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‘Small Axe,’ ‘Promising Young Woman’ Among Winners of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Film Awards

Today the Los Angeles Film Critics Association announced the winners of their 46th annual film awards. Founded in 1975, the LAFCA have been holding the awards every year since. Ever since 2009, the winner of their Best Picture category has gone on to earn an Academy Award nomination for their Best Picture award.

This year boasts a promising group of winners. Steve McQueen’s collection of films Small Axe received the top honor of the night, Best Picture, as well as winning Best Cinematography, while a film from the collection, Lovers Rock, was titled runner-up in the Best Music Score Category.

Chloe Zhao’s Nomadland also took home a top tier honor winning Best Director, alongside finishing second for Best Picture and Best Cinematography. Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, Sound of Metal, and Promising Young Woman performed strongly as well, showing up on these results. 

George C. Wolfe’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom earned a Best Actor win for the late Chadwick Boseman as well as a Best Supporting Actor win for Glynn Turman. Viola Davis was also named runner up in the Best Actress category. Surpassing Davis in this category was Promising Young Woman lead Carey Mulligan. The film won Best Screenplay for Emerald Fennell. Sound of Metal’s Riz Ahmed and Paul Raci were each named the runner up in their categories, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor respectively.

Other films receiving awards (or runner-up citations) this year include Mank, Soul, Time, Never Rarely Sometimes Always, and more.

The LAFCA also celebrates the achievements of both newer filmmakers and industry veterans. Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Harry Belafonte tied for the Career Achievement award, while Radha Blank won the New Generation award for her critically-acclaimed film The 40-Year-Old Version.

Listed below is the full list of winners and runners up of the 46th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Film Awards.

BEST PICTURE

WINNER: “Small Axe”

RUNNER UP: “Nomadland”

BEST DIRECTOR

WINNER: Chloe Zhao – “Nomadland”

RUNNER UP: Steve McQueen – “Small Axe”

BEST ACTOR

WINNER: Chadwick Boseman – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

RUNNER UP: Riz Ahmed – “Sound of Metal”

BEST ACTRESS

WINNER: Carey Mulligan – “Promising Young Woman”

RUNNER UP: Viola Davis – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

WINNER: Glynn Turman – “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”

RUNNER UP: Paul Raci – “Sound of Metal”

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

WINNER: Youn Yuh-jung – “Minari”

RUNNER UP: Amanda Seyfried – “Mank”

BEST ANIMATION

WINNER: “Wolfwalkers”

RUNNER UP: “Soul”

BEST DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM

WINNER: “Time”

RUNNER UP: “Collective”

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM

WINNER: “Beanpole”

RUNNER UP: “Martin Eden”

BEST SCREENPLAY

WINNER: “Promising Young Woman” – Emerald Fennell

RUNNER UP: “Never Rarely Sometimes Always” – Eliza Hittman

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY

WINNER: “Small Axe” – Shabier Kirchner

RUNNER UP: “Nomadland” – Joshua James Richards

BEST EDITING

WINNER: “The Father” – Yorgos Lamprinos

RUNNER UP: “Time” – Gabriel Rhodes

BEST MUSIC SCORE

WINNER: “Soul” – Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Jon Batiste

RUNNER UP: “Lovers Rock” – Mica Levi

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN

WINNER: “Mank” – Donald Graham Burt

RUNNER UP: “Beanpole” – Sergey Ivanov

NEW GENERATION PRIZE

WINNER: Radha Blank – “The 40-Year-Old Version”

THE DOUGLAS EDWARDS EXPERIMENTAL/INDEPENDENT FILM/VIDEO AWARD

WINNER: “Her Socialist Smile” – John Gianvito

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT

WINNER: Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Harry Belafonte

LEGACY AWARD

WINNER: Norman Lloyd

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