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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

      Hell or High Water

      7.6 (268K)
    • [object Object]

      Fences

      7.2 (123K)
    • [object Object]

      Manchester by the Sea

      7.8 (340K)
    • [object Object]

      Moonlight

      7.4 (344K)
    • [object Object]

      20th Century Women

      7.3 (51K)

    Best Actor

    • Casey Affleck
      Winner
      • Casey Affleck
      • Manchester by the Sea
    • Joel Edgerton
      • Joel Edgerton
      • Loving
    • Andrew Garfield
      • Andrew Garfield
      • Hacksaw Ridge
    • Ryan Gosling at an event for Lost River (2014)
      • Ryan Gosling
      • La La Land
    • Denzel Washington
      • Denzel Washington
      • Fences

    Best Actress

    • Natalie Portman at an event for The Oscars (2020)
      Winner
      • Natalie Portman
      • Jackie
    • Amy Adams
      • Amy Adams
      • Arrival
    • Annette Bening in The Face of Love (2013)
      • Annette Bening
      • 20th Century Women
    • Ruth Negga
      • Ruth Negga
      • Loving
    • Emma Stone at an event for Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
      • Emma Stone
      • La La Land

    Best Adapted Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Arrival

      7.9 (829K)
      Eric Heisserer
    • [object Object]

      Fences

      7.2 (123K)
      August Wilson
      Posthumously.
    • [object Object]

      Lion

      8.0 (261K)
      Luke Davies
    • [object Object]

      A Monster Calls

      7.4 (97K)
      Patrick Ness
    • [object Object]

      Nocturnal Animals

      7.4 (331K)
      Tom Ford

    Best Animated Feature

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Kubo and the Two Strings

      7.7 (144K)
    • [object Object]

      Finding Dory

      7.2 (323K)
    • [object Object]

      Moana

      7.6 (423K)
    • [object Object]

      Sausage Party

      6.1 (221K)
    • [object Object]

      Zootopia

      8.0 (589K)

    Best Cinematography

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La La Land

      8.0 (730K)
      Linus Sandgren
    • [object Object]

      Arrival

      7.9 (829K)
      Bradford Young
    • [object Object]

      Jackie

      6.6 (86K)
      Stéphane Fontaine
    • [object Object]

      Moonlight

      7.4 (344K)
      James Laxton
    • [object Object]

      Nocturnal Animals

      7.4 (331K)
      Seamus McGarvey

    Best Director

    • Damien Chazelle at an event for Whiplash (2014)
      Winner
      • Damien Chazelle
      • La La Land
    • Barry Jenkins
      • Barry Jenkins
      • Moonlight
    • Kenneth Lonergan
      • Kenneth Lonergan
      • Manchester by the Sea
    • David Mackenzie in Hell or High Water (2016)
      • David Mackenzie
      • Hell or High Water
    • Denis Villeneuve
      • Denis Villeneuve
      • Arrival

    Best Documentary

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      13th

      8.2 (39K)
    • [object Object]

      Gleason

      8.3 (3.2K)
    • [object Object]

      I Am Not Your Negro

      7.9 (24K)
    • [object Object]

      O.J.: Made in America

      8.9 (23K)
    • [object Object]

      Weiner

      7.6 (11K)

    Best Editing

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La La Land

      8.0 (730K)
      Tom Cross
    • [object Object]

      Arrival

      7.9 (829K)
      Joe Walker
    • [object Object]

      Jackie

      6.6 (86K)
      Sebastián Sepúlveda
    • [object Object]

      Moonlight

      7.4 (344K)
      Nat Sanders
      Joi McMillon
    • [object Object]

      Sully

      7.4 (314K)
      Blu Murray

    Best Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La La Land

      8.0 (730K)
    • [object Object]

      Arrival

      7.9 (829K)
    • [object Object]

      Hell or High Water

      7.6 (268K)
    • [object Object]

      Manchester by the Sea

      7.8 (340K)
    • [object Object]

      Moonlight

      7.4 (344K)

    Best Foreign Language Film

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Elle

      7.1 (73K)
    • [object Object]

      Julieta

      7.1 (35K)
    • [object Object]

