2019 WAFCA Award Winners

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

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
  • How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
  • 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 – Avengers: Endgame
  • Rosa Salazar – Alita: Battle Angel

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

  • The Report
  • Long Shot