Did you all happen to catch the LAOFCS First Half of the Year awards? I helped contribute to the list, but I wanted to share with you all my personal picks. If you head over to my Letterboxd, you can see the movies I have seen this year. I’ve got a ton to catch up on but I have to say that I am hoping and praying the second half of the year is strong movie-wise cause this first half…a mess. Anyways, I tried to approach these with a clear eye and pick things I thought were interesting, which is why you’ll see a movie I was iffy on getting a good number of awards (that’s Hereditary btw). Here’s to the second half of the year!

Best Picture
Black Panther

Best Director
Ari Aster, Hereditary

Best Actor
Alex Wolff, Hereditary

Best Actress
Toni Collette, Hereditary

Best Supporting Actor
Tie, Winston Duke, Black Panther and Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Rampage

Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Garner, Love, Simon

Original Screenplay
The Endless

Adapted Screenplay
Black Panther

Film Editing
Incredibles 2

Cinematography
Hereditary

Production Design
Black Panther

Costume Design
Black Panther

Visual Effects
Avengers: Infinity War

Sound Mixing
Hereditary

Sound Editing
Hereditary

Original Score
Incredibles 2

Animated Feature
Batman Ninja

Foreign Language Film
N/A

Documentary Feature
Three Identical Strangers

Ensemble
Black Panther