Film Awards

1984 LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film WinnerThe 4th ManPaul VerhoevenA man who has been having visions of an impending danger begins an affair with a woman who may lead him to his doom.Amazon1984 LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film NomineesThe Gods Must Be CrazyJamie UysAmazon

1985 LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film WinnerRanAkira KurosawaIn Medieval Japan, an elderly warlord retires, handing over his empire to his three sons. However, he vastly underestimates how the new-found power will corrupt them and cause them to turn on each other...and him.AmazonThe Official StoryLuis PuenzoDuring the final months of Argentinian Military Dictatorship in 1983, a high school teacher sets out to find out who the mother of her adopted daughter is.Amazon

1986 LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film WinnerVagabondAgnès VardaA young woman's body is found frozen in a ditch. Through flashbacks and interviews, we see the events that led to her inevitable death.Amazon1986 LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film NomineesMy Beautiful LaundretteStephen FrearsAmazon

1987 LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film WinnerAu revoir les enfantsLouis MalleA French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. He becomes the roommate of the top student in his class. Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret.Amazon1987 LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film NomineesMy Life as a DogLasse HallströmAmazon

1988 LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film WinnerWings of DesireWim WendersAn angel tires of overseeing human activity and wishes to become human when he falls in love with a mortal.Amazon1988 LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film NomineesSalaam Bombay!Mira NairAmazon

1989 LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film WinnerDistant Voices, Still LivesTerence DaviesThe lives of an English working-class family are told out of order in a free-associative manner. The first part, "Distant Voices", focuses on the father's role in the family. The second part, "Still Lives", focuses on his children.AmazonStory of WomenClaude ChabrolMarie Latour, a woman of limited schooling, raises two children in a ratty flat during World War II in occupied France. In 1941, her husband Paul returns from German captivity, too weak to ...Amazon

1990 LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film WinnerLife and Nothing ButBertrand TavernierIntense character study of men and women driven by an overpowering obsession with the past.Amazon1990 LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film NomineesCyrano de BergeracJean-Paul RappeneauAmazon

1991 LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film WinnerLa belle noiseuseJacques RivetteThe former famous painter Frenhofer revisits an abandoned project using the girlfriend of a young visiting artist. Questions about truth, life, and artistic limits are explored.Amazon1991 LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film NomineesEuropa EuropaAgnieszka HollandAmazon

1992 LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film WinnerThe Crying GameNeil JordanA British soldier kidnapped by IRA terrorists soon befriends one of his captors, who then becomes drawn into the soldier's world.Amazon1992 LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film NomineesRaise the Red LanternYimou ZhangAmazon

1993 LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film WinnerFarewell My ConcubineKaige ChenThe story of two men, who met as apprentices in the Peking Opera, and stayed friends for over 50 years.Amazon1993 LAFCA Award - Best Foreign Film NomineesThree Colors: BlueKrzysztof KieslowskiAmazon