LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCE 2023 AWARD WINNERS 

Los Angeles, December 10, 2023 – The Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) has named The Zone of Interest as Best Picture of the Year, it was announced today by Robert Abele, President of LAFCA.  

“I couldn’t be more thrilled by this stellar group of winners, considering how incredible the year was for creative, bold, and emotional stories of all sizes,” said LAFCA President Robert Abele. “We’re really excited to honor these extraordinary films and filmmakers at our banquet on January 13, 2024, returning to the Millennium Biltmore Los Angeles, which has a storied cinematic history.”

As previously announced, LAFCA has chosen writer-director Agnieszka Holland as the recipient of this year’s Career Achievement Award.

Award winners are:

PICTURE: THE ZONE OF INTEREST

Runner-up: OPPENHEIMER 

DIRECTOR: Jonathan Glazer, THE ZONE OF INTEREST

Runner-up: Yorgos Lanthimos, POOR THINGS

BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE (tie): Sandra Hüller, ANATOMY OF A FALL and THE ZONE OF INTEREST, and Emma Stone, POOR THINGS

Runners-up: Andrew Scott, ALL OF US STRANGERS, and Jeffrey Wright, AMERICAN FICTION

BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE (tie): Rachel McAdams, ARE YOU THERE GOD? IT’S ME, MARGARET., and Da’Vine Joy Randolph, THE HOLDOVERS

Runners-up: Lily Gladstone, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, and Ryan Gosling, BARBIE

SCREENPLAY: Andrew Haigh, ALL OF US STRANGERS

Runner-up: Samy Burch, MAY DECEMBER

ANIMATION: THE BOY AND THE HERON

Runner-up: ROBOT DREAMS

BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: ANATOMY OF A FALL 

Runner-up: TÓTEM

DOCUMENTARY / NON-FICTION FILM: MENUS-PLAISIRS — LES TROISGROS

Runner-up: THE ETERNAL MEMORY

NEW GENERATION: Celine Song, PAST LIVES

FILM EDITING: Laurent Sénéchal, ANATOMY OF A FALL

Runner-up: Jonathan Alberts, ALL OF US STRANGERS

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Robbie Ryan, POOR THINGS

Runner-up: Rodrigo Prieto, KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and BARBIE

PRODUCTION DESIGN: Sarah Greenwood, BARBIE

Runner-up: Shona Heath and James Price, POOR THINGS

MUSIC/SCORE: Mica Levi, THE ZONE OF INTEREST, with special recognition of the contribution of sound designer Johnnie Burn

Runner-up: Mark Ronson and Andrew Wyatt, BARBIE

DOUGLAS E. EDWARDS INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL FILM/VIDEO: YOUTH (SPRING)

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT: Agnieszka Holland

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About LAFCA:

Founded in 1975, the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) is composed of Los Angeles-based professional film critics working in the Los Angeles print and electronic media. LAFCA members hold their annual awards vote, honoring screen excellence on both sides of the camera.

Aside from honoring each year’s outstanding cinematic achievements, LAFCA has also made it a point to look back and pay tribute to distinguished industry veterans with its annual Career Achievement Award, which is announced in October, as well as to look forward by spotlighting fresh, promising talent with its annual New Generation Award. In addition, over the past three decades, LAFCA has sponsored and hosted numerous film panels and events and donated funds to various Los Angeles film organizations, especially where film preservation was concerned. LAFCA members have also collectively been vocal about taking up causes they have felt passionate about, from drafting formal protests against censorship and colorization to lending their support to controversial films. For more information, please visit www.lafca.net.