First Annual ‘Latino Entertainment Film Awards’: Complete List of Winners

The new film and entertainment organization LEJA (Latino Entertainment Journalists Association) which I am a proud member of, has announced its first ever Latino Entertainment Film Awards. Here they are…

The Rita Moreno Lifetime Achievement Award: Rita Moreno

Latino Activism Award: America Ferrera

The LEJA Breakout Award: Yalitza Aparicio

The LEJA Muy Mal Award: Donald J. Trump

The LEJA Spotlight Award: Lin-Manuel Miranda

Best Picture of the Year
“Roma”  (Nicolás Celis, Alfonso Cuarón, Gabriela Rodriguez) – Netflix – WINNER

Best Achievement in Directing
Alfonso Cuaron, “Roma” – WINNER

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role
Bradley Cooper, “A Star is Born” – WINNER

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
Yalitza Aparicio, “Roma” – WINNER

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
Mahershala Ali, “Green Book” – WINNER

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role
Regina King, “If Beale Street Could Talk” – WINNER

Best Original Screenplay
“Roma” (Alfonso Cuaron) – WINNER

Best Adapted Screenplay
If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) – WINNER

Best Ensemble Casting
“Crazy Rich Asians” (Terri Taylor) – WINNER

Best Production & Set Design
“Roma” (Eugenio Caballero, Barbara Enriquez) – WINNER

Best Cinematography
“Roma” (Alfonso Cuaron) – WINNER

Best Costume Design
“Black Panther” (Ruth E. Carter) – WINNER

Best Editing
“Roma” (Alfonso Cuaron, Adam Gough) – WINNER

Best Hair & Makeup
“Black Panther” (Joel Harlow, Camille Friend, Ken Diaz) – WINNER

Best Sound
“Roma” (Skip Lievsay, Craig Henighan, Jose Antonio Garcia, Sergio Diaz) – WINNER

Best Visual Effects
“Black Panther” (Geoffrey Baumann, Jesse James Chisholm, Craig Hammack, Dan Sudick) – WINNER

Best Music
“If Beale Street Could Talk” (Nicholas Brittell) – WINNER

Best Song Written for a Motion Picture
“A Star is Born” (“Shallow” – written by Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, and Andrew Wyatt) – WINNER

Best Animated Feature
“Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” (Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, Rodney Rothman) – Sony Pictures Animation – WINNER

Best Foreign Language Film
“Roma” – (Alfonso Cuaron) – Mexico – WINNER

Best Documentary Feature
“Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” (Caryn Capotosto, Nicholas Ma, Morgan Neville) – Focus Features – WINNER

Best Stunts
“Mission: Impossible – Fallout” (Wade Eastwood) – WINNER

Best Voice or Motion Capture Performance
Shameik Moore, “Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse” – WINNER

About Latino Entertainment Journalists Association:
The Latino Entertainment Journalists Association (LEJA) is committed to developing and celebrating Latino voices among all areas and backgrounds of the entertainment industry.  Founded in 2018, LEJA provides a much-needed opportunity for writers from the United States to have their works amplified and heard in the areas of film, television, music, theatre, and the arts.  Accepting of all backgrounds and identities, LEJA embraces anyone who identifies as Latino, Latina, Latinx, Hispanic, Afro-Latino, Afro-Latina, Latin@, Spanish, or any inclusive and progressive description that champions and accelerates the voices of our culture from around the world.