Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2024

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]

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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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

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

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 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