This makes two of the old guard critics groups to go for Anora on the same day. This is the kind of result we would normally expect from critics groups but it’s also not a new trend being set. We’ll just have to see how some of the others (National Society of Film Critics and Chicago Film Critics Association).

Award Tallies

(3) Anora
(2) Nickel Boys, A Real Pain
(1) All We Imagine as Light, The Brutalist, Challengers, Flow, Hard Truths, The Human Surge 3, No Other Land, The People’s Joker, The Seed of the Sacred Fig, September 5

The Awards

Best Picture

Anora (Runner-Up: The Brutalist)

Best Animation

Flow (Runner-Up: Chicken for Linda)

Best Director

Mohammad Rasoulof – The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Runner-Up: Sean Baker – Anora)

Best Lead Performer

Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths
Mikey Madison – Anora (Runners-Up: Demi Moore – The Substance; Fernanda Torres – I’m Still Here)

Best Supporting Performer

Yura Borisov – Anora
Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain (Runners-Up: Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing; Adam Pearson – A Different Man)

Best Screenplay

A Real Pain (Runner-Up: Anora)

Best Music Score

Challengers (Runner-Up: Evil Does Not Exist)

Best Editing

TIE
Nickel Boys
September 5

Best Cinematography

Nickel Boys (Runner-Up: The Brutalist)

Best Production Design

The Brutalist (Runner-Up: Blitz)

Best Film Not in the English Language

All We Imagine as Light (Runner-Up: The Seed of the Sacred Fig)

Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film

No Other Land (Runner-Up: Dahomey)

New Generation Award

Vera Drew – The People’s Joker

Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award

Eduardo Williams’ The Human Surge 3

Career Achievement Award

John Carpenter

Los Angeles Film Critics Association Data

Year Founded: 1975
First Awards: 1975 (50)