Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2024

23rd WAFCA Awards
Date	December 8, 2024 (2024-12-8)
Highlights
Best Film	Wicked
Best Director	Brady Corbet – The Brutalist
Best Actor	Colman Domingo – Sing Sing
Best Actress	Mikey Madison – Anora
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The 23rd Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 8, 2024. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The nominations were announced on December 7, 2024. ^[4]

The Brutalist led the nominations with ten, followed by Conclave with nine and Wicked with eight. ^{[4] [5] [6]} The categories of Best Stunts, which honors outstanding achievement of stunt coordinators and their teams, and Best Motion Capture were introduced, as well as the Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, D.C. being revived. ^[4]

Winners and nominees

Brady Corbet, Best Director winner

Colman Domingo, Best Actor winner

Mikey Madison, Best Actress winner

Kieran Culkin, Best Supporting Actor winner

Danielle Deadwyler, Best Supporting Actress winner

Jesse Eisenberg, Best Original Screenplay winner

Lupita Nyong'o, Best Voice Performance winner

Owen Teague, Best Motion Capture winner

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 Cardinal Thomas 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 Sr. 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 and Mona Fastvold Challengers – Justin Kuritzkes The Substance – Coralie Fargeat	Conclave – Peter Straughan Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes Sing Sing – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar Wicked – Winnie Holzman and 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 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 (TIE) Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker (TIE) The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó Conclave – Nick Emerson Wicked – Myron Kerstein	The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg (TIE) Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (TIE) 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 Brentnerová	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 Furiosa (young) Isabel DeRoy-Olson – Fancy Dance as Roki Ian Foreman – Exhibiting Forgiveness as Tarell (young) 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 Auliʻi 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 Robbie Williams (young) Kevin Durand – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as Proximus Caesar Peter Macon – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as Raka
Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, D.C.
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 Dune: Part Two 5 Sing Sing 4 Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes 3 Emilia Pérez Gladiator II Inside Out 2 Nickel Boys Nosferatu The Wild Robot 2 Blitz Challengers Dahomey Daughters Flow Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga A Real Pain The Substance

The following films received multiple awards: Wins Film 2 Anora The Brutalist Conclave A Real Pain Wicked The Wild Robot

References

1. "The 2024 WAFCA Award Winners are Here!". Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. December 8, 2024. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
2. Anderson, Erik (December 8, 2024). "2024 Washington Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Winners: 'Wicked' Wins Best Feature". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
3. Neglia, Matt (December 8, 2024). "The 2024 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Winners". Next Best Picture. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
4. "The 2024 WAFCA Award Nominations are Here!". Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. December 7, 2024. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
5. Anderson, Erik (December 8, 2024). "2024 Washington Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Nominations". AwardsWatch. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
6. Neglia, Matt (December 7, 2024). "The 2024 Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Nominations". Next Best Picture. Retrieved December 8, 2024.

External links

• The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association