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Washington DC Area Film Critics Association Awards

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    WAFCA Award

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    Best Acting Ensemble

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (685K)
      Michael Keaton
      Zach Galifianakis
      Edward Norton
      Andrea Riseborough
      Amy Ryan
      Emma Stone
      Naomi Watts
    • [object Object]

      Boyhood

      7.9 (376K)
      Patricia Arquette
      Ellar Coltrane
      Lorelei Linklater
      Ethan Hawke
    • [object Object]

      The Grand Budapest Hotel

      8.1 (934K)
      Ralph Fiennes
      F. Murray Abraham
      Mathieu Amalric
      Adrien Brody
      Willem Dafoe
      Jeff Goldblum
      Harvey Keitel
      Jude Law
      Bill Murray
      Edward Norton
      Saoirse Ronan
      Jason Schwartzman
      Léa Seydoux
      Tilda Swinton
      Tom Wilkinson
      Owen Wilson
      Tony Revolori
    • [object Object]

      Into the Woods

      5.9 (152K)
      Meryl Streep
      Emily Blunt
      James Corden
      Anna Kendrick
      Chris Pine
      Tracey Ullman
      Christine Baranski
      Johnny Depp
      Lilla Crawford
      Daniel Huttlestone
      Billy Magnussen
      Mackenzie Mauzy
      Tammy Blanchard
      Lucy Punch
      Frances de la Tour
      Simon Russell Beale
    • [object Object]

      Selma

      7.5 (98K)
      David Oyelowo
      Tom Wilkinson
      Carmen Ejogo
      André Holland
      Giovanni Ribisi
      Lorraine Toussaint
      Stephan James
      Wendell Pierce
      Common
      Alessandro Nivola
      LaKeith Stanfield
      Cuba Gooding Jr.
      Dylan Baker
      Tim Roth
      Oprah Winfrey

    Best Actor

    • Michael Keaton
      Winner
      • Michael Keaton
      • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
    • Benedict Cumberbatch at an event for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014)
      • Benedict Cumberbatch
      • The Imitation Game
    • Oscar Isaac at an event for Inside Llewyn Davis (2013)
      • Oscar Isaac
      • A Most Violent Year
    • David Oyelowo
      • David Oyelowo
      • Selma
    • Eddie Redmayne
      • Eddie Redmayne
      • The Theory of Everything

    Best Actress

    • Julianne Moore
      Winner
      • Julianne Moore
      • Still Alice
    • Scarlett Johansson
      • Scarlett Johansson
      • Under the Skin
    • Felicity Jones at an event for The Oscars (2015)
      • Felicity Jones
      • The Theory of Everything
    • Rosamund Pike at an event for Hostiles (2017)
      • Rosamund Pike
      • Gone Girl
    • Reese Witherspoon
      • Reese Witherspoon
      • Wild

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Gone Girl

      8.1 (1.1M)
      Gillian Flynn
    • [object Object]

      The Imitation Game

      8.0 (858K)
      Graham Moore
    • [object Object]

      Inherent Vice

      6.6 (115K)
      Paul Thomas Anderson
    • [object Object]

      The Theory of Everything

      7.7 (499K)
      Anthony McCarten
    • [object Object]

      Wild

      7.1 (144K)
      Nick Hornby

    Best Animated Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Lego Movie

      7.7 (405K)
    • [object Object]

      Big Hero 6

      7.8 (534K)
    • [object Object]

      The Book of Life

      7.2 (82K)
    • [object Object]

      The Boxtrolls

      6.8 (64K)
    • [object Object]

      How to Train Your Dragon 2

      7.8 (388K)

    Best Art Direction

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The Grand Budapest Hotel

      8.1 (934K)
      Adam Stockhausen(production designer)
      Anna Pinnock(set decorator)
    • [object Object]

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (685K)
      Kevin Thompson(production designer)
      George DeTitta Jr.(set decorator)
    • [object Object]

      Interstellar

      8.7 (2.4M)
      Nathan Crowley(production designer)
      Gary Fettis(set decorator)
    • [object Object]

      Into the Woods

      5.9 (152K)
      Dennis Gassner(production designer)
      Anna Pinnock(set decorator)
    • [object Object]

      Snowpiercer

      7.1 (409K)
      Ondrej Nekvasil(production designer)
      Beatrice Brentnerova(set decorator)

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (685K)
      Emmanuel Lubezki
    • [object Object]

      The Grand Budapest Hotel

      8.1 (934K)
      Robert D. Yeoman
    • [object Object]

      Interstellar

      8.7 (2.4M)
      Hoyte Van Hoytema
    • [object Object]

      Unbroken

      7.2 (192K)
      Roger Deakins
    • [object Object]