      The Handmaiden

      8.1 (192K)
    • [object Object]

      The Salesman

      7.7 (67K)
    • [object Object]

      Toni Erdmann

      7.3 (54K)

    Best Motion Capture Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      The BFG

      6.3 (97K)
      Mark Rylance
    • [object Object]

      A Monster Calls

      7.4 (97K)
      Liam Neeson

    Best Original Score

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La La Land

      8.0 (730K)
      Justin Hurwitz
    • [object Object]

      Arrival

      7.9 (829K)
      Jóhann Jóhannsson
    • [object Object]

      Jackie

      6.6 (86K)
      Mica Levi
    • [object Object]

      Moonlight

      7.4 (344K)
      Nicholas Britell
    • [object Object]

      The Neon Demon

      6.1 (108K)
      Cliff Martinez

    Best Original Screenplay

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La La Land

      8.0 (730K)
      Damien Chazelle
    • [object Object]

      Hell or High Water

      7.6 (268K)
      Taylor Sheridan
    • [object Object]

      Manchester by the Sea

      7.8 (340K)
      Kenneth Lonergan
    • [object Object]

      Moonlight

      7.4 (344K)
      Barry Jenkins
    • [object Object]

      The Lobster

      7.1 (322K)
      Yorgos Lanthimos
      Efthimis Filippou

    Best Production Design

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      La La Land

      8.0 (730K)
      David Wasco
      Sandy Reynolds-Wasco
    • [object Object]

      Arrival

      7.9 (829K)
      Patrice Vermette
      Paul Hotte
    • [object Object]

      Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

      7.2 (529K)
      Stuart Craig
      Anna Pinnock
    • [object Object]

      Jackie

      6.6 (86K)
      Jean Rabasse
      Véronique Melery
    • [object Object]

      The Witch

      7.0 (337K)
      Craig Lathrop

    Best Supporting Actor

    • Mahershala Ali
      Winner
      • Mahershala Ali
      • Moonlight
    • Jeff Bridges at an event for The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (2010)
      • Jeff Bridges
      • Hell or High Water
    • Ben Foster
      • Ben Foster
      • Hell or High Water
    • Lucas Hedges
      • Lucas Hedges
      • Manchester by the Sea
    • Michael Shannon at an event for 31st Film Independent Spirit Awards (2016)
      • Michael Shannon
      • Nocturnal Animals

    Best Supporting Actress

    • Viola Davis at an event for Suicide Squad (2016)
      Winner
      • Viola Davis
      • Fences
    • Greta Gerwig
      • Greta Gerwig
      • 20th Century Women
    • Naomie Harris at an event for Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom (2013)
      • Naomie Harris
      • Moonlight
    • Molly Shannon
      • Molly Shannon
      • Other People
    • Michelle Williams at an event for The Oscars (2017)
      • Michelle Williams
      • Manchester by the Sea

    Best Voice Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      A Monster Calls

      7.4 (97K)
      Liam Neeson
    • [object Object]

      Zootopia

      8.0 (589K)
      Jason Bateman
    • [object Object]

      Moana

      7.6 (423K)
      Auli'i Cravalho
    • [object Object]

      Finding Dory

      7.2 (323K)
      Ellen DeGeneres
    • [object Object]

      Zootopia

      8.0 (589K)
      Ginnifer Goodwin

    Best Youth Performance

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Manchester by the Sea

      7.8 (340K)
      Lucas Hedges
    • [object Object]

      A Monster Calls

      7.4 (97K)
      Lewis MacDougall
    • [object Object]

      Lion

      8.0 (261K)
      Sunny Pawar
    • [object Object]

      The Edge of Seventeen

      7.3 (148K)
      Hailee Steinfeld
    • [object Object]

      The Witch

      7.0 (337K)
      Anya Taylor-Joy

    Joe Barber Award

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    Best Portrayal of Washington, DC

    • [object Object]
      Winner

      Jackie

      6.6 (86K)
    • [object Object]

      Jason Bourne

      6.6 (252K)
    • [object Object]

      Loving

      7.0 (38K)
    • [object Object]

      Miss Sloane

      7.5 (87K)
    • [object Object]

      Snowden

      7.3 (169K)

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