Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association
The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association is a group of film critics based in Washington, D.C., and founded in 2002. WAFCA is composed of over 65 D.C.-based film critics from internet, print, radio, and television. Annually, the group gives awards to the best in film as selected by its members by vote.
Categories
- Best Actor
- Best Actress
- Best Adapted Screenplay
- Best Animated Feature
- Best Art Direction
- Best Breakthrough Performance
- Best Cinematography
- Best Director
- Best Documentary
- Best Editing
- Best Ensemble
- Best Film
- Best Foreign Language Film
- Best Motion Capture Performance
- Best Original Screenplay
- Best Production Design
- Best Score
- Best Supporting Actor
- Best Supporting Actress
- Best Voice Performance
- Best Youth Performance
Ceremonies
- 2002
- 2003
- 2004
- 2005
- 2006
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2011
- 2012
- 2013
- 2014
- 2015
- 2016
- 2017
- 2018
- 2019
- 2020
- 2021
- 2022
- 2023
- 2024
- 2025
Awards breakdown
Films with two or more
;7- La La Land – Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Score
- 12 Years a Slave – Best Film, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Ensemble, Best Score
- Nomadland – Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing
- Oppenheimer – Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Score, Best Ensemble
- Birdman or – Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble, Best Cinematography, Best Editing
- Boyhood – Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Youth Performance
- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind – Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble
- Inception – Best Original Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Score
- No Country for Old Men – Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Ensemble
- Roma – Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Foreign Language Film
- Slumdog Millionaire – Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Breakthrough Performance
- Parasite - Best Film, Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film
- The Social Network – Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay
- Up in the Air – Best Film, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay
- Zero Dark Thirty – Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress
- 21 Grams – Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor
- The Artist – Best Film, Best Score
- Capote – Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay
- Crash – Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble
- Doubt – Best Actress, Best Ensemble
- Dreamgirls – Best Supporting Actress, Best Breakthrough Performance
- The Fighter – Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress
- The Hurt Locker – Best Director, Best Ensemble
- Hugo – Best Director, Best Art Direction
- Inglourious Basterds – Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay
- Les Misérables – Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble
- Little Miss Sunshine – Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King – Best Film, Best Director
- Lost in Translation – Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay
- Minari – Best Supporting Actress, Best Youth Performance
- Munich – Best Film, Best Director
- Precious – Best Supporting Actress, Best Breakthrough Performance
- The Revenant – Best Actor, Best Cinematography
- Road to Perdition – Best Film, Best Director
People with two or more
- George Clooney – Best Actor: Michael Clayton, Up in the Air, and The Descendants
- Frances McDormand – Best Actress:Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, Nomadland and Best Ensemble: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
- Amy Adams – Best Supporting Actress: Junebug ; Best Ensemble: Doubt
- Javier Bardem – Best Supporting Actor & Best Ensemble: No Country for Old Men
- Jamie Foxx – Best Actor: Ray ; Best Supporting Actor: Collateral
- Anne Hathaway – Best Supporting Actress & Best Ensemble: Les Misérables
- Terrence Howard – Best Breakthrough Performance: Hustle & Flow ; Best Ensemble: Crash
- Jennifer Hudson – Best Breakthrough Performance & Best Supporting Actress: Dreamgirls
- Carey Mulligan – Best Actress: An Education ; Best Ensemble: Pride & Prejudice
- Jason Reitman – Best Adapted Screenplay: Thank You for Smoking & Up in the Air
- Aaron Sorkin – Best Adapted Screenplay: Charlie Wilson's War & The Social Network
- Meryl Streep – Best Actress & Best Ensemble: ''Doubt''