By Matt Neglia
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) have announced their winners and runners up representing the best in film for 2018.
Click below to see the winners.
Best Film
Roma
Runner-Up: Burning
Best Foreign Film
Burning & Shoplifters (TIE)
Best Director
Debra Granik – Leave No Trace
Runner-Up: Alfonso Cuaron – Roma
Best Actor
Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
Runner-Up: Ben Foster – Leave No Trace
Best Documentary Film
Shirkers
Runner-Up: Minding The Gap
Best Screenplay
Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Runner-Up: The Favourite
Best Animated Film
Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse
Runner-Up: Incredibles 2
Best Actress
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Runner-Up: Toni Collette – Hereditary
Best Supporting Actress
Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
Runner-Up: Elizabeth Debicki – Widows
Best Editing
Minding The Gap
Runner-Up: Roma
Best Production Design
Black Panther
Runner-Up: The Favourite
Best Supporting Actor
Steven Yeun – Burning
Runner-Up: Hugh Grant – Paddington 2
Best Score
If Beale Street Could Talk
Runner-Up: First Man
Best Cinematography
Roma
Runner-Up: If Beale Street Could Talk
Career Achievement Award
Hayso Miyazaki
The Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Award
The Green Fog
New Generation Award
Chloe Zhao – The Rider
Special Citation Award
The Other Side Of The Wind
So what do you think? Which films do you feel received a boost from LAFCA? Are you surprised by any winners or exclusions? Let us know in the comments below.
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