LAFCA Predictions

[Mister Tee]

Best Film: Licorice Pizza
[The Power of the Dog]
Best Director: Paul Thomas Anderson (Licorice Pizza)
[Jane Campion (The Power of the Dog)]
Best Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog)
[Simon Rex (Red Rocket)]
Best Actress: Renate Reinsve (The Worst Person in the World)
[Alana Haim (Licorice Pizza)]
Best Supporting Actor: Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog)
[Ciaran Hinds (Belfast)]
Best Supporting Actress: Ruth Negga (Passing)
[Kirsten Dunst (The Power of the Dog)]
Best Screenplay: Licorice Pizza
[The Lost Daughter]
Best Cinematography: The Power of the Dog
[The Tragedy of Macbeth]
Best Editing: Summer of Soul
[Licorice Pizza]
Best Production Design: Dune
[West Side Story]
Best Music Score: Jonny Greenwood (Licorice Pizza/The Power of the Dog/Spencer)
[Hans Zimmer (Dune)]
Best Foreign Language Film: The Worst Person in the World
[Parallel Mothers]
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: The Velvet Underground
[The Rescue]
Best Animation: Flee
[The Mitchells vs. the Machines]
New Generation Award: Alana Haim

[anonymous1980]

I'll give it a go.

BEST FILM: Drive My Car
Runner-Up: Licorice Pizza

BEST DIRECTOR: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
Runner-Up: Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Drive My Car

BEST ACTOR: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog
Runner-Up: Simon Rex, Red Rocket

BEST ACTRESS: Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World
Runner-Up: Kristen Stewart, Spencer

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: Kodi Smit-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
Runner-Up: Troy Kotsur, CODA

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Ariana DeBose, West Side Story
Runner-Up: Ruth Negga, Passing

BEST SCREENPLAY: Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza
Runner-Up: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY: Bruno Delbonnel, The Tragedy of Macbeth
Runner-Up: Ari Wegner, The Power of the Dog

BEST EDITING: Azusa Yamazaki, Drive My Car
Runner-Up: Joshua L. Pearson, Summer of Soul (or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

BEST PRODUCTION DESIGN: Adam Stockhausen, West Side Story and The French Dispatch
Runner-Up: Patrice Vermette, Dune

BEST MUSIC SCORE: Jonny Greenwood, Spencer and The Power of the Dog
Runner-Up: Hans Zimmer, Dune

BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM: The Worst Person in the World
Runner-Up: A Hero

BEST DOCUMENTARY/NON-FICTION FILM: Summer of Soul (or, When The Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Runner-Up: Flee

BEST ANIMATION: Flee
Runner-Up: The Mitchells vs. The Machines

[Sabin]

(EDIT: 12/18/21: considering that none of the major critics group (Board/NYFCC) have honored The Power of the Dog yet, I think it's going to happen here)

Best Film: The Power of the Dog
(r.u. Licorice Pizza)

Best Director: Jane Campion, The Power of the Dog
(r.u. Paul Thomas Anderson, Licorice Pizza)

Best Actor: Benedict Cumberbatch, The Power of the Dog)
(r.u. Simon Rex, Red Rocket)

Best Actress: Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza
(r.u. Renate Reinsve, The Worst Person in the World... .swapping these two because I suspect they'll want to honor Licorice Pizza elsewhere more)

Best Supporting Actor: Kodi Smith-McPhee, The Power of the Dog
(r.u. Troy Kotsur, CODA)

Best Supporting Actress: Ruth Negga, Passing
(r.u. Kirsten Dunst, The Power of the Dog)

Best Screenplay: Licorice Pizza
(r.u. Drive My Car)

Best Cinematography: The Tragedy of Macbeth
(r.u. The Power of the Dog)

Best Editing: Summer of Soul
(r.u. The Velvet Underground)

Best Production Design: West Side Story
(r.u. Dune)

Best Music Score: Jonny Greenwood, Licorice Pizza, The Power of the Dog, Spencer
(r.u. Alberto Iglesias, Parallel Mothers)

Best Foreign Language Film: The Worst Person in the World
(r.u. Drive My Car)

Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film: The Velvet Underground
(r.u. Summer of Soul)

Best Animation: Flee
(r.u. The Mitchells vs. The Machines)

New Generation Award: Michael Sarnoski, Pig
(r.u. Alana Haim, Licorice Pizza)