AAFCA President and co-founder, Gil Robertson IV recently announced that the African American Film Critics Association (AAFCA) will hold its 12th Annual AAFCA Awards honoring outstanding achievement in film on April 7, 2021. Awards will be handed out to winners in the following categories:
Best Film
Best Director
Best Screenplay
Best Actor
Best Actress
Best Supporting Actor
Best Supporting Actress
Best Breakout Performance
Best Animated Film
Best Independent Film
Best Foreign Film
Best Documentary
Best Song
AAFCA Award winners will be announced along with AAFCA’s annual “Top 10” list highlighting the top 10 films of the year and the top 10 television programs of the year on March 8, 2021. The deadline to screen films for the AAFCA membership for awards consideration is March 7, 2021 and voting will take place on March 7, 2021. Additional honorary awards that will be presented at the 12th Annual AAFCA Awards will be announced later this year including the AAFCA Stanley Kramer Award and the AAFCA Cinema Vanguard Award.
AAFCA recently held its 2nd Annual AAFCA TV Honors recognizing outstanding achievement in television with great success as a virtual ceremony. “It is anticipated that in light of the pandemic,” stated AAFCA president and co-founder Gil Robertson IV, “the AAFCA Awards will also be held as a virtual event, but we’re monitoring the situation closely and can adapt to an in-person or hybrid event if the situation improves.” He added “There have already been so many worthy films and performances in 2020 — We’re eager to recognize the incredible achievements of the film community during this unprecedented time.”
For more information on the AAFCA Awards, visit https://AAFCA.com.
ABOUT AAFCA
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. The organization’s primary mission is to cultivate understanding, appreciation and advancement of the contributions of African descended talent to cinematic and television culture – from the artistic and technical legends of the past to the still unimagined breakthroughs of future generations. 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. As a non-profit organization, AAFCA is committed to numerous educational and philanthropic efforts, particularly those that foster and celebrate diversity and inclusion. For more information on AAFCA and its programs visit https://AAFCA.com.
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