The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has officially weighed in on this year’s best films and announced the winners of the 42nd annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards today.
Shirley MacLaine was also named the recipient of this year’s Career Achievement award.
Stay tuned for more about this event as the awards for all winning films will be presented at the annual awards dinner on January 14 at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City.
42nd annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Winners List
Best Picture
Winner: Moonlight
Runner-Up: La La Land
Best Animated Film
Winner: Your Name
Runner-Up: The Red Turtle
Documentary/Non-Fiction
Winner: I Am Not Your Negro
Runner-up: OJ: Made In America
Best Actress
Winner: Isabelle Huppert, Elle and Things to Come
Runner-Up: Rebecca Hall, Christine
Best Actor
Winner: Adam Driver, Paterson
Runner-Up: Casey Affleck, Manchester By The Sea
Supporting Actor
Winner: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Runner-up: Issey Ogata, Silence
Supporting Actress
Winner: Lily Gladstone, Certain Women
Runner-up: Michelle Williams, Manchester By The Sea
Best Foreign-Language Film
Winner: The Handmaiden
Runner-Up: Toni Erdmann
New Generation
Trey Edward Shults and Krisha Fairchild, Krisha
The Douglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Film/Video Prize
Winner: The Illinois Parables
Best Director
Winner: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Runner-Up: Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Best Screenplay
Winner: Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster
Runner-Up: Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The Sea
Editing
Winner: Bret Granato, Maya Mumma, Ben Sozanski, OJ: Made In America
Runner-up: Tom Cross, La La Land
Production Design
Winner: Ryu Seong-hee, The Handmaiden
Runner-up: David Wasco, La La Land
Music/Score
Winner: Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, La La Land
Runner-up: Mica Levi, Jackie
Cinematography
Winner: James Laxton, Moonlight
Runner-up: Linus Sandgren, La La Land
About the Los Angeles Film Critics Association
Founded in 1975, The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) is comprised of Los Angeles-based, professional film critics working in the Los Angeles print and electronic media. Each December, LAFCA members vote on the year’s Achievement Awards, honoring screen excellence on both sides of the camera. Plaques of recognition are then presented to winners during LAFCA’s annual awards ceremony, held in mid-January. Please visit www.lafca.net for a complete list of winners or via Twitter @lafilmcritics (http://twitter.com/LAFilmCritics).