      Under the Skin

      6.3 (165K)
      Daniel Landin

    Best Director

    • Richard Linklater at an event for Me and Orson Welles (2008)
      Winner
      • Richard Linklater
      • Boyhood
    • Damien Chazelle at an event for Whiplash (2014)
      • Damien Chazelle
      • Whiplash
    • Ava DuVernay at an event for 30th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards (2015)
      • Ava DuVernay
      • Selma
    • David Fincher
      • David Fincher
      • Gone Girl
    • Alejandro G. Iñárritu
      • Alejandro G. Iñárritu
      • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Life Itself

      7.8 (17K)
    • [object Object]

      Citizenfour

      8.0 (59K)
    • [object Object]

      Jodorowsky's Dune

      8.0 (29K)
    • [object Object]

      Last Days in Vietnam

      7.6 (4.2K)
    • [object Object]

      The Overnighters

      7.4 (2.6K)

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (685K)
      Douglas Crise
      Stephen Mirrione
    • [object Object]

      Boyhood

      7.9 (376K)
      Sandra Adair
    • [object Object]

      Gone Girl

      8.1 (1.1M)
      Kirk Baxter
    • [object Object]

      Interstellar

      8.7 (2.4M)
      Lee Smith
    • [object Object]

      Whiplash

      8.5 (1.1M)
      Tom Cross

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Boyhood

      7.9 (376K)
    • [object Object]

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (685K)
    • [object Object]

      Gone Girl

      8.1 (1.1M)
    • [object Object]

      Selma

      7.5 (98K)
    • [object Object]

      Whiplash

      8.5 (1.1M)

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Force Majeure

      7.2 (71K)
    • [object Object]

      Ida

      7.4 (62K)
    • [object Object]

      Mommy

      8.0 (64K)
    • [object Object]

      Two Days, One Night

      7.3 (52K)
    • [object Object]

      Wild Tales

      8.1 (231K)

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Under the Skin

      6.3 (165K)
      Mica Levi
    • [object Object]

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (685K)
      Antonio Sanchez
    • [object Object]

      Gone Girl

      8.1 (1.1M)
      Trent Reznor
      Atticus Ross
    • [object Object]

      Interstellar

      8.7 (2.4M)
      Hans Zimmer
    • [object Object]

      The Theory of Everything

      7.7 (499K)
      Jóhann Jóhannsson

    Best Original Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)

      7.7 (685K)
      Alejandro G. Iñárritu
      Nicolás Giacobone
      Alexander Dinelaris
      Armando Bo
    • [object Object]

      Boyhood

      7.9 (376K)
      Richard Linklater
    • [object Object]

      The Grand Budapest Hotel

      8.1 (934K)
      Wes Anderson
    • [object Object]

      The Lego Movie

      7.7 (405K)
      Phil Lord
      Christopher Miller
    • [object Object]

      Whiplash

      8.5 (1.1M)
      Damien Chazelle

    Best Supporting Actor

    • J.K. Simmons
      Winner
      • J.K. Simmons
      • Whiplash
    • Ethan Hawke at an event for One Last Thing... (2005)
      • Ethan Hawke
      • Boyhood
    • Edward Norton at an event for The Kids Are All Right (2010)
      • Edward Norton
      • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
    • Mark Ruffalo
      • Mark Ruffalo
      • Foxcatcher
    • Andy Serkis
      • Andy Serkis
      • Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Patricia Arquette at an event for Scream 4 (2011)
      Winner
      • Patricia Arquette
      • Boyhood
    • Jessica Chastain at an event for Zero Dark Thirty (2012)
      • Jessica Chastain
      • A Most Violent Year
    • Laura Dern
      • Laura Dern
      • Wild
    • Emma Stone at an event for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
      • Emma Stone
      • Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
    • Tilda Swinton at an event for I Am Love (2009)
      • Tilda Swinton
      • Snowpiercer

    Best Youth Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Boyhood

      7.9 (376K)
      Ellar Coltrane
    • [object Object]

      Interstellar

      8.7 (2.4M)
      Mackenzie Foy
    • [object Object]

      St. Vincent

      7.2 (112K)
      Jaeden Martell
    • [object Object]

      The Grand Budapest Hotel

      8.1 (934K)
      Tony Revolori
    • [object Object]

      The Babadook

      6.8 (263K)
      Noah Wiseman

    Joe Barber Award

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    Best Portrayal of Washington, DC

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Captain America: The Winter Soldier

      7.7 (943K)
    • [object Object]

      Anita: Speaking Truth to Power

      6.8 (617)
    • [object Object]

      Kill the Messenger

      6.9 (50K)
    • [object Object]

      Selma

      7.5 (98K)
    • [object Object]

      X-Men: Days of Future Past

      7.9 (774K)

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