best Director: Ava DuVernay (“Origin”) 

    Best Screenplay: “American Fiction” 

    Best Actor: Colman Domingo (“Rustin“) 

    Best Actress: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (“Origin”) 

    Best Supporting Actor: Sterling K. Brown (“American Fiction”) 

    Best Supporting Actress: *TIE* Da’Vine Joy Randolph (“The Holdovers“), Danielle Brooks (“The Color Purple”) 

    Best Ensemble: “The Color Purple” 

    Breakout Performance: Lily Gladstone (“Killers of the Flower Moon”) 

    Emerging Filmmaker: Cord Jefferson (“American Fiction”) 

    Best Independent Feature: “A Thousand and One” 

    Best Animated Feature: “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” 

    Best Documentary: “Stamped From The Beginning” 

    Best Music: “The Color Purple” 

    Best International Film: “Io Capitano” 

    Best Short Film: “The After”   

    Winners were voted on by all of AAFCA’s 100+ members. Honorary awards recognizing exceptional achievements behind-the-camera and from the executive suites will be announced in February. The sponsors for the 15th annual AAFCA Awards include Nissan, Comcast, Morgan Stanley, Meta and Diageo.

    Established in 2003, AAFCA is the premiere body of Black film critics in the world, actively reviewing film and television, with a particular emphasis on entertainment that includes the Black experience and storytellers from the African Diaspora. AAFCA members are a geographically diverse cross-section of journalists, covering all genres of the cinematic arts, while representing multiple mediums – including print, TV, radio, broadcast and online. Collectively, they reach a worldwide audience in excess of 100 million. 

    For more information on AAFCA and its programs, visit AAFCA.com.

    You can view the original article HERE.

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