When an organization gives it’s Best Film Prize to the film it also recognizes as the best film made in their own city, you can disregard the result. That it matches other groups is somewhat circumstantial.

Award Tallies

(4) Boyhood
(3) Nightcrawler
(2) Birdman

The Awards

Best Film

Boyhood

Best Animated Film

The Lego Movie

Best Director

Richard Linklater – Boyhood

Best Actor

Jake Gyllenhaal – Nightcrawler

Best Actress

Rosamund Pike – Gone Girl

Best Supporting Actor

J.K. Simmons – Whiplash

Best Supporting Actress

Patricia Arquette – Boyhood

Best Original Screenplay

Nightcrawler

Best Adapted Screenplay

Gone Girl

Best Score

Birdman

Best Cinematography

Birdman

Best Foreign Language Film

Force Majeure

Best Documentary

Citizenfour

Best First Film

Nightcrawler

Breakthrough Artist

Jennifer Kent – The Babadook

Best Austin Film

Boyhood

Special Honorary Award

Gary Poulter, for his outstanding performance in Joe.

Top Ten Films

1. Boyhood
2. Whiplash
3. The Grand Budapest Hotel
4. Birdman
5. Snowpiercer
6. Nightcrawler
7. Selma
8. The Imitation Game
9. Inherent Vice
9. Gone Girl

Austin Film Critics Data

First Awards: 2005 (10)