The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association (also known as the DFW Film Critics Association) is a not-for-profit, unincorporated voluntary organization of print, broadcast and internet film critics based in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area and greater North Texas who meet its membership criteria. Its purposes include:
•Encouraging the publication and broadcasting of substantive critical commentary on film and cooperation among those regularly engaged in film criticism in the region
•Increasing public awareness and appreciation of cinematic excellence
•Recognizing extraordinary accomplishment in film through the selection of annual recipients of DFW Film Critics Awards and the publicizing of those awards
•Honoring former distinguished members of the Association and their contributions to the Association’s mission
