The Los Angeles Film Critics Association meets to select its annual awards. TheWrap will update the list of winners as they are announced.
In the first prize of the day, the critics gave Michal Dymek the cinematography prize for his work in the Polish film “EO”.
This year, for the first time, the organization chose to make its acting categories gender-neutral, awarding two Lead Acting and two Supporting Acting awards without regard to their former actor and actress rankings.
LAFCA consists of 67 Los Angeles-based film critics working in print and electronic media, including TheWrap’s Alonso Duralde. The group had originally planned to meet and vote in person, doing so in a member’s backyard due to COVID, but with rain forecast in Los Angeles, the meeting went virtual for the third year in a row.
Last year, three of LAFCA’s winners won Oscars: “The Power of the Dog” director Jane Campion, “West Side Story” supporting actress Ariana DeBose and the documentary “Summer of Soul.” Six other winners were nominated for Oscars but did not win.
The LAFCA best picture winner has won the Best Picture Oscar 11 times in the 48 years the organization has been handing out awards, including four times in the past 13 years: “The Hurt Locker” in 2009, “Spotlight” in 2015, “Moonlight” in 2016 and “Parasite” in 2019. Last year, for its best film of 2021, critics chose Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s “Drive My Car”, which won the Oscar for Best International Feature Film and was nominated for Best film.
In early December, the New York Film Critics Circle awarded its top award to Todd Field’s “Tár.”
In October, the organization voted its Annual Lifetime Achievement Award to French director Claire Denis. She and the other LAFCA winners will be celebrated at an awards banquet on Saturday, January 14, 2023.
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards 2021:
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Best Lead Performance:
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Best screenplay:
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Best film not in English language:
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Best Documentary/Nonfiction Film:
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best animation:
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Best Photography: Michal Dymek, “EO”
Runner-up: Hoyte van Hoytema, “Nope”
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New Generation Award:
Douglas E. Edward Experimental Film Award:
Lifetime Achievement Award: Claire Denis