The Washington DC Area Film Critics Association became another critics group that has given Parasite a continued boost in the awards season race. The WAFCA named the critically acclaimed film Best Film of the year as well as Best Foreign Language film along with a Best Director win for Bong Joon-Ho.
It was a bit of business as usual with some of the acting categories with Adam Driver winning Best Actor for Marriage Story & Brad Pitt claiming Best Supporting Actor for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Jennifer Lopez is still a part of the conversation with a Best Supporting Actress win for her role in Hustlers.
Is Lupita Nyong’o about to get a Best Actress nomination at the Oscars? Critics do tend to vote differently than The Academy but given that Jordan Peele’s, Us was released in March and Nyong’o is still very much in this race, shows that she has a fighting chance. The actress pick up a Best Actress win from the WAFCA for her role in the film.
Check out the full list of winners below (winners are in bold):
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; Inspired by the Article “Can You Say … Hero?” by Tom Junod (A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood)
- Taika Waititi; Based on the Book “Caging Skies” by Christine Leunens (Jojo Rabbit)
- Todd Phillips & Scott Silver (Joker)
- Greta Gerwig; Based on the Novel by Louisa May Alcott (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
- Production Designer: Dennis Gassner; Set Decorator: Lee Sandales (1917)
- Production Designer: Ra Vincent; Set Decorator: Nora Sopková (Jojo Rabbit)
- Production Designer: Jess Gonchor; Set Decorator: Claire Kaufman (Little Women)
- Production Designer: Barbara Ling; Set Decorator: Nancy Haigh (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
- Production Designer: Lee Ha-jun (Parasite)
Best Cinematography
- Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC (1917)
- Rodrigo Prieto, ASC, AMC (The Irishman)
- Jarin Blaschke (The Lighthouse)
- Robert Richardson, ASC (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood)
- Drew Daniels (Waves)
Best Editing
- Lee Smith, ACE (1917)
- Michael McCusker, ACE and Andrew Buckland (Ford v Ferrari)
- Thelma Schoonmaker, ACE (The Irishman)
- Fred Raskin, ACE (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
