The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has officially named Drive My Car as Best Picture.
The LAFCA announcement took place this past Sunday as the second major critics’ group to reveal their carefully curated list of film winners of the current season, following the east coast’s Gotham Awards.
The Los Angles group of critics have been known to correctly predict Academy Award winners for a number of years, including recent winners like Parasite in 2019, Spotlight in 2016, and Moonlight in 2017. They have also foretold winners of the years 1976, 1977l 1980, 1984, 1985, 1993, 1994, and 2010.
See the full list of Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards winners and runners-up for 2021 below:
BEST PICTURE
“Drive My Car”
Runner-up: “The Power of the Dog”
BEST DIRECTOR
Jane Campion, “The Power of the Dog”
Runner-up: Ryusuke Hamaguchi, “Drive My Car”
BEST ACTOR
Simon Rex, “Red Rocket”
Runner-up: Benedict Cumberbatch, “The Power of the Dog”
BEST ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz, “Parallel Mothers”
Runner-up: Renate Reinsve, “The Worst Person in the World”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (tie)
Vincent Lindon, “Titane” and
Kodi Smit-McPhee, “The Power of the Dog”
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Ariana DeBose, “West Side Story”
Runner-up: Aunjanue Ellis, “King Richard”
BEST SCREENPLAY
Ryusuke Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe, “Drive My Car”
Runner-up: Paul Thomas Anderson, “Licorice Pizza”
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ari Wegner, “The Power of the Dog”
Runner-up: Greig Fraser, “Dune”
BEST FILM EDITING
Joshua L. Pearson, “Summer of Soul”
Runner-up: Andy Jurgensen, “Licorice Pizza”
BEST SCORE
Alberto Iglesias, “Parallel Mothers”
Runner-up: Jonny Greenwood, “The Power of the Dog”
BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN
Steve Saklad, “Barb and Star Go To Vista Del Mar”
Runner-up: Tamara Deverell, “Nightmare Alley”
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
“Flee”
Runner-up: “Belle”
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
“Summer of Soul”
Runner-up: “Procession”
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
“Petite Maman”
Runner-up: “Quo Vadis, Aida?”
NEW GENERATION (tie)
Shatara Michelle Ford, “Test Pattern”
Tatiana Huezo, “Prayers for the Stolen”
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