Southeastern Film Critics Association
Southeastern Film Critics Association
AbbreviationSEFCA
Formation1992
TypeFilm criticism
Location
Websitesefca.net

The Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) is a film critics association based in the Southeastern United States, and founded in 1992.[1][2][3]

It presents the Southeastern Film Critics Association Awards each year, which recognize the top 10 best films of the year, along with the best filmmakers, actors, and screenwriters.[4][5][6]

The accolades also include the Gene Wyatt Award, named in memory of the late The Tennessean film critic Gene Wyatt and presented to the film that "best evokes the spirit of the South."[7][8]

Award categories

  • Top 10 Films
  • Best Actor
  • Best Actress
  • Best Supporting Actor
  • Best Supporting Actress
  • Best Ensemble Cast
  • Best Director
  • Best Original Screenplay
  • Best Adapted Screenplay
  • Best Cinematography
  • Best Score
  • Best Foreign Language Film
  • Best Animated Feature
  • Best Documentary Feature
  • The Gene Wyatt Award

Best Film winners

YearBest FilmRef.
2025One Battle After Another[9]
2024Anora[2]
2023Oppenheimer[10]
2022Everything Everywhere All at Once[11]
2021The Power of the Dog[12]
2020Nomadland[3]
2019Parasite[13]
2018Roma[14]
2017Get Out[15]
2016Moonlight[16]
2015Spotlight[17]
2014The Grand Budapest Hotel[11]
201312 Years a Slave[18]
2012Argo[5]
2011The Descendants[4]
2010The Social Network[19]
2009Up in the Air[20]
2008Milk[11]
2007No Country for Old Men[21]
2006The Departed[7]
2005Brokeback Mountain[22]
2004Sideways[23]
2003The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King[24]
2002The Hours[11]
2001Memento[11]
2000Almost Famous[11]
1999American Beauty[11]
1998Saving Private Ryan[11]
1997L.A. Confidential[11]
1996Fargo[11]
1995Apollo 13[11]
1994Pulp Fiction[11]
1993The Piano[11]
1992Howards End[11]

See also

References

  1. ^"By-Laws". SEFCA. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
  2. ^ abBeifuss, John (December 16, 2024). "2024's top films: Southern film critics name 'Anora' year's best". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  3. ^ ab"'Nomadland,' 'Minari' top Southeastern critics' poll". Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette. February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  4. ^ abKnegt, Peter (December 19, 2011). "Southeastern Critics Go For 'The Descendants,' Clooney, Streep". IndieWire. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  5. ^ abHerrington, Chris (December 17, 2012). "Argo Leads Southeastern Film Critics Association's Annual Awards". Memphis Flyer. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  6. ^Neglia, Matt (December 15, 2025). "The 2025 Southeastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
  7. ^ abHanke, Ken (January 10, 2007). "SEFCA's 2006 Winners". Mountain Xpress. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  8. ^"'12 Years a Slave' leads Southeastern film critics winners". Uproxx. December 16, 2013. Archived from the original on September 2, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  9. ^Beifuss, John (December 16, 2025). "Southeastern Film Critics Association names top movies of 2025. See the list". The Commercial Appeal. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  10. ^McCoy, Chris (December 18, 2023). "Southeastern Film Critics Association Names Best Films of 2023". Memphis Flyer. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  11. ^ abcdefghijklmn"Winners". SEFCA. Retrieved December 20, 2025.
  12. ^Goldberg, Matt (December 13, 2021). "The Power of the Dog Named Best Picture by SEFCA". Collider. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  13. ^Neglia, Matt (December 10, 2019). "The 2019 Southern Eastern Film Critics Association (SEFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  14. ^"Southern film critics pick 'Roma,' 'Favourite' as year's best films". Asheville Citizen-Times. December 17, 2018. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  15. ^"Southeastern Film Critics, including Asheville writers, pick best films of 2017". Asheville Citizen-Times. December 21, 2017. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  16. ^Goldberg, Matt (December 19, 2016). "SEFCA Names Moonlight as Best Film of 2016". Collider. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  17. ^Persall, Steve (December 14, 2015). "Southeastern critics name 'Spotlight' 2015's best movie". Tampa Bay Times. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  18. ^Scott, Mike (December 16, 2013). "Southeastern film critics pick '12 Years a Slave' as year's best (full SEFCA awards listing)". The Times-Picayune. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  19. ^Carlton, Bob (December 13, 2010). "Southeastern critics name Facebook spellbinder "The Social Network" the year's best film". The Birmingham News. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  20. ^Pond, Steve (December 14, 2009). "Southeastern Critics Salute 'Up in the Air'". TheWrap. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  21. ^Sneider, Jeff (December 17, 2007). "Southeastern critics prefer 'Old Men'". Variety. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  22. ^"Southeastern Critics Chime in With Their Picks". Rotten Tomatoes. December 21, 2005. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  23. ^"'Sideways' picked by Southeastern critics". Today. December 21, 2004. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  24. ^"Third 'Rings' takes a best-film honor". Los Angeles Times. December 31, 2003. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
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