The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) have announced their winners and runners up representing the best in film for 2023. Here are this year’s winners…
Best Film
Winner: THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Runner-Up: OPPENHEIMER
Best Foreign Film
Winner: ANATOMY OF A FALL
Runner-Up: TOTEM
Best Director
Winner: Jonathan Glazer – THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Runner-Up: Yorgos Lanthimos – POOR THINGS
Best Documentary Film
Winner: MENUS-PLAISIRS — LES TROISGROS
Runner-Up: THE ETERNAL MEMORY
Best Screenplay
Winner: Andrew Haigh – ALL OF US STRANGERS
Runner-Up: Samy Burch – MAY DECEMBER
Best Leading Performance
Winners: Sandra Hüller – ANATOMY OF A FALL & THE ZONE OF INTEREST & Emma Stone – POOR THINGS
Runners-Up: Andrew Scott – ALL OF US STRANGERS & Jeffrey Wright – AMERICAN FICTION
Best Supporting Performer
Winners: Rachel McAdams – ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET. & Da’Vine Joy Randolph – THE HOLDOVERS
Runners-Up: Lily Gladstone – KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON & Ryan Gosling – BARBIE
Best Animated Film
Winner: THE BOY AND THE HERON
Runner-Up: ROBOT DREAMS
Best Editing
Winner: Laurent Sénéchal – ANATOMY OF A FALL
Runner-Up: Jonathan Alberts – ALL OF US STRANGERS
Best Production Design
Winner: Sarah Greenwood – BARBIE
Runner-Up: Shona Heath & James Price – POOR THINGS
Best Music/Score
Winner: Mica Levi – THE ZONE OF INTEREST (With special recognition of the contribution of sound designer Johnnie Burn)
Runner-Up: Mark Ronson & Andrew Wyatt – BARBIE
Best Cinematography
Winner: Robbie Ryan – POOR THINGS
Runner-Up: Rodrigo Prieto – BARBIE & KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON
New Generation
Celine Song – PAST LIVES
Douglas Edwards Experimental Film
Wang Bing – YOUTH (SPRING)
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