The 44th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2018.
Winners
Best Picture: Roma Runner-up: Burning Best Director: Debra Granik – Leave No Trace Runner-up: Alfonso Cuarón – 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 and Jeff Whitty – Can You Ever Forgive Me? Runner-up: Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite Best Cinematography: Alfonso Cuarón – Roma Runner-up: James Laxton – If Beale Street Could Talk Best Editing: Joshua Altman and Bing Liu – Minding the Gap Runner-up: Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough – Roma 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 (TIE): Burning • South Korea Shoplifters • Japan Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: Shirkers Runner-up: Minding the Gap Best Animation: Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Runner-up: Incredibles 2 New Generation Award: Chloé Zhao Career Achievement Award: Hayao Miyazaki The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, and Guy Maddin – The Green Fog Special Citation: The Other Side of the Wind