Los Angeles Film Critics Association

The Los Angeles Film Critics Association ( LAFCA ) was founded in 1975. Its main task is the annual ceremony of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards to members of the ( local ) film industry who have done an excellent job in their profession. The prizes will be awarded each year in January. Since the LAFCA awards, together with the Golden Globe Awards, representing the first Award event every year, they are regarded as an important guide for the Academy Awards, which are distributed mostly in late February or early March.

Establishing the LAFCA has contributed what a journalist for the LA Free Press and a correspondent for KTTV - TV was especially Ruth Batchelor. With its driving force has been the first choice for the LAFCA Awards on February 13, 1976 Cock ' n' Bull Restaurant. This year, there was still no official award ceremony, this was carried out only from the following year.

Today's LAFCA president is Henry Sheehan, Vice President Lael Loewenstein.

With two special awards each year veteran of the film ( Career Achievement Award ) and the new generation will be honored (New Generation Award).

The ceremony takes place every year in January. Will be honored as the Academy Awards each achievements of the past year.

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Most successful films at the LAFCA Awards

Here the list of those films that could win the most LAFCA awards in the respective years. Only four times (1977, 1993, 2005 and 2006 ), it seemed that the film with the most awards still could not win the award for Best Film. As the most successful film in the history of LAFCA the film Sideways can be considered, as it could not only win five awards, like some other movies also, but additionally also took a second place in the category for Best Actor.