# Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2024

The 23rd Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 8, 2024. The nominations were announced on December 7, 2024.
The Brutalist led the nominations with ten, followed by Conclave with nine and Wicked with eight. The categories of Best Stunts, which honors outstanding achievement of stunt coordinators and their teams, and Best Motion Capture were introduced, as well as the Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, D.C. being revived.

## Winners and nominees

| Best Film | Best Director |
| Wicked Anora The Brutalist Conclave Sing Sing | Brady Corbet – The Brutalist Sean Baker – Anora Edward Berger – Conclave Jon M. Chu – Wicked Denis Villeneuve – Dune: Part Two |
| Best Actor | Best Actress |
| Colman Domingo – Sing Sing as John "Divine G" Whitfield Adrien Brody – The Brutalist as László Tóth Timothée Chalamet – A Complete Unknown as Bob Dylan Daniel Craig – Queer as William Lee Ralph Fiennes – Conclave as Cardinal Thomas Lawrence | Mikey Madison – Anora as Anora "Ani" Mikheeva Cynthia Erivo – Wicked as Elphaba Thropp Karla Sofía Gascón – Emilia Pérez as Emilia Pérez / Juan "Manitas" Del Monte Marianne Jean-Baptiste – Hard Truths as Pansy Deacon Demi Moore – The Substance as Elisabeth Sparkle |
| Best Supporting Actor | Best Supporting Actress |
| Kieran Culkin – A Real Pain as Benji Kaplan Yura Borisov – Anora as Igor Clarence Maclin – Sing Sing as Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin Guy Pearce – The Brutalist as Harrison Lee Van Buren Sr. Denzel Washington – Gladiator II as Macrinus | Danielle Deadwyler – The Piano Lesson as Berniece Charles Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor – Nickel Boys as Hattie Ariana Grande – Wicked as Galinda Upland Isabella Rossellini – Conclave as Sister Agnes Zoe Saldaña – Emilia Pérez as Rita Mora Castro |
| Best Original Screenplay | Best Adapted Screenplay |
| A Real Pain – Jesse Eisenberg Anora – Sean Baker The Brutalist – Brady Corbet and Mona Fastvold Challengers – Justin Kuritzkes The Substance – Coralie Fargeat | Conclave – Peter Straughan Dune: Part Two – Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts Nickel Boys – RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes Sing Sing – Clint Bentley and Greg Kwedar Wicked – Winnie Holzman and Dana Fox |
| Best Animated Feature | Best Documentary |
| The Wild Robot Flow Inside Out 2 Memoir of a Snail Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl | Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story Dahomey Daughters Music by John Williams No Other Land Will & Harper |
| Best International Film | Best Cinematography |
| Emilia Pérez (France) Dahomey (Senegal) Flow (Latvia) I'm Still Here (Brazil) The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Germany) | Nosferatu – Jarin Blaschke The Brutalist – Lol Crawley Conclave – Stéphane Fontaine Dune: Part Two – Greig Fraser Nickel Boys – Jomo Fray |
| Best Editing | Best Original Score |
| Anora – Sean Baker (TIE) Dune: Part Two – Joe Walker (TIE) The Brutalist – Dávid Jancsó Conclave – Nick Emerson Wicked – Myron Kerstein | The Brutalist – Daniel Blumberg (TIE) Challengers – Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross (TIE) Blitz – Hans Zimmer Conclave – Volker Bertelmann Nosferatu – Robin Carolan The Wild Robot – Kris Bowers |
| Best Production Design | Best Acting Ensemble |
| Wicked – Nathan Crowley and Lee Sandales The Brutalist – Judy Becker Dune: Part Two – Patrice Vermette and Shane Vieau Gladiator II – Arthur Max Nosferatu – Craig Lathrop and Beatrice Brentnerová | Conclave Anora The Brutalist Dune: Part Two Sing Sing Wicked |
| Best Youth Performance | Best Voice Performance |
| Elliott Heffernan – Blitz as George Alyla Browne – Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga as Furiosa (young) Isabel DeRoy-Olson – Fancy Dance as Roki Ian Foreman – Exhibiting Forgiveness as Tarell (young) Izaac Wang – Dìdi as Chris "Dìdi" Wang Alisha Weir – Abigail as Abigail Zoe Ziegler – Janet Planet as Lacy | Lupita Nyong'o – The Wild Robot as Roz Auliʻi Cravalho – Moana 2 as Moana Maya Hawke – Inside Out 2 as Anxiety Brian Tyree Henry – Transformers One as D-16 / Megatron Amy Poehler – Inside Out 2 as Joy |
| Best Stunts | Best Motion Capture |
| The Fall Guy Deadpool & Wolverine Dune: Part Two Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga Gladiator II | Owen Teague – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as Noa Eka Darville – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as Sylva Jonno Davies – Better Man as Robbie Williams (young) Kevin Durand – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as Proximus Caesar Peter Macon – Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes as Raka |
| Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, D.C. ||
| Civil War Daughters Shirley Stopping the Steal ||

## Multiple nominations and wins

| Nominations | Film |
| 10 | The Brutalist |
| 9 | Conclave |
| 8 | Wicked |
| 7 | Anora |
| 7 | Dune: Part Two |
| 5 | Sing Sing |
| 4 | Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes |
| 3 | Emilia Pérez |
| 3 | Gladiator II |
| 3 | Inside Out 2 |
| 3 | Nickel Boys |
| 3 | Nosferatu |
| 3 | The Wild Robot |
| 2 | Blitz |
| 2 | Challengers |
| 2 | Dahomey |
| 2 | Daughters |
| 2 | Flow |
| 2 | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga |
| 2 | A Real Pain |
| 2 | The Substance |
| Wins | Film |
| 2 | Anora |
| 2 | The Brutalist |
| 2 | Conclave |
| 2 | A Real Pain |
| 2 | Wicked |
| 2 | The Wild Robot |