The Los Angeles Film Critics (LAFCA), of which I am a member, is voting right now the best achievements of the year.
Stay tuned. Updating the list of honorees as we go along.
Awards, Thus far:
Cinematography: Dan Laustsen, The Shape of Water
Runner-up: Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
Music/score: Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
Editing: Lee Smith, Dunkirk
Runner-up: Tatiana S. Riegel, I, Tonya
Production design: Dennis Gassner, Blade Runner 2049
Runner-up: Paul D. Austerberry, The Shape of Water
Supporting actress: Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird
Runner-up: Mary J. Blige, Mudbound
Supporting actor: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project
Runner-up: Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Documentary/nonfiction: Faces Places
Runner-up: Jane
Best Screenplay: “Get Out” (Jordan Peele)
Runner-up: “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri” (Martin McDonagh)
Best Animation: “The Breadwinner”
Runner-up: “Coco”
Actor: Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name
Runner-up: James Franco, The Disaster Artist
Foreign-language film: Tie–BPM (Beats Per Minute) (France) and Loveless (Russia)
Career Achievement: Max Von Sydow
As previously announced, LAFCA chose Max von Sydow as the recipient of this year’s Career Achievement Award.
“Jungfrukallan” (aka “The Virgin Spring”)
Max von Sydow
The awards will be handed out at the group’s annual dinner, set for Saturday, January 13, at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City.
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Music/score: Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water
Cinematography: Dan Laustsen, The Shape of Water
Runner-up: Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049
