The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) has named Barry Jenkins’ high acclaimed coming of age tale, Moonlight, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Cinematography.
The Los Angeles-set musical La La Land was runner-up in five categories, and won best music-score for composer Justin Hurwitz and lyricists Benj Pasek and Justin Paul.
International performers in foreign-language films also won recognition: Isabelle Huppert was named best actress for two lead roles, in Elle and Things to Come.
The Handmaiden won two significant awards: best foreign language film and production design.
The full list of winners:
BEST PICTURE: “Moonlight”
Runner-up: “La La Land”
DIRECTOR: Barry Jenkins, “Moonlight”
Runner-up: Damien Chazelle, “La La Land”
ACTRESS: Isabelle Huppert, “Elle” and “Things to Come”
Runner-up: Rebecca Hall, “Christine”
ACTOR: Adam Driver, “Patterson”
Runner-up: Casey Affleck, “Manchester by the Sea”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Lily Gladstone, “Certain Women”
Runner-up: Michelle Williams, “Manchester by the Sea”
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Mahershala Ali, “Moonlight”
Runner-up: Issei Ogata, “Silence”
SCREENPLAY: Yorgos Lanthimos, Efthimis Filippou, “The Lobster”
Runner-up: Kenneth Lonergan, “Manchester by the Sea”
FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: “The Handmaiden”
Runner-up: “Toni Erdmann”
DOCUMENTARY: “I Am Not Your Negro”
Runner-up: “O.J.: Made in America”
ANIMATED FILM: “Your Name.”
Runner-up: “The Red Turtle”
EDITING: Bret Granato, Maya Mumma, Ben Sozanski, “O.J.: Made in America”
Runner-up: Tom Cross, “La La Land”
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Seong-hie Ryu, “The Handmaiden”
Runner-up: David Wasco, “La La Land”
MUSIC/SCORE: Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, “La La Land”
Runner-up: Mica Levi, “Jackie”
CINEMATOGRAPHY: James Laxton, “Moonlight”
Runner-up: Linus Sandgren, “La La Land”
DOUGLAS EDWARDS INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL FILM/VIDEO: Deborah Stratman, “The Illinois Parables”
