The African American Movie Critics Affiliation (AAFCA) introduced the winners of its upcoming fifteenth annual AAFCA Awards, which honor excellent achievement in movie. In a departure from final 12 months, by which the group gave Finest Image to “The Girl King,” this 12 months’s prime class was cut up into three, with “American Fiction” successful Finest Comedy, “Origin” successful Finest Drama, and “The Coloration Purple” successful Finest Musical.
The trio of movies additionally respectively sit atop AAFCA’s High 10 Movies of the Yr. Winners have been voted on by all of AAFCA’s 100+ members. The fifteenth Annual AAFCA Awards will happen on February 21 on the Beverly Wilshire, a 4 Seasons Resort in Beverly Hills.
“It’s turn out to be a practice to announce our winners on MLK Day,” mentioned AAFCA president and co-founder Gil Robertson mentioned in an official assertion. “And what a terrific 12 months for cinema showcasing the colourful tapestry of Black storytelling, the place variety is just not a pattern, however an crucial. This 12 months’s winners have impressed, challenged, and moved us and we’re delighted to rejoice them and their cultural affect.”
AAFCA’s High 10 Movies checklist and the winners of the fifteenth Annual AAFCA Awards are:
AAFCA’S TOP 10 FILMS OF THE YEAR
- American Fiction
- Origin
- The Coloration Purple
- Oppenheimer
- Previous Lives
- Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse
- Poor Issues
- Anatomy of a Fall
- Killers of the Flower Moon
- Barbie
WINNERS | 15TH ANNUAL AAFCA AWARDS
Finest Drama: Origin
Finest Comedy: American Fiction
Finest Musical: The Coloration Purple
Finest Director: Ava DuVernay (Origin)
Finest Screenplay: American Fiction
Finest Actor: Colman Domingo (Rustin)
Finest Actress: Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor (Origin)
Finest Supporting Actor: Sterling Ok. Brown (American Fiction)
Finest Supporting Actress: *TIE* Da’Vine Pleasure Randolph (The Holdovers), Danielle Brooks (The Coloration Purple)
Finest Ensemble: The Coloration Purple
Breakout Efficiency: Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon)
Rising Filmmaker: Wire Jefferson (American Fiction)
Finest Impartial Function: A Thousand and One
Finest Animated Function: Spider-Man: Throughout the Spider-Verse
Finest Documentary: Stamped From The Starting
Finest Music: The Coloration Purple
Finest Worldwide Movie: Io Capitano
Finest Brief Movie: The After
The winners introduced comes on the heels of AAFCA sharing its lineup of Particular Achievement Awards honorees, which embody “The Burial” star Jamies Foxx and his producing companion Datari Turner, “The Coloration Purple” choreographer Fatima Robinson, “Black and Blue” director Deon Taylor, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Delta Airways, and late movie advertising strategist Michael Latt. That occasion, the seventh annual Particular Achievement Awards Luncheon, will happen on March 3 on the Los Angeles Athletic Membership.
Extra honorary awards recognizing distinctive achievements behind-the-camera and from the manager suites shall be introduced in February. The 2024 AAFCA Awards will happen on February 21.
