Los Angeles Film Critics TBA, NYFCO Also Announcing

LAFCA (Los Angeles Film Critics) First Round

Posted originally on Hitfix – this is round one of the LAFCA — next up, the big prizes after 2:30 p.m. Pacific.

PICTURE: “The Hurt Locker”
Runner-up: “Up in the Air”
DIRECTOR: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker”
Runner-up: Michael Haneke, “The White Ribbon”
ACTRESS: Yolande Moreau, “Séraphine”
Runner-up: Carey Mulligan, “An Education”
ACTOR: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart”
Runner-up: Colin Firth, “A Single Man”
SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Mo’Nique, “Precious”
Runner-up: Anna Kendrick, “Up in the Air”
SUPPORTING ACTOR: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds”
Runner-up: Peter Capaldi, “In the Loop”
SCREENPLAY: Jason Reitman and Sheldon Turner, “Up in the Air”
Runner-up: Jesse Armstrong, Simon Blackwell, Armando Iannucci and Tony Roche, “In the Loop”
ANIMATION: “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
Runner-up: ‚ÄúUp”
FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: “Summer Hours”
Runner-up: “The White Ribbon”
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Christian Berger, “The White Ribbon”
Runner-up: Barry Ackroyd, “The Hurt Locker”
MUSIC/SCORE: T-Bone Burnett and Stephen Bruton, “Crazy Heart”
Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Philip Ivey, “District 9”
Runner-up: Rick Carter and Robert Stromberg, “Avatar”
DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM: “The Beaches of Agn√®s” and “The Cove” (tie)
DOUGLAS E. EDWARDS INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL FILM/VIDEO: C.W. Winter and Anders Edstrom, “The Anchorage”

NYFCO (New York Film Critics Online)

The New York Film Critics Online are in the process of announcing but there is no live link. Karina Longworth says four of the awards have gone to Inglourious Basterds but the only one I know about is:

Best Film: Avatar
Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Best Actress: Meryl Streep, Julie & Julia
Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, Precious
Breakthrough Performer: Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Best Ensemble: In the Loop
Best Foreign Film: The White Ribbon
Best Documentary: The Cove
Best Cinematography: Robert Richardson, Inglourious Basterds
Best Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Best Directorial Debut: Marc Webb, (500) Days of Summer
Best Film Music or Score: Crazy Heart

NYFCO Top Ten Films of 2009

• Adventureland (Miramax Films)
• Avatar (20th Century Fox)
• Fantastic Mr. Fox (Fox Searchlight)
• The Hurt Locker (Summit Entertainment)
• Inglourious Basterds (The Weinstein Co.)
• The Messenger (Oscilloscope)
• Precious (Lionsgate)
• A Serious Man (Focus Features
• Two Lovers (Magnolia)
• Up (Disney/Pixar)
• Up in the Air (Paramount)