This precursor season, if it isn’t 12 Years a Slave, it’s Her, which appears to be the year’s true critic’s darling, taking an impressive four prizes (including an honorary award). Whether the film can openly appeal to the more mainstream-minded Academy remains to be seen. THe rest of the winners here are largely familiar with precursor watchers.

Award Tallies

(4) Her
(2) Gravity, Short Term 12

The Awards

Best Film

Her

Best Animated Film

Frozen

Best Director

Alfonso Cuaron – Gravity

Best Actor

Chiwetel Ejiofor – 12 Years a Slave

Best Actress

Brie Larson – Short Term 12

Best Supporting Actor

Jared Leto – Dallas Buyers Club

Best Supporting Actress

Lupita Nyong’o – 12 Years a Slave

Best Original Screenplay

Her

Best Adapted Screenplay

12 Years a Slave

Best Score

Her

Best Cinematography

Gravity

Best Foreign Language Film

Blue Is the Warmest Color

Best Documentary

The Act of Killing

Best First Film

Fruitvale Station

Breakthrough Artist

Brie Larson – Short Term 12

Best Austin Film

Before Midnight

Special Honorary Award

Scarlett Johansson, for her outstanding voice performance in Her.

Top Ten Films

1. Her
2. 12 Years a Slave
3. Gravity
4. The Wolf of Wall Street
5. Inside Llewyn Davis
6. Short Term 12
7. Mud
8. Before Midnight
9. Dallas Buyers Club
10. Captain Phillips

Austin Film Critics Data

First Awards: 2005 (9)