Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2019 Explained

The 18th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 8, 2019.^[1]

Winners and nominees

Best Film

• Parasite

• 1917

• The Irishman

• Marriage Story

• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Director

• Bong Joon-ho – Parasite

• Greta Gerwig – Little Women

• Sam Mendes – 1917

• Martin Scorsese – The Irishman

• Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Actor

• Adam Driver – Marriage Story

• Robert De Niro – The Irishman

• Leonardo DiCaprio – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• Joaquin Phoenix – Joker

• Adam Sandler – Uncut Gems

Best Actress

• Lupita Nyong'o – Us

• Awkwafina – The Farewell

• Scarlett Johansson – Marriage Story

• Saoirse Ronan – Little Women

• Renée Zellweger – Judy

Best Supporting Actor

• Brad Pitt – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• Tom Hanks – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

• Jonathan Majors – The Last Black Man in San Francisco

• Al Pacino – The Irishman

• Joe Pesci – The Irishman

Best Supporting Actress

• Jennifer Lopez – Hustlers

• Laura Dern – Marriage Story

• Scarlett Johansson – Jojo Rabbit

• Florence Pugh – Little Women

• Zhao Shu-zhen – The Farewell

Best Original Screenplay

• Noah Baumbach – Marriage Story

• Rian Johnson – Knives Out

• Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won – Parasite

• Jordan Peele – Us

• Quentin Tarantino – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Adapted Screenplay

• Greta Gerwig – Little Women (based on the novel by Louisa May Alcott)

• Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (inspired by the article "Can You Say ... Hero?" by Tom Junod)

• Todd Phillips and Scott Silver – Joker (based on characters created by Bill Finger, Bob Kane, and Jerry Robinson)

• Taika Waititi – Jojo Rabbit (based on the book Caging Skies by Christine Leunens)

• Steven Zaillian – The Irishman (based on the book I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt)

Best Animated Feature

• Toy Story 4

• Frozen II

• Klaus

• Missing Link

Best Documentary Film

• Apollo 11

• American Factory

• For Sama

• Honeyland

• One Child Nation

Best Foreign Language Film

• Parasite • South Korea

• Atlantics • Senegal

• Monos • Colombia

• Pain and Glory • Spain

• Portrait of a Lady on Fire • France

Best Cinematography

• Roger Deakins – 1917

• Jarin Blaschke – The Lighthouse

• Drew Daniels – Waves

• Rodrigo Prieto – The Irishman

• Robert Richardson – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Best Editing

• Andrew Buckland and Michael McCusker – Ford v Ferrari

• Yang Jin-mo – Parasite

• Fred Raskin– Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• Thelma Schoonmaker – The Irishman

• Lee Smith – 1917

Best Original Score

• Michael Abels – Us

• Alexandre Desplat – Little Women

• Hildur Guðnadóttir – Joker

• Randy Newman – Marriage Story

• Thomas Newman – 1917

Best Production Design

• Barbara Ling (production design) and Nancy Haigh (set decoration) – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• Dennis Gassner (production design) and Lee Sandales (set decoration) – 1917

• Jess Gonchor (production design) and Claire Kaufman (set decoration) – Little Women

• Lee Ha-jun (production design) and Cho Won-woo (set decoration) – Parasite

• Ra Vincent (production design) and Nora Sopková (set decoration) – Jojo Rabbit

Best Acting Ensemble

• Knives Out

• The Irishman

• Little Women

• Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• Parasite

Best Youth Performance

• Roman Griffin Davis – Jojo Rabbit

• Julia Butters – Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

• Shahadi Wright Joseph – Us

• Noah Jupe – Honey Boy

• Thomasin McKenzie – Jojo Rabbit

Best Voice Performance

• Tony Hale – Toy Story 4

• Kristen Bell – Frozen II

• Billy Eichner – The Lion King

• Tom Hanks – Toy Story 4

• Annie Potts – Toy Story 4

Best Motion Capture Performance

• Josh Brolin –

• Rosa Salazar –

The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, D.C.

• The Report

• Long Shot

Multiple nominations and wins

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations	Film
10	Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
9	The Irishman
7	Little Women
	Parasite
6	1917
5	Jojo Rabbit
	Marriage Story
4	Toy Story 4
	Us
2	A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood
	Joker
	Knives Out

The following films received multiple awards:

Wins	Film
3	Parasite
2	Marriage Story
	Toy Story 4
	Us

External links

• The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

Notes and References

1. Web site: The 2019 WAFCA Awards . December 8, 2019 . . December 8, 2019.