title: 1975 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
text: # 1975 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
  
  The 1st Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 1975.
  
  ## Winners
  
  * Best Picture (tie):
     * Dog Day Afternoon
     * One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
  * Best Director:
     * Sidney Lumet – Dog Day Afternoon
  * Best Actor:
     * Al Pacino – Dog Day Afternoon
  * Best Actress:
     * Florinda Bolkan – A Brief Vacation (Una breve vacanza)
  * Best Screenplay:
     * Joan Tewkesbury – Nashville
  * Best Cinematography:
     * John Alcott – Barry Lyndon
  * Best Foreign Film:
     * And Now My Love (Toute une vie) • France/Italy
  * Special Citation:
     * Love Among the Ruins
  