The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association, or WAFCA, announced the nominations for the best of 2019 in film. Award winners will be announced on Sunday 8th December 2019. Tomorrow. Here are the nominees:
Best Film
- 1917
- The Irishman
- Marriage Story
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Parasite
Best Director
- Greta Gerwig (Little Women)
- Bong Joon-ho (Parasite)
- Sam Mendes (1917)
- Martin Scorsese (The Irishman)
- Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
Best Actor
- Robert De Niro (The Irishman)
- Leonardo DiCaprio (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
- Adam Driver (Marriage Story)
- Joaquin Phoenix (Joker)
- Adam Sandler (Uncut Gems)
Best Actress
- Awkwafina (The Farewell)
- Scarlett Johansson (Marriage Story)
- Lupita Nyong’o (Us)
- Saoirse Ronan (Little Women)
- Renée Zellweger (Judy)
Best Supporting Actor
- 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)
- Brad Pitt (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
Best Supporting Actress
- Laura Dern (Marriage Story)
- Scarlett Johansson (Jojo Rabbit)
- Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers)
- Florence Pugh (Little Women)
- Zhao Shuzhen (The Farewell)
Best Acting Ensemble
- The Irishman
- Knives Out
- Little Women
- Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
- Parasite
Best Youth Performance
- Julia Butters (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
- Roman Griffin Davis (Jojo Rabbit)
- Shahadi Wright Joseph (Us)
- Noah Jupe (Honey Boy)
- Thomasin McKenzie (Jojo Rabbit)
Best Voice Performance
- Kristen Bell (Frozen II)
- Billy Eichner (The Lion King)
- Tony Hale (Toy Story 4)
- Tom Hanks (Toy Story 4)
- Annie Potts (Toy Story 4)
Best Motion Capture Performance
- Josh Brolin (Avengers: Endgame)
- Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel)
Best Original Screenplay
- Rian Johnson (Knives Out)
- Noah Baumbach (Marriage Story)
- Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
- Bong Joon-ho and Han Jin-won (Parasite)
- Jordan Peele (Us)
Best Adapted Screenplay
- Micah Fitzerman-Blue & Noah Harpster (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood)
- Taika Waititi (Jojo Rabbit)
- Todd Phillips & Scott Silver (Joker)
- Greta Gerwig (Little Women)
- Steven Zaillian (The Irishman)
Best Animated Feature
- Frozen II
- How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
- Klaus
- Missing Link
- Toy Story 4
Best Documentary
- American Factory
- Apollo 11
- For Sama
- Honeyland
- One Child Nation
Best Foreign Language Film
- Atlantics
- Monos
- Pain and Glory
- Parasite
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire
Best Production Design
- Dennis Gassner; Lee Sandales (1917)
- Ra Vincent; Nora Sopková (Jojo Rabbit)
- Jess Gonchor; Claire Kaufman (Little Women)
- Barbara Ling; Nancy Haigh (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
- Lee Ha-jun (Parasite)
Best Cinematography
- Roger Deakins (1917)
- Rodrigo Prieto (The Irishman)
- Jarin Blaschke (The Lighthouse)
- Robert Richardson (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
- Drew Daniels (Waves)
Best Editing
- Lee Smith (1917)
- Michael McCusker, Andrew Buckland (Ford v Ferrari)
- Thelma Schoonmaker (The Irishman)
- Fred Raskin (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
- Yang Jin-mo (Parasite)
Best Original Score
- Thomas Newman (1917)
- Hildur Guðnadóttir (Joker)
- Alexandre Desplat (Little Women)
- Randy Newman (Marriage Story)
- Michael Abels (Us)
The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC:
- Long Shot
- The Report
