The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) is a group of film critics based in Washington, D.C., and founded in 2002. WAFCA is composed of nearly 50 D.C.-based film critics from internet,

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, radio, and television. Annually, the group gives awards to the best in film as selected by its members by vote.

Ceremonies

2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ...

2003 File:2003 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The crew of STS-107 perished when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated during reentry into Earth's atmosphere; SARS became an epidemic in China, and was a precursor to SARS-CoV-2; A des ...

2004 2004 was designated as an International Year of Rice by the United Nations, and the International Year to Commemorate the Struggle Against Slavery and its Abolition (by UNESCO). Events January * January 3 – Flash Airlines Flight 6 ...

2005 File:2005 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf of Mexico; the Funeral of Pope John Paul II is held in Vatican City; "Me at the zoo", the first video ever to be uploaded to YouTube; Eris was discovered in ...

2006 File:2006 Events Collage V1.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2006 Winter Olympics open in Turin; Twitter is founded and launched by Jack Dorsey; The Nintendo Wii is released; Montenegro 2006 Montenegrin independence referendum, votes to declare ...

2007 File:2007 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Steve Jobs unveils Apple's first iPhone; TAM Airlines Flight 3054 overruns a runway and crashes into a gas station, killing almost 200 people; Former Pakistani Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pr ...

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

2014 File:2014 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Stocking up supplies and personal protective equipment (PPE) for the Western African Ebola virus epidemic; Citizens examining the ruins after the Chibok schoolgirls kidnapping; Bundles of wat ...

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the United ...

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global Social impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, social and Economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, COVID- ...

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ...

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

Awards breakdown

Films with two or more

;7 * '' La La Land'' (2016) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Score ;6 * ''

12 Years a Slave ''Twelve Years a Slave'' is an 1853 memoir and slave narrative by American Solomon Northup as told to and written by David Wilson. Northup, a black man who was born free in New York state, details himself being tricked to go to Washington, D.C., ...

'' (2013) – Best Film, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Ensemble, Best Score * ''

Nomadland ''Nomadland'' is a 2020 American drama film written, produced, edited and directed by Chloé Zhao. Based on the 2017 nonfiction book '' Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century'' by Jessica Bruder, it stars Frances McDormand ...

'' (2020) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing ;5 * '' Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)'' (2014) – Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble, Best Cinematography, Best Editing ;4 * '' Boyhood'' (2014) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actress, Best Youth Performance * ''

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind ''Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind'' (also simply known as ''Eternal Sunshine'') is a 2004 American romantic science fiction drama film written by Charlie Kaufman, directed by Michel Gondry, and starring Jim Carrey and Kate Winslet. P ...

'' (2004) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble * '' Inception'' (2010) – Best Original Screenplay, Best Art Direction, Best Cinematography, Best Score * '' No Country for Old Men'' (2007) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Ensemble * ''

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'' (2018) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Cinematography, Best Foreign Language Film * '' Slumdog Millionaire'' (2008) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Breakthrough Performance ;3 * '' Parasite'' - Best Film, Best Director, Best Foreign Language Film * '' The Social Network'' (2010) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay * '' Up in the Air'' (2009) – Best Film, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay * '' Zero Dark Thirty'' (2012) – Best Film, Best Director, Best Actress ;2 * ''

21 Grams ''21 Grams'' is a 2003 American psychological drama film directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu from a screenplay by Guillermo Arriaga. The film stars Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Danny Huston and Benicio Del Toro. The seco ...

'' (2003) – Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor * '' The Artist'' (2011) – Best Film, Best Score * '' Capote'' (2005) – Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay * '' Crash'' (2005) – Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble * '' Doubt'' (2008) – Best Actress, Best Ensemble * '' Dreamgirls'' (2006) – Best Supporting Actress, Best Breakthrough Performance * '' The Fighter'' (2010) – Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress * ''

The Hurt Locker ''The Hurt Locker'' is a 2008 American war thriller film directed by Kathryn Bigelow and written by Mark Boal. It stars Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie, Brian Geraghty, Christian Camargo, Ralph Fiennes, David Morse, and Guy Pearce. The film follo ...

'' (2009) – Best Director, Best Ensemble * ''

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'' (2011) – Best Director, Best Art Direction * '' Inglourious Basterds'' (2009) – Best Supporting Actor, Best Original Screenplay * '' Les Misérables'' (2012) – Best Supporting Actress, Best Ensemble * ''

Little Miss Sunshine ''Little Miss Sunshine'' is a 2006 American tragicomedy road film and the feature film directorial debut of the husband–wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The screenplay was written by first-time writer Michael Arndt. The film sta ...

'' (2006) – Best Original Screenplay, Best Ensemble * '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (2003) – Best Film, Best Director * '' Lost in Translation'' (2003) – Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay * '' Minari'' (2020) – Best Supporting Actress, Best Youth Performance * '' Munich'' (2005) – Best Film, Best Director * '' Precious'' (2009) – Best Supporting Actress, Best Breakthrough Performance * '' The Revenant'' (2015) – Best Actor, Best Cinematography'Spotlight' Named Top Film by D.C.-Area Film Critics, Hollwood Reporter
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People with two or more

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– Best Actor: ''

Michael Clayton ''Michael Clayton'' is a 2007 American legal thriller film written and directed by Tony Gilroy in his feature directorial debut and starring George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, and Sydney Pollack. Clooney plays lawyer Michael Clayton, w ...

'' (2007), '' Up in the Air'' (2009), and '' The Descendants'' (2011) * Frances McDormand – Best Actress:''

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri ''Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri'' is a 2017 crime drama film written, directed, and co-produced by Martin McDonagh and starring Frances McDormand as a Missouri woman who rents three roadside billboards to draw attention to her daugh ...

'' (2018),

(2021) and Best Ensemble: ''

'' (2018) ;2 * Amy Adams – Best Supporting Actress: '' Junebug'' (2005); Best Ensemble: '' Doubt'' (2008) * Javier Bardem – Best Supporting Actor & Best Ensemble: '' No Country for Old Men'' (2007) * Jamie Foxx – Best Actor: ''

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'' (2004); Best Supporting Actor: ''

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'' (2004) * Anne Hathaway – Best Supporting Actress & Best Ensemble: '' Les Misérables'' (2012) * Terrence Howard – Best Breakthrough Performance: '' Hustle & Flow'' (2005); Best Ensemble: '' Crash'' (2005) * Jennifer Hudson – Best Breakthrough Performance & Best Supporting Actress: '' Dreamgirls'' (2006) * Carey Mulligan – Best Actress: '' An Education'' (2009); Best Ensemble: ''

Pride & Prejudice ''Pride and Prejudice'' is an 1813 novel of manners by Jane Austen. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, the dynamic protagonist of the book who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgments and comes to appreci ...

'' (2005) *

Jason Reitman Jason R. Reitman (; born October 19, 1977) is a Canadian-American actor and filmmaker, best known for directing the films ''Thank You for Smoking'' (2005), ''Juno'' (2007), '' Up in the Air'' (2009), ''Young Adult'' (2011), and '' Ghostbusters: ...

– Best Adapted Screenplay: '' Thank You for Smoking'' (2006) & '' Up in the Air'' (2009) * Aaron Sorkin – Best Adapted Screenplay: '' Charlie Wilson's War'' (2007) & '' The Social Network'' (2010) * Meryl Streep – Best Actress & Best Ensemble: '' Doubt'' (2008)

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