2024 Awards season and the Oscars

[Chris Knipp]

Numerous sets of critics' awards were announced this week. Right now ANORA is leading for best picture, with SING SING and THE BRUTALIST CLOSE BEHIND. The LA Film Critics Association is the most influential.
LAFCA Award winners are:
PICTURE: ANORA
Runner-up: THE BRUTALIST
DIRECTOR: Mohammad Rasoulof, THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
Runner-up: Sean Baker, ANORA
BEST LEAD PERFORMANCE: Marianne Jean-Baptiste, HARD TRUTHS, and Mikey Madison, ANORA
Runners-up: Demi Moore, THE SUBSTANCE, and Fernanda Torres, I’M STILL HERE
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE: Yura Borisov, ANORA, and Kieran Culkin, A REAL PAIN
Runners-up: Clarence Maclin, SING SING, and Adam Pearson, A DIFFERENT MAN
SCREENPLAY: Jesse Eisenberg, A REAL PAIN
Runner-up: Sean Baker, ANORA
ANIMATION: FLOW
Runner-up: CHICKEN FOR LINDA
BEST FILM NOT IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: ALL WE IMAGINE AS LIGHT
Runner-up: THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG
DOCUMENTARY / NON-FICTION FILM: NO OTHER LAND
Runner-up: DAHOMEY
FILM EDITING: Nicholas Monsour, NICKEL BOYS, and Hansjörg Weißbrich, SEPTEMBER 5 (TIE)
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Jomo Fray, NICKEL BOYS
Runner-up: Lol Crawley, THE BRUTALIST
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Judy Becker, THE BRUTALIST
Runner-up: Adam Stockhausen, BLITZ
MUSIC/SCORE: Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, CHALLENGERS
Runner-up: Eiko Ishibashi, EVIL DOES NOT EXIST
NEW GENERATION: Vera Drew, THE PEOPLE’S JOKER
DOUGLAS E. EDWARDS INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL FILM/VIDEO: THE HUMAN SURGE 3
CAREER ACHIEVEMENT: John Carpenter
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