Limited to: Feature films that have screened commercially in Los Angeles during the calendar year (experimental films screened and selected by committee)
Categories: best picture and best foreign (or foreign-language) film used on the chart.  Award categories and definitions have varied over the years, but have come to include awards for music and production design, in addition to more traditional categories (acting, directing, cinematography, etc.)
Type of honor: annual, 1975-present
Selected by: 30+ members of LAFCA, working critics and journalists covering the film industry in Los Angeles
Announced: usually the second Saturday in December; awards banquet held second week of January; in recent years at the Bel Age Hotel in West Hollywood

Background info and complete list of all LAFCA awards (1975 - )

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