2018 WAFCA Award Winners

The 17th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 3, 2018.

Best Film

  • Roma
  • The Favourite
  • Green Book
  • If Beale Street Could Talk
  • A Star Is Born

Best Director

  • Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
  • Ryan Coogler – Black Panther
  • Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
  • Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
  • Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite

Best Actor

  • Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
  • Christian Bale – Vice
  • Ethan Hawke – First Reformed
  • Rami Malek – Bohemian Rhapsody
  • Viggo Mortensen – Green Book

Best Actress

  • Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born
  • Glenn Close – The Wife
  • Toni Collette – Hereditary
  • Olivia Colman – The Favourite
  • Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Supporting Actor

  • Mahershala Ali – Green Book
  • Timothée Chalamet – Beautiful Boy
  • Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born
  • Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  • Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther

Best Supporting Actress

  • Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk
  • Cynthia Erivo – Bad Times at the El Royale
  • Nicole Kidman – Boy Erased
  • Emma Stone – The Favourite
  • Rachel Weisz – The Favourite

Best Adapted Screenplay

  • Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
  • Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole – Black Panther
  • Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, and Eric Roth – A Star Is Born
  • Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
  • Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, and Kevin Willmott – BlacKkKlansman

Best Original Screenplay

  • Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite
  • Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
  • Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
  • Paul Schrader – First Reformed
  • Nick Vallelonga, Peter Farrelly, and Brian Hayes Currie – Green Book

Best Ensemble

  • The Favourite
  • Black Panther
  • If Beale Street Could Talk
  • Vice
  • Widows

Best Animated Feature

  • Isle of Dogs
  • Incredibles 2
  • Mirai
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  • The Grinch
  • Early Man

Best Documentary Film

  • Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
  • Free Solo
  • RBG
  • Science Fair
  • Three Identical Strangers

Best Foreign Language Film

  • Roma • Mexico
  • Burning • South Korea
  • Capernaum • Lebanon
  • Cold War • Poland
  • Shoplifters • Japan

Best Cinematography

  • Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
  • James Laxton – If Beale Street Could Talk
  • Matthew Libatique – A Star Is Born
  • Robbie Ryan – The Favourite
  • Linus Sandgren – First Man

Best Editing

  • Tom Cross – First Man
  • Jay Cassidy – A Star Is Born
  • Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough – Roma
  • Yorgos Mavropsaridis – The Favourite
  • Joe Walker – Widows

Best Original Score

  • Nicholas Britell – If Beale Street Could Talk
  • Ludwig Göransson – Black Panther
  • Justin Hurwitz – First Man
  • Thom Yorke – Suspiria
  • Hans Zimmer – Widows

Best Production Design

  • Hannah Beachler (production design) and Jay Hart (set decoration) – Black Panther
  • Eugenio Caballero (production design) and Bárbara Enríquez (set decoration) – Roma
  • Fiona Crombie (production design) and Alice Felton (set decoration) – The Favourite
  • Nathan Crowley (production design) and Kathy Lucas (set decoration) – First Man
  • John Myhre (production design) and Gordon Sim (set decoration) – Mary Poppins Returns

Best Youth Performance

  • Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade
  • Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie – Leave No Trace
  • Milly Shapiro – Hereditary
  • Millicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place
  • Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give

Best Animated Voice Performance

  • Bryan Cranston – Isle of Dogs
  • Holly Hunter – Incredibles 2
  • Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
  • Sarah Silverman – Ralph Breaks the Internet
  • Ben Whishaw – Paddington 2

Best Motion Capture Performance

  • Josh Brolin – Avengers: Infinity War
  • Tye Sheridan – Ready Player One
  • Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Solo: A Star Wars Story

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

  • Vice
  • The Front Runner
  • RBG