Southeastern Film Critics Association

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Southeastern Film Critics Association
AbbreviationSEFCA
Formation1992
Type Film criticism
Location
Website sefca.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]

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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

Best Film winners

YearBest FilmRef.
2025 One Battle After Another [9]
2024 Anora [2]
2023 Oppenheimer [10]
2022 Everything Everywhere All at Once [11]
2021 The Power of the Dog [12]
2020 Nomadland [3]
2019 Parasite [13]
2018 Roma [14]
2017 Get Out [15]
2016 Moonlight [16]
2015 Spotlight [17]
2014 The Grand Budapest Hotel [11]
2013 12 Years a Slave [18]
2012 Argo [5]
2011 The Descendants [4]
2010 The Social Network [19]
2009 Up in the Air [20]
2008 Milk [11]
2007 No Country for Old Men [21]
2006 The Departed [7]
2005 Brokeback Mountain [22]
2004 Sideways [23]
2003 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King [24]
2002 The Hours [11]
2001 Memento [11]
2000 Almost Famous [11]
1999 American Beauty [11]
1998 Saving Private Ryan [11]
1997 L.A. Confidential [11]
1996 Fargo [11]
1995 Apollo 13 [11]
1994 Pulp Fiction [11]
1993 The Piano [11]
1992 Howards End [11]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "By-Laws". SEFCA. Retrieved December 16, 2025.
  2. 1 2 Beifuss, John (December 16, 2024). "2024's top films: Southern film critics name 'Anora' year's best". The Commercial Appeal . Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  3. 1 2 "'Nomadland,' 'Minari' top Southeastern critics' poll". Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette . February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  4. 1 2 Knegt, Peter (December 19, 2011). "Southeastern Critics Go For 'The Descendants,' Clooney, Streep". IndieWire . Retrieved January 3, 2026.
  5. 1 2 Herrington, 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. 1 2 Hanke, 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. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "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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