Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2024

23rd WAFCA Awards
23rd WAFCA Awards
Date	December 8, 2024
Highlights
Best Film	Wicked
Best Director	Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Best Actor	Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Best Actress	Mikey Madison – Anora
	← 2023; WAFCA Awards; 2025 →;

The 23rd Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards winners were announced on December 8, 2024, presented to recognize the best of film in 2024.^[1]

Nominations were announced on December 7, 2024. The Brutalist led the nominations with ten, followed by Conclave with nine and Wicked with eight. The categories for Best Stunts and Best Motion Capture, as well as the Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC, were introduced.^[2]

Winners and nominees

The winners are listed first and in boldface.^[3]^[4]

Best Film	Best Director
Wicked Anora The Brutalist Conclave Sing Sing	Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Sean Baker – Anora Edward Berger – Conclave Jon M. Chu – Wicked Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Colman Domingo – Sing Sing* as John "Divine G" Whitfield** Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan Daniel Craig – Queer as William Lee Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Thomas Cardinal Lawrence	*Mikey Madison – Anora* as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva'** Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba Thropp Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez as Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" Del Monte Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths as Pansy Deacon Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain* as Benji Kaplan** Yura Borisov – Anora as Igor Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren Denzel Washington – Gladiator II as Macrinus	*Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson* as Berniece Charles** Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys as Hattie Ariana Grande – Wicked as Galinda Upland Isabella Rossellini – Conclave as Sister Agnes Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez as Rita Mora Castro
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg Anora – Sean Baker The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold Challengers – Justin Kuritzkes The Substance – Coralie Fargeat	Conclave – Peter Straughan Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve, Jon Spaihts Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross, Joslyn Barnes Sing Sing – Clint Bentley, Greg Kwedar Wicked – Winnie Holzman, Dana Fox
Best Animated Feature	Best Documentary
The Wild Robot Flow Inside Out 2 Memoir of a Snail Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl	Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Dahomey Daughters Music by John Williams No Other Land Will & Harper
Best International/Foreign Language Film	Best Cinematography
Emilia Pérez (France) Dahomey (Senegal) Flow (Latvia) I'm Still Here (Brazil) The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany)	Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke The Brutalist – Lol Crawley Conclave – Stéphane Fontaine Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray
Best Editing	Best Original Score
Anora – Sean Baker Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó Conclave – Nick Emerson Wicked – Myron Kerstein	The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg Challengers – Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross Blitz – Hans Zimmer Conclave – Volker Bertelmann Nosferatu – Robin Carolan The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers
Best Production Design	Best Acting Ensemble
Wicked – Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales The Brutalist – Judy Becker Dune: Part Two – Patrice Vermette and Shane Vieau Gladiator II – Arthur Max Nosferatu – Craig Lathrop and Beatrice Brentnerova	Conclave Anora The Brutalist Dune: Part Two Sing Sing Wicked
Best Youth Performance	Best Voice Performance
*Elliott Heffernan – Blitz* as George** Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga as young Imperator Furiosa Isabel DeRoy–Olson – Fancy Dance as Roki Ian Foreman – Exhibiting Forgiveness as young Tarell Izaac Wang – Dìdi as Chris "Dìdi" Wang Alisha Weir – Abigail as Abigail Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet as Lacy	*Lupita Nyong'o – The Wild Robot* as Roz** Auli'i Cravalho – Moana 2 as Moana Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2 as Anxiety Brian Tyree Henry – Transformers One as D-16 / Megatron Amy Poehler – Inside Out 2 as Joy
Best Stunts	Best Motion Capture
The Fall Guy Deadpool & Wolverine Dune: Part Two Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Gladiator II	*Owen Teague – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes* as Noa'** Eka Darville – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as Sylva Jonno Davies – Better Man as young Robbie Williams Kevin Durand – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as Proximus Caesar Peter Macon – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as Raka
The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC
Civil War Daughters Shirley Stopping the Steal

Multiple nominations and wins

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
10	The Brutalist
9	Conclave
8	Wicked
7	Anora
7	Dune: Part Two
5	Sing Sing
4	Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes
3	Emilia Pérez
	Gladiator II
	Inside Out 2
	The Wild Robot
2	The Substance
	A Real Pain
	Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
	Blitz
	Challengers
	Dahomey
	Flow
	Daughters

References

^ Neglia, Matt (December 8, 2024). "The 2024 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Nominations". NextBestPicture. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
^ Anderson, Erik (December 8, 2024). "2024 Washington Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Nominations". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
^ "2024 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA. Retrieved 2024-12-09.
^ Neglia, Matt (2024-12-08). "The 2024 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved 2024-12-09.

External links

The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

[1] Neglia, Matt (December 8, 2024). "The 2024 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Nominations". NextBestPicture. Retrieved December 8, 2024.

[2] Anderson, Erik (December 8, 2024). "2024 Washington Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Nominations". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 8, 2024.

[3] "2024 WAFCA Award Winners". WAFCA. Retrieved 2024-12-09.

[4] Neglia, Matt (2024-12-08). "The 2024 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved 2024-12-09.

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