The LMAs honors these films both in their artistic and technical aspects with categories including Best Lebanese Motion Picture, Best Directing, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, among others.

The award was first presented in 2014, at Vox Cinemas, before finally moving in 2018 to The Casino Du Liban, a lush and luxurious venue hosting the ceremony so far.

The 5th edition of the LMAs was held on the 17th of April at The Casino Du Liban, with 7 films competing in major categories, The Insult by Ziad Doueiri came out as the big winner with 4 awards including Best Picture.

For the sixth edition new categories will be added including Best Independent Short & Best Documentary Feature The jury members for the fifth edition are as follows, Emile Chahine, Sam Lahoud, Anne Dominique Toussaint, Darine Hamze, Phillipe Aractangi, Hassan Mrad, Fadi Abi Samra, Nibal Arakji, Mario Jr. Haddad, Pierre Rabbat, Zeina Daccache and Ghida Majzoub Jury Members are carefully selected each year, as the LMA cares to keep a track record of prestigious and esteemed figures voting for the nominated films.

Here's a few of the jury we've had across the years: Raya Abirached, Elias Doummar, Marie-There Maalouf, Amin Dora, Jassmina Najjar, Mahmoud Hojeij, Georges Khabbaz, Wissam Breidy as well as many others.