1995 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Explained

21st LAFCA Awards
Date:	December 16, 1995
Award1 Type:	Best Picture
Award1 Winner:	Leaving Las Vegas
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The 21st Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in film for 1995, were announced on 16 December 1995 and given on 15 January 1996.^[1]

Winners

Best Picture:
- Leaving Las Vegas
- Runner-up: A Little Princess
Best Director:
- Mike Figgis – Leaving Las Vegas
- Runner-up: Ang Lee – Sense and Sensibility
Best Actor:
- Nicolas Cage – Leaving Las Vegas
- Runner-up: Anthony Hopkins – Nixon
Best Actress:
- Elisabeth Shue – Leaving Las Vegas
- Runner-up: Jennifer Jason Leigh – Georgia
Best Supporting Actor:
- Don Cheadle – Devil in a Blue Dress
- Runner-up: Kevin Spacey – Outbreak, Seven, Swimming with Sharks and The Usual Suspects
Best Supporting Actress:
- Joan Allen – Nixon
- Runner-up: Mira Sorvino – Mighty Aphrodite
Best Screenplay:
- Emma Thompson – Sense and Sensibility
- Runner-up: Mike Figgis – Leaving Las Vegas
Best Cinematography:
- Lü Yue – Shanghai Triad
- Runner-up: Darius Khondji – Seven
Best Production Design:
- Bo Welch - A Little Princess
- Runner-up: Gary Frutkoff – Devil in a Blue Dress
Best Music Score:
- Patrick Doyle – A Little Princess
- Runner-up: Howard Shore – Seven
Best Foreign-Language Film:
- Wild Reeds (Les roseaux sauvages) • France
- Runner-up: The Postman (Il postino) • Italy/France/Belgium
Best Non-Fiction Film:
- Crumb
- Runner-up:
Best Animation:
- Toy Story
The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
- Mark Rappaport – From the Journals of Jean Seberg
New Generation Award:
- Alfonso Cuarón – A Little Princess
Career Achievement Award:
- André de Toth

External links

21st Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Notes and References

News: King. Susan. 'Las Vegas' Glitters for L.A. Film Critics. 28 December 2017. Los Angeles Times. 17 December 1995.