Voting kicked off Sunday for the 50th Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) Awards.
After announcing John Carpenter as the recipient of this year’s Career Achievement Award, LAFCA members recognized some of the year’s best films and talents during Sunday’s voting ahead of the awards ceremony on Jan. 11, 2025 at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
Writer/director Sean Baker’s Anora took home Best Picture, also receiving runner-up for Baker in the Best Director and Best Screenplay categories. Anora star Mikey Madison won Best Leading Performance, along with Hard Truths‘ Marianne Jean-Baptiste. Her co-star Yura Borisov won Best Supporting Performance, along with A Real Pain‘s Kieran Culkin.
At last year’s LAFCA Awards, The Zone of Interest won Best Picture, and runner-up Oppenheimer went on to win Best Picture at the 96th Academy Awards.
Founded in 1975, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association is composed of LA-based professional film critics working in the local print and electronic media. LAFCA members hold their annual awards vote, honoring screen excellence on both sides of the camera.
See all the winners of the 50th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards below.
Best Picture
Anora
Runner-up: The Brutalist
Best Director
Mohammad Rasoulof, The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Runner-up: Sean Baker, Anora
Best Leading Performances
Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths; and Mikey Madison, Anora
Runners-up: Demi Moore, The Substance; and Fernanda Torres, I’m Still Here
Best Supporting Performances
Yura Borisov, Anora; and Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Runners-up: Clarence Maclin, Sing Sing; and Adam Pearson, A Different Man
Best Screenplay
Jesse Eisenberg, A Real Pain
Runner-up: Sean Baker, Anora
Best Cinematography
Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys
Runner-up: Lol Crawley, The Brutalist
Best Editing
Tie: Nicholas Monsour, Nickel Boys; and Hansjörg Weißbrich, September 5
Best Production Design
Judy Becker, The Brutalist
Runner-up: Adam Stockhausen, Blitz
Best Music Score
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers
Runner-up: Eiko Ishibashi, Evil Does Not Exist
Best Animation
Flow
Runner-up: Chicken for Linda
Best Film Not in English Language
All We Imagine as Light
Runner-up: The Seed of the Sacred Fig
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
No Other Land
Runner-up: Dahomey
New Generation Award
Vera Drew, The People’s Joker
Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Prize
Eduardo Williams’ The Human Surge 3
Career Achievement Award
John Carpenter
