Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2018

17th WAFCA Awards
17th WAFCA Awards
Date	December 3, 2018
Highlights
Best Film	Roma
Best Director	Alfonso Cuarón for Roma
Best Actor	Bradley Cooper
Best Actress	Lady Gaga
	← 2017; WAFCA Awards; 2019 →;

The 17th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 3, 2018.^[1]^[2]

Winners and nominees

Sources: ^[3]^[4]^[5]

Best Film

Roma

Best Director

Alfonso Cuarón – Roma

Ryan Coogler – Black Panther
Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born
Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
Yorgos Lanthimos – The Favourite

Best Actor

Bradley Cooper – A Star Is Born

Best Actress

Lady Gaga – A Star Is Born

Glenn Close – The Wife
Toni Collette – Hereditary
Olivia Colman – The Favourite
Melissa McCarthy – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Best Supporting Actor

Mahershala Ali – Green Book

Timothée Chalamet – Beautiful Boy
Sam Elliott – A Star Is Born
Richard E. Grant – Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther

Best Supporting Actress

Regina King – If Beale Street Could Talk

Cynthia Erivo – Bad Times at the El Royale
Nicole Kidman – Boy Erased
Emma Stone – The Favourite
Rachel Weisz – The Favourite

Best Adapted Screenplay

Nicole Holofcener and Jeff Whitty – Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Ryan Coogler and Joe Robert Cole – Black Panther
Bradley Cooper, Will Fetters, and Eric Roth – A Star Is Born
Barry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk
Spike Lee, David Rabinowitz, Charlie Wachtel, and Kevin Willmott – BlacKkKlansman

Best Original Screenplay

Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara – The Favourite

Bo Burnham – Eighth Grade
Alfonso Cuarón – Roma
Paul Schrader – First Reformed
Nick Vallelonga, Peter Farrelly, and Brian Hayes Currie – Green Book

Best Ensemble

The Favourite

Best Animated Feature

Isle of Dogs

Best Documentary Film

Won't You Be My Neighbor?

Free Solo
RBG
Science Fair
Three Identical Strangers

Best Foreign Language Film

Roma • Mexico

Best Cinematography

Alfonso Cuarón – Roma

James Laxton – If Beale Street Could Talk
Matthew Libatique – A Star Is Born
Robbie Ryan – The Favourite
Linus Sandgren – First Man

Best Editing

Tom Cross – First Man

Jay Cassidy – A Star Is Born
Alfonso Cuarón and Adam Gough – Roma
Yorgos Mavropsaridis – The Favourite
Joe Walker – Widows

Best Original Score

Nicholas Britell – If Beale Street Could Talk

Best Production Design

Hannah Beachler (production design) and Jay Hart (set decoration) – Black Panther

Eugenio Caballero (production design) and Bárbara Enríquez (set decoration) – Roma
Fiona Crombie (production design) and Alice Felton (set decoration) – The Favourite
Nathan Crowley (production design) and Kathy Lucas (set decoration) – First Man
John Myhre (production design) and Gordon Sim (set decoration) – Mary Poppins Returns

Best Youth Performance

Elsie Fisher – Eighth Grade

Thomasin Harcourt McKenzie – Leave No Trace
Milly Shapiro – Hereditary
Millicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place
Amandla Stenberg – The Hate U Give

Best Animated Voice Performance

Bryan Cranston – Isle of Dogs

Holly Hunter – Incredibles 2
Shameik Moore – Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
Sarah Silverman – Ralph Breaks the Internet
Ben Whishaw – Paddington 2

Best Motion Capture Performance

Josh Brolin – Avengers: Infinity War

Tye Sheridan – Ready Player One
Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Solo: A Star Wars Story

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

Vice

The Front Runner
RBG

Multiple nominations and awards

These films had multiple nominations:

10 nominations: The Favourite
8 nominations: A Star Is Born
7 nominations: If Beale Street Could Talk and Roma
6 nominations: Black Panther
4 nominations: First Man and Green Book
3 nominations: Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Vice, and Widows
2 nominations: Eighth Grade, First Reformed, Hereditary, Incredibles 2, Isle of Dogs, Ralph Breaks the Internet, RBG, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

The following films received multiple awards:

4 wins: Roma
2 wins: The Favourite, If Beale Street Could Talk, Isle of Dogs, and A Star Is Born

References

^ Neglia, Matt (December 1, 2018). "The 2018 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Nominations". Next Best Picture. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
^ "The 2018 WAFCA Awards". Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. December 3, 2018. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
^ Anderson, Erik (December 5, 2018). "Washington DC critics go for 'ROMA,' Cooper and Gaga are Best Actor and Actress". AwardsWatch. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
^ Marr, Rhuaridh (December 3, 2018). ""Roma," "A Star Is Born" lead winners at DC Film Critics awards". Metro Weekly. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved October 7, 2023.
^ Pond, Steve (December 27, 2018). "Sorry, 'A Star Is Born' and 'Black Panther'! Netflix's 'Roma' Is Dominating 2018 Critics' Awards So Far". TheWrap. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

External links

The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association

[1] Neglia, Matt (December 1, 2018). "The 2018 Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Nominations". Next Best Picture. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

[2] "The 2018 WAFCA Awards". Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association. December 3, 2018. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

[3] Anderson, Erik (December 5, 2018). "Washington DC critics go for 'ROMA,' Cooper and Gaga are Best Actor and Actress". AwardsWatch. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

[4] Marr, Rhuaridh (December 3, 2018). ""Roma," "A Star Is Born" lead winners at DC Film Critics awards". Metro Weekly. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

[5] Pond, Steve (December 27, 2018). "Sorry, 'A Star Is Born' and 'Black Panther'! Netflix's 'Roma' Is Dominating 2018 Critics' Awards So Far". TheWrap. Archived from the original on October 7, 2023. Retrieved October 7, 2023.

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