Los Angeles Film Critics Name Their Best of the Year

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Moonlight continues to build award season momentum, as it was just named Best Picture by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. The film also received LAFCA awards for Best Director (Barry Jenkins), Best Supporting Actor (Mahershala Ali), and Cinematography (James Laxton).

The group names a runner-up for each award, with La La Land coming in second in five different categories, including Best Picture, while winning for Music/Score (Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul).

Check out all the winners, and runners-up, below.

BEST PICTURE
Winner: Moonlight
Runner-Up: La La Land

BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
Runner-Up: Damien Chazelle, La La Land

BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Isabelle Huppert, Elle and Things to Come
Runner-Up: Rebecca Hall, Christine

BEST ACTOR
Winner: Adam Driver, Paterson
Runner-Up: Casey Affleck, Manchester By The Sea

BEST ANIMATED FILM
Winner: Your Name
Runner-Up: The Red Turtle

BEST SCREENPLAY
Winner: Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster
Runner-Up:
 Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The Sea

DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION
Winner: I Am Not Your Negro
Runner-up: OJ: Made In America

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Winner: The Handmaiden
Runner-Up: Toni Erdmann

SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Winner: Lily Gladstone, Certain Women
Runner-up: Michelle Williams, Manchester By The Sea

SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
Runner-up: Issey Ogata, Silence

EDITING
Winner: Bret Granato, Maya Mumma, Ben Sozanski, OJ: Made In America
Runner-up: Tom Cross, La La Land

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Winner: Ryu Seong-hee, The Handmaiden
Runner-up: David Wasco, La La Land

MUSIC/SCORE
Winner: Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, La La Land
Runner-up: Mica Levi, Jackie

CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: James Laxton, Moonlight
Runner-up: Linus Sandgren, La La Land

NEW GENERATION
Trey Edward Shults and Krisha Fairchild, Krisha

THE DOUGLAS EDWARDS INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL FILM/VIDEO PRIZE
Winner: The Illinois Parables

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