The LA Film Critics Association handed out their prizes on Sunday. Moonlight won Best Picture and Best Director for Barry Jenkins. The film also saw Mahershala Ali win for Best Supporting Actor and James Laxton for Best Cinematography.
Ali and Jenkins have now won three for three with the NBR and NYFCC, and now LA.
In the actress category, Isabelle Huppert won Best Actress for Elle, and Lily Gladstone was honored for her supporting role in Certain Women.
Best Picture
- Winner: Moonlight
- Runner Up: La La Land
Best Director
- Winner: Barry Jenkins, Moonlight
- Runner Up: Damien Chazelle, La La Land
Best Actor
- Winner: Adam Driver, Paterson
- Runner Up: Casey Affleck, Manchester By The Sea
Best Actress
- Winner: Isabelle Huppert, Elle
- Runner Up: Rebecca Hall, Christine
Best Supporting Actor
- Winner: Mahershala Ali, Moonlight
- Runner Up: Issei Ogata, Silence
Best Supporting Actress:
- Winner: Lily Gladstone, Certain Women
- Runner Up: Michelle Williams, Manchester By The Sea
Best Screenplay
- Winner: Efthymis Filippou and Yorgos Lanthimos, The Lobster
- Runner-Up: Kenneth Lonergan, Manchester By The Sea
Best Animated Feature
- Winner: Your Name
- Runner-up: The Red Turtle.
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction
- Winner: I Am Not Your Negro
- Runner Up: OJ: Made In America.
Best Cinematography
- Winner: James Laxton, Moonlight.
- Runner-Up: Linus Sandgren, La La Land.
Best Editing
- Winner: Bret Granato, Maya Mumma, Ben Sozanski, OJ: Made In America.
- Runner Up: David Wasco, La La Land.
Best Music Score
- Winner: Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, Justin Paul, La La Land
- Runner Up: Mica Levi Jackie
Best Production Design
- Winner : Ryu Seong-hee, The Handmaiden
- Runner-Up: David Wasco, La La Land.