2023 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
The 49th Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honoured the best in film for 2023. The awards were announced on December 10, 2023. The Zone of Interest received the most awards with four wins, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Lead Performance. The winners were honored at the association's annual banquet, which was dedicated to "beloved friends of film Bérénice Reynaud and Doug Jones", in the Los Angeles Millennium Hotels & Resorts on January 13, 2024.
Jonathan Glazer, Best Director winner
Image: Sandra Hüller 2023 (cropped)
Image: Emma Stone at the 39th Mill Valley Film Festival (cropped)
Image: Rachel Mc Adams, 2016 (cropped)
The Zone of Interest (film)
The Zone of Interest is a 2023 historical drama film written and directed by Jonathan Glazer, co-produced among the United Kingdom, the United States, and Poland. Loosely based on the 2014 novel by Martin Amis, the film focuses on the life of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig, who live with their family in a home in the "Zone of Interest" next to the concentration camp. Christian Friedel stars as Rudolf Höss alongside Sandra Hüller as Hedwig Höss.
U.S. theatrical release poster
Front façade of the former house of Rudolf Höß at Oświęcim, next to KL Auschwitz (photo taken in 2012).
The former house of Rudolf Höß at Oświęcim (next to KL Auschwitz). This side entrance gives onto the gate leading to the camp (photo taken in 2024).
The cast and team at the film's Gala Premiere at the 2023 BFI London Film Festival.
