Los Angeles Film Critics Association 338921 218290124 2008-06-09T23:50:57Z TheLeopard 567745 The '''Los Angeles Film Critics Association''' ("LAFCA") was founded in 1975. Its main purpose is to present yearly awards to members of the [[film]] industry who have excelled in their fields. These awards are presented each January. Because of the promptness of the award presentation, right after the end of the year, the LAFCA awards and the [[Golden Globe Award]]s are seen as significant in presaging the winners of the [[Academy Awards]], which are the United States film industry's biggest and most prestigious awards and are presented each year in February. ==Awards== ===Categories=== *[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actor|Best Actor]] *[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] *[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Animated Feature|Best Animated Feature]] *[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Director|Best Director]] *[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Feature|Best Documentary Feature]] *[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Film|Best Film]] *[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] *[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor|Best Supporting Actor]] *[[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] ===Award breakdown=== (2 and more) *'''5 awards:''' **''[[Sideways]]'' ([[2004 in film|2004]]): Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor and Actress, Director and Screenplay *'''4 awards:''' **''[[There Will Be Blood]]'' ([[2007 in film|2007]]): Best Picture, Best Actor, Director and Production Design *'''3 awards:''' **''[[Capote (film)|Capote]]'' ([[2005 in film|2005]]): Best Actor, Supporting Actress and Screenplay (tie) **''[[About Schmidt]]'' ([[2002 in film|2002]]): Best Picture, Actor (tie) and Screenplay **''[[Far from Heaven]]'' ([[2002 in film|2002]]): Best Actress, Cinematography and Music Score **''[[Brazil (film)|Brazil]]'' ([[1985 in film|1985]]): Best Picture, Director and Screenplay *'''2 awards:''' **''[[Brokeback Mountain]]'' ([[2005 in film|2005]]): Best Picture and Director **''[[The Incredibles]]'' ([[2004 in film|2004]]): Best Animation and Music Score **''[[American Splendor (film)|American Splendor]]'' ([[2003 in film|2003]]): Best Picture and Screenplay **''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King]]'' ([[2003 in film|2003]]): Best Director and Production Design **''[[Gangs of New York]]'' ([[2002 in film|2002]]): Best Actor (tie) and Production Design **''[[In the Bedroom]]'' ([[2001 in film|2001]]): Best Picture and Actress **''[[Iris (2001 movie)|Iris]]'' ([[2001 in film|2001]]): Best Supporting Actor and Actress == External links == *[http://www.lafca.net Official site] {{LAFCA Awards Chron}} {{Primarysources|date=January 2007}} [[Category:American film critics]] [[Category:Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|*]] [[Category:Film awards for Best Picture]] [[Category:Film critics associations]] [[Category:Lists of films by award]] [[de:Los Angeles Film Critics Association]] [[fr:Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]] [[ja:ロサンゼルス映画批評家協会賞]] [[tr:Los Angeles Film Eleştirmenleri Birliği]]