Live Updates: 2025 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award Winners
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) recently held its 51st awards ceremony, celebrating cinematic excellence. The event took place at the Biltmore Hotel on January 10, where voting occurred on the preceding Sunday.
2025 LAFCA Awards: Key Highlights
This year’s ceremony showcased a range of talent across various categories. The prestigious Career Achievement Award was presented to Philip Kaufman for his contributions to film.
Awards Breakdown
The following are the notable winners from the 2025 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards:
- Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson, One Battle After Another
- Runner-up: Ryan Coogler, Sinners
- Best Documentary/Nonfiction:My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow
- Runner-up:The Perfect Neighbor
- Best Screenplay: Jafar Panahi, It Was Just an Accident
- Runner-up: Eva Victor, Sorry, Baby
- Best Lead Performance: Rose Byrne, If I Had Legs I’d Kick You
- Co-winner: Ethan Hawke, Blue Moon
- Runners-up: Timothée Chalamet, Marty Supreme; Wagner Moura, The Secret Agent
- Best Supporting Performance: Stellan Skarsgård, Sentimental Value
- Co-winner: Teyana Taylor, One Battle After Another
- Runners-up: Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, Sentimental Value; Andrew Scott, Blue Moon
- Best Animation:Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
- Runner-up:KPop Demon Hunters
- Best Film Editing: Ronald Bronstein and Josh Safdie, Marty Supreme
- Runner-up: Andy Jurgensen, One Battle After Another
- Best Production Design: Hannah Beachler, Sinners
- Runner-up: Tamara Deverell, Frankenstein
- Best Music Score: Kangding Ray, Sirāt
- Runner-up: Ludwig Göransson, Sinners
- Best Cinematography: Adolpho Veloso, Train Dreams
- Runner-up: Autumn Durald Arkapaw, Sinners
- Douglas Edwards Experimental Film Award: (TIE) Albert Serra, Afternoons of Solitude; Thom Andersen (body of work)
The LAFCA was established in 1975. It comprises professional film critics from the Los Angeles area, recognizing outstanding achievements in filmmaking.
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