{"id":85440,"date":"2025-12-07T21:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-07T21:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/85440\/"},"modified":"2025-12-07T21:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-12-07T21:48:08","slug":"los-angeles-film-critics-association-lafca-2025-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/85440\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) 2025 Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tThe Los Angeles Film Critics Association<\/a> has convened for its 51st annual meeting to determine the year\u2019s best achievements in filmmaking.<\/p>\n

\n\tLast year\u2019s best picture winner, \u201cAnora,\u201d continued LAFCA<\/a>\u2019s tradition of elevating daring, artistically ambitious work that later resonates with the Academy. That lineage includes Oscar success stories such as \u201cThe Hurt Locker\u201d (2009), \u201cSpotlight\u201d (2015), \u201cMoonlight\u201d (2016) and \u201cParasite\u201d (2019) \u2014 all of which went on to capture the Academy Award for best picture.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhile the group is known for its adventurous taste, its instincts often align with Hollywood\u2019s most coveted accolades. Since 2009, six LAFCA-winning filmmakers have gone on to win the Oscar for best director, including Kathryn Bigelow for \u201cThe Hurt Locker,\u201d Alfonso Cuar\u00f3n for \u201cGravity,\u201d Guillermo del Toro for \u201cThe Shape of Water,\u201d Bong Joon Ho for \u201cParasite,\u201d Chlo\u00e9 Zhao for \u201cNomadland\u201d and Jane Campion for \u201cThe Power of the Dog.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tScreenplay winners have proved to be another reliable bellwether. Over the past decade, five LAFCA-honored scripts have translated those victories into Academy Award wins, among them Jordan Peele\u2019s \u201cGet Out\u201d and Emerald Fennell\u2019s \u201cPromising Young Woman.\u201d Only one LAFCA winner since 2009 has failed to earn an Oscar nomination: last year\u2019s \u201cAll of Us Strangers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThis year also marks LAFCA\u2019s fourth iteration of gender-neutral acting categories.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs previously announced, LAFCA will honor Philip Kaufman with its Career Achievement Award. The Oscar-nominated filmmaker earned his sole Academy nod for adapted screenplay for \u201cThe Unbearable Lightness of Being,\u201d co-written with Jean-Claude Carri\u00e8re, and has left a lasting imprint through films such as \u201cInvasion of the Body Snatchers,\u201d \u201cThe Right Stuff\u201d and \u201cQuills.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAs the awards-season marathon accelerates, LAFCA\u2019s selections are poised to shape the next phase of the Oscar race \u2014 spotlighting late-breaking contenders, validating festival favorites and elevating under-the-radar performers who might otherwise be overlooked. The annual banquet, scheduled for January, will celebrate all winners and mark another year of evolution for the organization.<\/p>\n

\n\tFounded in 1975, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association has long maintained a reputation for championing bold, uncompromising filmmaking and broadening the industry\u2019s understanding of what constitutes excellence.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe list of winners will be updated below.<\/p>\n

\t\tLos Angeles Film Critics Association\t<\/p>\n

\n\tBest Picture:
Runner-up: <\/p>\n

\n\tDirector:
Runner-up: <\/p>\n

\n\tLeading Performances: Rose Byrne, \u201cIf I Had Legs I\u2019d Kick You\u201d (A24) and Ethan Hawke, \u201cBlue Moon\u201d (Sony Pictures Classics)
Runners-up: Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet, \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d (A24) and Wagner Moura, \u201cThe Secret Agent\u201d (Neon)<\/p>\n

\n\tSupporting Performances: Stellan Skarsg\u00e5rd, \u201cSentimental Value\u201d (Neon) and Teyana Taylor, \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d (Warner Bros.)
Runners-up: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, \u201cSentimental Value\u201d (Neon) and Andrew Scott, \u201cBlue Moon\u201d (Sony Pictures Classics)<\/p>\n

\n\tScreenplay:
Runner-up: <\/p>\n

\n\tAnimation: \u201cLittle Am\u00e9lie or the Character of Rain\u201d (GKids)
Runner-up: \u201cKPop Demon Hunters\u201d (Netflix)<\/p>\n

\n\tCinematography: \u201cTrain Dreams\u201d (Netflix) \u2014 Adolpho Veloso
Runner-up: \u201cSinners\u201d (Warner Bros.) \u2014 Autumn Durald Arkapaw<\/p>\n

\n\tEditing: \u201cMarty Supreme\u201d (A24) \u2014 Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie
Runner-up: \u201cOne Battle After Another\u201d (Warner Bros.) \u2014 Andy Jurgensen<\/p>\n

\n\tProduction Design: \u201cSinners\u201d (Warner Bros.) \u2014 Hannah Beachler
Runner-up: \u201cFrankenstein\u201d (Netflix) \u2014 Tamara Deverell<\/p>\n

\n\tMusic Score: \u201cSir\u0101t\u201d (Neon) \u2014 Kangding Ray
Runner-up: \u201cSinners\u201d (Warner Bros.) \u2014 Ludwig G\u00f6ransson<\/p>\n

\n\tForeign Language:
Runner-up: <\/p>\n

\n\tDocumentary\/Non-Fiction Film:
Runner-up: <\/p>\n

\n\tNew Generation Award: <\/p>\n

\n\tDouglas Edwards Experimental Film Prize: Albert Serra, \u201cAfternoons of Solititude\u201d (Grasshopper Films)<\/p>\n

\n\tDouglas Edwards Special Award: Thom Andersen for his body work<\/p>\n

\n\tCareer Achievement Award: Philip Kaufman<\/p>\n

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