Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2024

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23rd WAFCA Awards
Date	December 8, 2024 (2024-12-08)
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 will be announced on December 8, 2024, presented to recognize the best of film in 2024.

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.

Winners and nominees

The winners are listed first and in boldface.

Best Film	Best Director
Wicked Anora Conclave Sing Sing The Brutalist	Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two Edward Berger – Conclave Jon M. Chu – Wicked Sean Baker – Anora
Best Actor	Best Actress
*Colman Domingo – Sing Sing* as John "Divine G" Whitfield** Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Colman Domingo – Sing Sing as John "Divine G" Whitfield Daniel Craig – Queer as William Lee Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Thomas Cardinal Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan	*Mikey Madison – Anora* as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva'** Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba Thropp Demi Moore – The Substance as Elizabeth Sparkle Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez as Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" Del Monte Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths as Pansy Deacon
Best Supporting Actor	Best Supporting Actress
*Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain* as Benji Kaplan** Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as himself Denzel Washington – Gladiator II as Macrinus Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren Yura Borisov – Anora as Igor	*Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson* as Berniece Charles** Ariana Grande – Wicked as Galinda Upland Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys as Hattie Isabella Rossellini – Conclave as Sister Agnes Zoe Saldana – Emilia Pérez as Rita Mora Castro
Best Original Screenplay	Best Adapted Screenplay
A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg Anora – Sean Baker Challengers – Justin Kuritzkes The Brutalist – Brady Corbet, Mona Fastvold 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 and 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 Conclave – Stéphane Fontaine Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray The Brutalist – Lol Crawley
Best Editing	Best Original Score
Anora – Sean Baker Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker Conclave – Nick Emerson The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó Wicked – Myron Kerstein	Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg 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 Dune: Part Two – Patrice Vermette and Shane Vieau Gladiator II – Arthur Max Nosferatu – Craig Lathrop and Beatrice Brentnerova The Brutalist – Judy Becker	Conclave Anora Dune: Part Two Sing Sing The Brutalist Wicked
Best Youth Performance	Best Voice Performance
*Elliott Heffernan – Blitz* as George** Alisha Weir – Abigail as Abigail Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga as young Imperator Furiosa Ian Foreman – Exhibiting Forgiveness as young Tarell Isabel DeRoy–Olson – Fancy Dance as Roki Izaac Wang – Dìdi as Chris "Dìdi" Wang Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet as Lacy	*Lupita Nyong'o – The Wild Robot* as Roz** Amy Poehler – Inside Out 2 as Joy Auli'i Cravalho – Moana 2 as Moana Brian Tyree Henry – Transformers One as D-16 / Megatron Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2 as Anxiety
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

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