'Call Me by Your Name' Selected as Best Picture by L.A. Film Critics Association

'The Shape of Water' and 'Get Out' also are among the winners; the awards will be handed out Jan. 13 at the group's annual dinner.

Call Me by Your Name has been chosen as best picture by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. The group met Sunday to vote on their picks for the year's best.


Call Me by Your Name won a total of three awards, including best director for Luca Guadagnino — a tie with Guillermo del Toro for The Shape of Water — and best actor for Timothée Chalamet.


The Shape of Water also won three awards, including best actress for Sally Hawkins and best cinematography for Dan Laustsen.


Among other winners, The Florida Project's Willem Dafoe and Lady Bird's Laurie Metcalf were named best supporting actor and actress, respectively. Jordan Peele won best screenplay honors for Get Out.


As previously announced, LAFCA chose Max von Sydow as the recipient of this year’s Career Achievement Award.


The awards will be handed out at the group's annual dinner, set for Saturday, Jan. 13, at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City.


Picture: Call Me by Your Name

Runner-up: The Florida Project


Director: Guillermo del Toro, The Shape of Water and Luca Guadagnino, Call Me by Your Name (tie)


Actress: Sally Hawkins, The Shape of Water

Runner-up: Frances McDormand, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri


Actor: Timothée Chalamet, Call Me by Your Name

Runner-up: James Franco, The Disaster Artist


Supporting actress: Laurie Metcalf, Lady Bird

Runner-up: Mary J. Blige, Mudbound


Supporting actor: Willem Dafoe, The Florida Project

Runner-up: Sam Rockwell, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri


Animated film: The Breadwinner

Runner-up: Coco


Foreign-language film: BPM (Beats Per Minute) and Loveless (tie)


Documentary/nonfiction: Faces Places

Runner-up: Jane



Screenplay: Jordan Peele, Get Out

Runner-up: Martin McDonagh, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri


Editing: Lee Smith, Dunkirk

Runner-up: Tatiana S. Riegel, I, Tonya


Production design: Dennis Gassner, Blade Runner 2049

Runner-up: Paul D. Austerberry, The Shape of Water


Music/score: Jonny Greenwood, Phantom Thread

Runner-up: Alexandre Desplat, The Shape of Water


Cinematography: Dan Laustsen, The Shape of Water

Runner-up: Roger Deakins, Blade Runner 2049


Douglas Edwards Independent/Experimental Film/Video Prize: Lee Anne Schmitt's Purge This Land


Career Achievement Award: Max von Sydow


New Generation: Greta Gerwig