The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) have announced their winners and runners up representing the best in film for 2025. Here are this year’s winners…
Best Film
Winner: ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Runner-Up: THE SECRET AGENT
Best Film Not In The English Language
Winner: THE SECRET AGENT
Runner-Up: IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
Best Director
Winner: Paul Thomas Anderson – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Runner-Up: Ryan Coogler – SINNERS
Best Documentary Film
Winner: MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I – LAST AIR IN MOSCOW
Runner-Up: THE PERFECT NEIGHBOR
Best Screenplay
Winner: Jafar Panahi – IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT
Runner-Up: Eva Victor – SORRY, BABY
Best Leading Performance
Winners: Rose Byrne – IF I HAD LEGS I’D KICK YOU & Ethan Hawke – BLUE MOON
Runners-Up: Timothée Chalamet – MARTY SUPREME & Wagner Moura – THE SECRET AGENT
Best Supporting Performer
Winners: Stellan Skarsgård – SENTIMENTAL VALUE & Teyana Taylor – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Runners-Up:Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas – SENTIMENTAL VALUE & Andrew Scott – BLUE MOON
Best Animated Film
Winner: LITTLE AMÉLIE OR THE CHARACTER OF RAIN
Runner-Up: KPOP DEMON HUNTERS
Best Editing
Winner: Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie – MARTY SUPREME
Runner-Up: Andy Jurgensen – ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER
Best Production Design
Winner: Hannah Beachler – SINNERS
Runner-Up: Tamara Deverell – FRANKENSTEIN
Best Music/Score
Winner: Kangding Ray – SIRĀT
Runner-Up: Ludwig Göransson – SINNERS
Best Cinematography
Winner: Adolpho Veloso – TRAIN DREAMS
Runner-Up: Autumn Durald Arkapaw – SINNERS
Special Award (for body of work)
Thom Andersen
Douglas Edwards Experimental Film
Albert Serra – AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE
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