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LAFCA Announces 2018 Winners: Roma Wins Best Picture

Plus, a surprise in the Best Director category for a 100% Fresh film.

by | December 10, 2018 | Comments

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The Los Angeles Film Critics Association announced the winners of the 2018 LAFCA Awards on their Twitter page this weekend. Roma was presented with Best Picture of 2018, while in the other categories, gongs were fairly evenly spread. In a welcome surprise, Debra Granik, director the 100% Fresh Leave No Trace, took home Best Director. Read through for the full list of winners below.


Best Picture: Roma (2018) 96%

Best Director: Debra Granik —Leave No Trace (2018) 100%

Best Actor: Ethan Hawke —First Reformed (2017) 94%

Best Actress: Olivia Colman —The Favourite (2018) 93%

Best Supporting Actor: Steve Yeun —Burning (2018) 95%

Best Supporting Actress: Regina King —If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) 95%

Best Screenplay: Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whittey —Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018) 98%

Best Production Design: Hannah Bleachler—Black Panther (2018) 96%

Best Editing: Joshua Altman & Bing Liu—Minding the Gap (2018) 100%

Best Cinematography: Alfonso Cuarón—Roma (2018) 96%

Best Music Score: Nicholas Britell—If Beale Street Could Talk (2018) 95%

Best Foreign Language Film (Tie): Burning (2018) 95% and Shoplifters (2018) 99%

Best Non-Fiction Film (Documentary): Shirkers (2018) 99%

Best Animated Film: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) 97%

New Generation Award: Chloé Zhao

Douglas Edwards Independent/ Experimental Film/ Video Award: Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, and Guy Maddin – The Green Fog

Career Achievement: Hayao Miyazaki