The 2021 Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) Top Movies and Performances vote takes place virtually on Saturday. Rewards are announced via the group Twitter account. during the day. The group will award prizes for, among other categories, Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress.
Last year’s top prize for Best Picture went to Steve McQueen’s omnibus film “Small Ax”, with the eventual Oscar winner for Best Picture “Nomadland” as a finalist. Carey Mulligan won Best Actress for “Promising Young Woman”, Chadwick Boseman won Best Actor for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”, Youh-jung Youn won Best Supporting Actress for “Minari “and Glynn Turman won the Best Supporting Actor award for” Ma Rainey’s Black “. Low.”
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As previously announced, Mel Brooks received the Group Excellence Award. “Mel Brooks is a national treasure and a comedic film legend,” said LAFCA President Claudia Puig when the honor was announced. “Most of our members could probably quote whole sections of his scripts.” She added: “He not only made us laugh out loud, but he broke comedic barriers and paved the way and influenced generations of filmmakers after him.”
The winners and finalists below as they are announced.
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner: “The power of the dog”, Ari Wegner
Finalist: “Dune”, Greig Fraser
BEST SHEET MUSIC
Winner: “Parallel mothers”, Alberto Iglesias
Finalist: “The Power of the Dog” and “Spencer”, Jonny Greenwood
BEST ACTRESS IN A SECOND ROLE
Winner: Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
Finalist: Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Winner: “Barb and Star go to Vista Del Mar”, Steve Saklad
Finalist: “Alley of Nightmares”, Tamara Deverell
BEST EDITION
Winner: “Summer of Soul”, Joshua L. Pearson
Finalist: “Licorice Pizza”, Andy Jurgensen
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Winner: (tie) Vincent Lindon, “Titane” and Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The power of the dog”
BEST ANIMATION
Winner: “To flee”
Finalist: “Beautiful”
DOUGLAS EDWARDS EXPERIMENTAL FILM AWARD
“The works and the days (of Tayoko Shiojiri in the Shiotani basin)”
BEST SCREENPLAY
Winner: “Drive my car”, Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe
Finalist: “Licorice Pizza”, Paul Thomas Anderson
BEST DOCUMENTARY
Winner: “The summer of the soul”
Finalist: “Procession”
BEST ACTRESS
Winner: Penelope Cruz, “Parallel Mothers”
Finalist: Renate Reinsve, “The worst person in the world”
BEST ACTOR
Winner: Simon Rex, “Red Rocket”
Finalist: Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
BEST DIRECTOR
Winner: Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
Finalist: Ryusuke Hamaguchi, “Drive my car”
NEW GENERATION
(tie) Shatara Michelle Ford, “Test Pattern” and Tatiana Huezo, “Prayers for the Stolen”
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