Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2023

22nd WAFCA Awards
22nd WAFCA Awards
Date	December 10, 2023
Highlights
Best Film	American Fiction
Best Director	Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer
Best Actor	Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer
Best Actress	Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon
	← 2022; WAFCA Awards; 2024 →;

The 22nd Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 10, 2023.^[1]^[2]^[3] The nominations were announced on December 9, 2023.^[4] Oppenheimer led the nominations with eleven, followed by Barbie with ten.^[5] The former won the most awards with six, including Best Director and Best Actor.^[6]

Winners and nominees

The winners are listed first and in boldface.

Best Film	Best Director
American Fiction Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon Oppenheimer Past Lives	Christopher Nolan – Oppenheimer Greta Gerwig – Barbie Yorgos Lanthimos – Poor Things Martin Scorsese – Killers of the Flower Moon Celine Song – Past Lives
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Cillian Murphy – Oppenheimer* as J. Robert Oppenheimer** Bradley Cooper – Maestro as Leonard Bernstein Colman Domingo – Rustin as Bayard Rustin Paul Giamatti – The Holdovers as Paul Hunham Jeffrey Wright – American Fiction as Thelonious "Monk" Ellison	*Lily Gladstone – Killers of the Flower Moon* as Mollie Burkhart** Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Origin as Isabel Wilkerson Greta Lee – Past Lives as Nora Moon Margot Robbie – Barbie as Barbie Emma Stone – Poor Things as Bella Baxter
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Charles Melton – May December* as Joe Yoo** Sterling K. Brown – American Fiction as Clifford "Cliff" Ellison Robert Downey Jr. – Oppenheimer as Lewis Strauss Ryan Gosling – Barbie as Ken Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers as Angus Tully	*Da'Vine Joy Randolph – The Holdovers* as Mary Lamb** Emily Blunt – Oppenheimer as Kitty Oppenheimer Danielle Brooks – The Color Purple as Sofia Viola Davis – Air as Deloris Jordan Jodie Foster – Nyad as Bonnie Stoll
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
Past Lives – Celine Song Air – Alex Convery Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet and Arthur Harari Barbie – Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach The Holdovers – David Hemingson	American Fiction – Cord Jefferson Killers of the Flower Moon – Eric Roth and Martin Scorsese Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan Origin – Ava DuVernay Poor Things – Tony McNamara
Best Animated Feature	Best Documentary
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse The Boy and the Heron Elemental Nimona Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem	American Symphony 20 Days in Mariupol Little Richard: I Am Everything Still: A Michael J. Fox Movie They Shot the Piano Player
Best International/Foreign Language Film	Best Cinematography
Anatomy of a Fall Fallen Leaves Perfect Days Society of the Snow The Taste of Things The Teachers' Lounge The Zone of Interest	Oppenheimer – Hoyte van Hoytema Barbie – Rodrigo Prieto Killers of the Flower Moon – Rodrigo Prieto Maestro – Matthew Libatique Poor Things – Robbie Ryan
Best Editing	Best Original Score
Oppenheimer – Jennifer Lame Barbie – Nick Houy John Wick: Chapter 4 – Nathan Orloff Killers of the Flower Moon – Thelma Schoonmaker Maestro – Michelle Tesoro	Oppenheimer – Ludwig Göransson The Color Purple – Kris Bowers Killers of the Flower Moon – Robbie Robertson Poor Things – Jerskin Fendrix Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse – Daniel Pemberton
Best Production Design	Best Acting Ensemble
Barbie – Sarah Greenwood (production designer); Katie Spencer (set decorator) Asteroid City – Adam Stockhausen (production designer); Kris Moran (set decorator) Killers of the Flower Moon – Jack Fisk (production designer); Adam Willis (set decorator) Oppenheimer – Ruth De Jong (production designer); Claire Kaufman (set decorator) Poor Things – Shona Heath and James Price (production designers); Zsuzsa Mihalek (set decorator)	Oppenheimer American Fiction Barbie The Holdovers Killers of the Flower Moon
Best Youth Performance	Best Voice Performance
*Dominic Sessa – The Holdovers* as Angus Tully** Joe Bird – Talk to Me as Riley Abby Ryder Fortson – Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret. as Margaret Simon Milo Machado-Graner – Anatomy of a Fall as Daniel Maleski Ariana Greenblatt – Barbie as Sasha Iman Vellani – The Marvels as Kamala Khan / Ms. Marvel	*Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse* as Miles Morales / Spider-Man** Jack Black as Bowser – The Super Mario Bros. Movie Daniel Kaluuya – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Hobie Brown / Spider-Punk Hailee Steinfeld – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse as Gwen Stacy / Spider-Gwen Masaki Suda – The Boy and the Heron as The Grey Heron

Multiple nominations and wins

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
11	Oppenheimer
10	Barbie
9	Killers of the Flower Moon
7	The Holdovers
6	Poor Things
5	American Fiction
5	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
4	Past Lives
3	Anatomy of a Fall
3	Maestro
2	Air
	The Boy and the Heron
	The Color Purple
	Origin

The following films received multiple awards:

Wins	Film
6	Oppenheimer
2	American Fiction
	The Holdovers
	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

References

^ "Awards". Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ Hopson, Travis (December 10, 2023). "D.C. Film Critics Name 'American Fiction' Best Film of 2023". Punch Drunk Critics. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ Neglia, Matt (December 10, 2023). "The 2023 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved December 11, 2023.
^ Neglia, Matt (December 9, 2023). "The 2023 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Nominations". Next Best Picture. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
^ Anderson, Erik (December 9, 2023). "2023 Washington D.C. Critics Nominations (WAFCA)". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 9, 2023.
^ Anderson, Erik (December 10, 2023). "2023 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Winners: 'American Fiction' is Best Feature, 'Oppenheimer' takes Six". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

External links

The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

[1] "Awards". Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. December 10, 2023. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[2] Hopson, Travis (December 10, 2023). "D.C. Film Critics Name 'American Fiction' Best Film of 2023". Punch Drunk Critics. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[3] Neglia, Matt (December 10, 2023). "The 2023 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

[4] Neglia, Matt (December 9, 2023). "The 2023 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Nominations". Next Best Picture. Retrieved December 9, 2023.

[5] Anderson, Erik (December 9, 2023). "2023 Washington D.C. Critics Nominations (WAFCA)". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 9, 2023.

[6] Anderson, Erik (December 10, 2023). "2023 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Winners: 'American Fiction' is Best Feature, 'Oppenheimer' takes Six". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 11, 2023.

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