Korean actress Kim Hye-ja took the best actress honors for "Mother (2010, Bong Joon-ho)" from the Los Angeles Film Critics Associaton. She is acclaimed for her portrayal of a mother looking for her son's killer in the film.

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A complete list of winners follows.

PICTURE: The Social Network

Runner-up: Carlos

DIRECTOR: Olivier Assayas, Carlos, and David Fincher, The Social Network (tie)

ACTOR: Colin Firth, The King’s Speech

Runner-up: Edgar Ramirez, Carlos

ACTRESS: Kim Hye-ja, Mother

Runner-up: Jennifer Lawrence, Winter’s Bone

MUSIC/SCORE: Alexandre Desplat, The Ghost Writer, and Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, The Social Network (tie)

PRODUCTION DESIGN: Guy Hendrix Dyas, Inception

Runner-up: Eve Stewart, The King’s Speech

CINEMATOGRAPHY: Matthew Libatique, Black Swan

Runner-up: Roger Deakins, True Grit

SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Jacki Weaver, Animal Kingdom

Runner-up: Olivia Williams, The Ghost Writer

SUPPORTING ACTOR: Niels Arestrup, A Prophet

Runner-up: Geoffrey Rush, The King’s Speech

FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM: Carlos

Runner-up: Mother

ANIMATION: Toy Story 3

Runner-up: The Illusionist

SCREENPLAY: Aaron Sorkin, The Social Network

Runner-up: David Seidler, The King’s Speech

DOCUMENTARY/NONFICTION FILM: Last Train Home

Runner-up: Exit Through the Gift Shop

NEW GENERATION: Lena Dunham, Tiny Furniture

DOUGLAS E. EDWARDS INDEPENDENT/EXPERIMENTAL FILM/VIDEO: Film Socialism

LEGACY OF CINEMA AWARDS: Serge Bromberg, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s Inferno, and the F.W. Murnau Foundation and Fernando Pena for the restoration of Metropolis

CAREER ACHIEVEMENT: Paul Mazursky