The28th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by theLos Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA) on 15 December 2002, honored the best in film for2002.^[1]

• Best Picture:
  • About Schmidt
  • Runner-up:Far from Heaven
• Best Director:
  • Pedro Almodóvar –Talk to Her (Hable con ella)
  • Runner-up:Todd Haynes –Far from Heaven
• Best Actor (TIE):
  • Daniel Day-Lewis –Gangs of New York
  • Jack Nicholson –About Schmidt
• Best Actress:
  • Julianne Moore –Far from Heaven andThe Hours
  • Runner-up:Isabelle Huppert –The Piano Teacher (La pianiste)
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Chris Cooper –Adaptation.
  • Runner-up:Christopher Walken –Catch Me If You Can
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Edie Falco –Sunshine State
  • Runner-up:Kathy Bates –About Schmidt
• Best Screenplay:
  • Alexander Payne andJim Taylor –About Schmidt
  • Runner-up:Charlie Kaufman and Donald Kaufman –Adaptation.
• Best Cinematography:
  • Edward Lachman –Far from Heaven
  • Runner-up:Conrad L. Hall –Road to Perdition
• Best Production Design:
  • Dante Ferretti –Gangs of New York
  • Runner-up: Mark Friedberg –Far from Heaven
• Best Music Score:
  • Elmer Bernstein –Far from Heaven
  • Runner-up:Philip Glass –The Hours
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Y Tu Mamá También •Mexico
  • Runner-up:Talk to Her (Hable con ella) •Spain
• Best Non-Fiction Film:
  • The Cockettes
  • Runner-up:Bowling for Columbine
• Best Animation:
  • Spirited Away (Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi)
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • Michael Snow –*Corpus Callosum
  • Kenneth Anger (for his body of work)
• New Generation Award:
  • Lynne Ramsay
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Arthur Penn
• Special Citation:
  • Lilo & Stitch for excellence in character design and animation.

• 28th Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
• 2002 film awards
• 2002 in American cinema
• 2002 in Los Angeles
• December 2002 in the United States

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