Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards 2019 Explained

25th Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards
Presenter:	Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association
Location:	Dallas, Texas
Country:	United States
Website:	dfwcritics.com
Previous:	2018
Main:	DFWFCA
Next:	2020

The 25th Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards honoring the best in film for 2019 were announced on December 16, 2019.^{[1] [2] [3]}

These awards "recognizing extraordinary accomplishment in film" are presented annually by the Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association (DFWFCA), based in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex region of Texas.^[4] The association, founded in and presenting awards since 1990, includes 30 film critics for print, radio, television, and internet publications based in North Texas.^[5] It is also committed to ensuring that their membership represents a broad range of voices, ideas and perspectives from across cultural, gender and ideological spectra.^[6]

1917 and Marriage Story were the DFWFCA's most awarded film of 2019, taking four top honors each.

Winners and nominees

Category awards

Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface. Other films ranked by the annual poll are listed in order. While most categories saw 5 honorees named, categories ranged from as many as 10 (Best Picture) to as few as 2 (Best Animated Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Musical Score).

Best Picture	Best Director
1917 Marriage Story Parasite The Irishman Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Jojo Rabbit Little Women The Farewell The Two Popes Knives Out	Sam Mendes – 1917 Bong Joon-ho – Parasite Martin Scorsese – The Irishman Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story
Best Actor	Best Actress
Adam Driver – Marriage Story as Charlie Barber Joaquin Phoenix – Joker as Arthur Fleck / Joker Antonio Banderas – Pain and Glory as Salvador Mallo Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Rick Dalton Robert De Niro – The Irishman as Frank Sheeran	Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story as Nicole Barber Renée Zellweger – Judy as Judy Garland Charlize Theron – Bombshell as Megyn Kelly Saoirse Ronan – Little Women as Josephine "Jo" March Awkwafina – The Farewell as Billi Wang (TIE) Lupita Nyong'o – Us as Adelaide Wilson / Red (TIE)
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood as Cliff Booth Willem Dafoe – The Lighthouse as Thomas Wake Joe Pesci – The Irishman as Russell Bufalino Al Pacino – The Irishman as Jimmy Hoffa Shia LaBeouf – Honey Boy as James Lort	Laura Dern – Marriage Story as Nora Fanshaw Margot Robbie – Bombshell as Kayla Pospisil Florence Pugh – Little Women as Amy March Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers as Ramona Vega Annette Bening – The Report as Dianne Feinstein
Best Documentary Film	Best Foreign Language Film
Apollo 11 One Child Nation American Factory Honeyland For Sama	Parasite Pain and Glory The Farwell Les Misérables Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Best Animated Film	Best Screenplay
Toy Story 4 I Lost My Body	Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story Steven Zaillian – The Irishman
Best Cinematography	Best Musical Score
Roger Deakins – 1917 Hong Kyung-pyo – Parasite	Thomas Newman – 1917 Alexandre Desplat – Little Women

Special award

Russell Smith Award

• The Lighthouse, for "best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film"

Notes and References

1. Web site: DFW Film Critics Pick "1917" as Best Film of 2019 . Jorgenson . Todd . December 16, 2019 . . February 26, 2020.
2. Web site: War epic 1917 takes top honors from Dallas-Fort Worth film critics . Bentley . Alex . December 16, 2019 . CultureMap Dallas . February 26, 2020.
3. Web site: DFW Film Critics Name "1917" Best Picture for 2019 . Holt . Jo Ann . December 22, 2019 . . February 26, 2020.
4. Web site: Membership Requirements . . February 26, 2020.
5. Web site: Members . . February 26, 2020.
6. Web site: Diversity and Inclusion . . February 26, 2020.