By Matt Neglia
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) have announced their winners and runners up representing the best in film for 2020.
Click below to see the winners.
Best Film
Small Axe
Runner-Up: Nomadland
Best Foreign Film
Beanpole
Runner-Up: Martin Eden
Best Director
Chloé Zhao – Nomadland
Runner-Up: Steve McQueen – Small Axe
Best Actress
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Runner-Up: Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Best Actor
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Runner-Up: Riz Ahmed – Sound Of Metal
Best Documentary Film
Time
Runner-Up: Collective
Best Screenplay
Promising Young Woman
Runner-Up: Never Rarely Sometimes Always
Best Animated Film
Wolfwalkers
Runner-Up: Soul
Best Supporting Actress
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
Runner-Up: Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Best Editing
The Father
Runner-Up: Time
Best Production Design
Mank
Runner-Up: Beanpole
Best Supporting Actor
Glynn Turman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Runner-Up: Paul Raci – Sound Of Metal
Best Music/Score
Soul
Runner-Up: Lovers Rock
Best Cinematography
Small Axe
Runner-Up: Nomadland
New Generation Award
Radha Blank – The Forty-Year-Old-Version
Career Achievement Award
Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Harry Belafonte
Legacy Award
Norman Lloyd
The Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Prize
John Gianvito – Her Socialist Smile
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 section below or on our Twitter account.
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