The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) 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.^[1] 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

Awards breakdown

Films with two or more

7

• La La Land (2016) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Score^[2]

6

• 12 Years a Slave (2013) – Best Film, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Ensemble, Best Score^[3]
• Nomadland (2020) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing
• Oppenheimer (2023) – Best Director, Best Actor, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Score, Best Ensemble

5

• Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) – Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble, Best Cinematography, Best Editing^[4]

4

• Boyhood (2014) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Youth Performance^[4]
• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble^[5]
• Inception (2010) – Best Original Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Score^[6]
• No Country for Old Men (2007) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Ensemble^[7]
• Roma (2018) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Foreign Language Film^[8]
• Slumdog Millionaire (2008) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Breakthrough Performance^[9]

3

• Parasite - Best Film, Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film
• The Social Network (2010) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay^[6]
• Up in the Air (2009) – Best Film, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay^[10][11]
• Zero Dark Thirty (2012) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress^[12]

2

• 21 Grams (2003) – Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor^[13]
• The Artist (2011) – Best Film, Best Score^[14]
• Capote (2005) – Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay^[15]
• Crash (2005) – Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble^[15]
• Doubt (2008) – Best Actress, Best Ensemble^[9]
• Dreamgirls (2006) – Best Supporting Actress, Best Breakthrough Performance^[16]
• The Fighter (2010) – Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress^[6]
• The Hurt Locker (2009) – Best Director, Best Ensemble^[10]
• Hugo (2011) – Best Director, Best Art Direction^[14]
• Inglourious Basterds (2009) – Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay^[10]
• Les Misérables (2012) – Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble^[12]
• Little Miss Sunshine (2006) – Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble^[16]
• The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) – Best Film, Best Director^[13]
• Lost in Translation (2003) – Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay^[13]
• Minari (2020) – Best Supporting Actress, Best Youth Performance^[17]
• Munich (2005) – Best Film, Best Director^[15]
• Precious (2009) – Best Supporting Actress, Best Breakthrough Performance^[10]
• The Revenant (2015) – Best Actor, Best Cinematography^[18][19]
• Road to Perdition (2002) – Best Film, Best Director^[20]

People with two or more

3

• George Clooney – Best Actor: Michael Clayton (2007), Up in the Air (2009), and The Descendants (2011)
• Frances McDormand – Best Actress:Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2018), Nomadland (2021) and Best Ensemble: Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2018)

2

• Amy Adams – Best Supporting Actress: Junebug (2005); Best Ensemble: Doubt (2008)
• Javier Bardem – Best Supporting Actor & Best Ensemble: No Country for Old Men (2007)
• Jamie Foxx – Best Actor: Ray (2004); Best Supporting Actor: Collateral (2004)
• Anne Hathaway – Best Supporting Actress & Best Ensemble: Les Misérables (2012)
• Terrence Howard – Best Breakthrough Performance: Hustle & Flow (2005); Best Ensemble: Crash (2005)
• Jennifer Hudson – Best Breakthrough Performance & Best Supporting Actress: Dreamgirls (2006)
• Carey Mulligan – Best Actress: An Education (2009); Best Ensemble: Pride & Prejudice (2005)
• Jason Reitman – Best Adapted Screenplay: Thank You for Smoking (2006) & Up in the Air (2009)
• Aaron Sorkin – Best Adapted Screenplay: Charlie Wilson's War (2007) & The Social Network (2010)
• Meryl Streep – Best Actress & Best Ensemble: Doubt (2008)

References

External links

• Official website