The Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society 2ndAnnual Midseason Award Winners
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Over the weekend, the members of the Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society voted for their 2ndAnnual Midseason Awards. The twelve categories highlighted various films that were released from January 1, 2019 to June 30, 2019 including a category where the members voted on which upcoming release for the 2ndhalf of 2019 they were most excited to see.
Olivia Wilde’s Booksmartwas the biggest winner of the Midseason Awards taking home a total of five awards including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Female Director for Olivia Wilde. Jordan Peele’s Usand Dexter Fletcher’s Rocketman are tied for second place with a total of two wins each. Uswon Best Actress for Lupita Nyong’o and Best Male Director for Jordan Peele while Rocketmantook home Best Actor for Taron Egerton and Best Supporting Actor for Jamie Bell.
A full list of winners and the runner-ups can be found below:
Best Picture
Winner:Booksmart
Runner-Up:Rocketman
Best Actor
Winner: Taron Egerton, Rocketman
Runner-Up:Robert Downey Jr, Avengers: Endgame
Best Actress
Winner: Lupita Nyong’o, Us
Runner-Up: Beanie Feldstein, Booksmart
Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Jamie Bell, Rocketman
Runner-Up: Ben Mendelsohn, Captain Marvel
Best Supporting Actress
Winner: Billie Lourd, Booksmart
Runner-Up: Naomi Scott, Aladdin
Best Male Director
Winner: Jordan Peele, Us
Runner-Up: Dexter Fletcher, Rocketman
Best Female Director
Winner: Olivia Wilde, Booksmart
Runner-Up:Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre, The Mustang
Best Original Screenplay
Winner: Booksmart, Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Susanna Fogel, & Katie Silberman
Runner-Up: Us, Jordan Peele
Best Adapted Screenplay
Winner: Toy Story 4, Andrew Stanton & Stephany Folsom
Runner-Up:Avengers: Endgame, Christopher Markus & Stephen McFeely
Best Indie Film
Winner: Booksmart
Runner-Up:The Souvenir
Best Streaming Movie or TV Series
Winner: When They See Us, Netflix
Runner-Up:Always Be My Maybe, Netflix
Most Anticipated Film for the Second Half of 2019
Winner: Once Upon A Time in Hollywood
Runner-Up: Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
About LAOFCS:
Founded in late 2016, the creation of the LAOFCS was to promote inclusion in film criticism while being an organization that promotes and celebrates film year-round. The LAOFCS is made up of 49 members who live or reside in the LA area. Each January, our application period opens and remains open until the end of March.
LAOFCS current members are Aaron Neuwirth, Abbie Bernstein, Alexander Robinson, Alicia Malone, Angelique Jackson, Ashley Menzel, Carla Renata, Christopher James, Dan Murrell, David Bax, Debbie Lynn Elias, Demetri Panos, Elizabeth Stanton, Eric Eisenberg, Heather A. Wixson, James Oster, Jami Philbrick, Jana N. Nagase, Jazz Tangcay, Joel D. Amos, John Rocha, Karen M. Peterson, Katie Kilkenny, Kevin O’ Keeffe, Kevin Taft, Kit Bowen, Lauren Huff, Liz Shannon Miller, Luis Lecca, Lupe Rodriguez Haas, Maggie Ma, Mark Pacis, Michael J Lee, Michael Sandoval, Morgan Rojas, Nestor Bentancor, Nikki Novak, Peter Sciretta, Rama Tampubolon, Scott Mantz, Scott Mendelson, Scott Menzel, Simon Thompson, Staci Layne Wilson, Stephen Saito, Terence Johnson, Wendy Lee, William Bibbiani, and Witney Seibold.
Where to find us:
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Contact Us:
Los Angeles Online Film Critics Society
info@laofcs.org
