Roma continues to be the darling of the critics, winning Best Film at the 44th annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards (LAFCA). Roma also won Best Director and Best Cinematography for Alfonso Cuaron. The award for Best Foreign Language Film was tie and went to Burning and Shoplifters; and the award for Best Documentary went to Shirkers.
The winners will be honored at a gala on January 12, 2019, in Los Angeles, where Japanese director and animator Hayao Miyazaki will receive the Career Achievement award.
BEST PICTURE
Roma
Runner-up: Burning
BEST DIRECTOR
Debra Granik, Leave No Trace
Runner-up: Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
BEST ACTOR
Ethan Hawke, First Reformed
Runner-up: Ben Foster, Leave No Trace
BEST ACTRESS
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Runner-up: Toni Collette, Hereditary
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Steven Yeun, Burning
Runner-up: Hugh Grant, Paddington 2
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Runner-up: Elizabeth Debicki, Widows
BEST SCREENPLAY
Nicole Holofcener, Jeff Whitty, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Runner-up: Deborah Davis, Tony McNamara, The Favourite
BEST FILM EDITING
Joshua Altman and Bing Liu, Minding the Gap
Runner-up: Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough, Roma
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Alfonso Cuaron, Roma
Runner-up: James Laxton, If Beale Street Could Talk
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Hannah Beachler, Black Panther
Runner-up: Fiona Crombie, The Favourite
BEST MUSIC SCORE
Nicholas Britell, If Beale Street Could Talk
Runner-up: Justin Hurwitz, First Man
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
Burning (tie)
Shoplifters
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Runner-up: Incredibles 2
BEST DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION FILM
Shirkers
Runner-up: Minding the Gap