The 21st Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards were announced on December 12, 2022. The nominations were announced on December 10, 2022.

Everything Everywhere All at Once and The Fabelmans led the nominations with eleven each, followed by The Banshees of Inisherin with eight.

Winners and nominees

Best Film Best DirectorEverything Everywhere All at Once The Banshees of Inisherin The Fabelmans Tár Top Gun: MaverickDaniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert – Everything Everywhere All at Once Todd Field – Tár Martin McDonagh – The Banshees of Inisherin Sarah Polley – Women Talking Steven Spielberg – The Fabelmans Best Actor Best ActressColin Farrell – The Banshees of Inisherin as Pádraic Súilleabháin Austin Butler – Elvis as Elvis Presley Tom Cruise – Top Gun: Maverick as Captain Pete "Maverick" Mitchell Brendan Fraser – The Whale as Charlie Paul Mescal – Aftersun as Calum PatersonCate Blanchett – Tár as Lydia Tár Viola Davis – The Woman King as General Nanisca Danielle Deadwyler – Till as Mamie Till-Mobley Michelle Williams – The Fabelmans as Mitzi Fabelman Michelle Yeoh – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Evelyn Quan Wang Best Supporting Actor Best Supporting ActressKe Huy Quan – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Waymond Wang Paul Dano – The Fabelmans as Burt Fabelman Brendan Gleeson – The Banshees of Inisherin as Colm Doherty Barry Keoghan – The Banshees of Inisherin as Dominic Kearney Ben Whishaw – Women Talking as AugustKerry Condon – The Banshees of Inisherin as Siobhán Súilleabháin Angela Bassett – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever as Queen Ramonda Jamie Lee Curtis – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Deirdre Beaubeirdre Stephanie Hsu – Everything Everywhere All at Once as Joy Wang / Jobu Tupaki Janelle Monáe – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Helen Brand / Cassandra "Andi" Brand Best Original Screenplay Best Adapted ScreenplayEverything Everywhere All at Once – Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert The Banshees of Inisherin – Martin McDonagh The Fabelmans – Steven Spielberg and Tony Kushner Nope – Jordan Peele Tár – Todd Field | valign="top" |Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Rian Johnson Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio – Patrick McHale and Guillermo del Toro She Said – Rebecca Lenkiewicz The Whale – Samuel D. Hunter Women Talking – Sarah Polley |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%"| Best Animated Feature ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%"| Best Documentary |- | valign="top" |Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Apollo 10 1⁄2: A Space Age Childhood Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Turning Red Wendell & WildGood Night Oppy All That Breathes All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Descendant Fire of Love Best International/Foreign Language Film Best CinematographyDecision to Leave All Quiet on the Western Front Close EO RRRTop Gun: Maverick – Claudio Miranda Empire of Light – Roger Deakins Everything Everywhere All at Once – Larkin Seiple The Fabelmans – Janusz Kamiński Nope – Hoyte van Hoytema |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%"| Best Editing ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%"| Best Original Score |- | valign="top" |Top Gun: Maverick – Eddie Hamilton Elvis – Matt Villa and Jonathan Redmond Everything Everywhere All at Once – Paul Rogers The Fabelmans – Michael Kahn and Sarah Broshar Tár – Monika Willi | valign="top" |The Batman – Michael Giacchino The Fabelmans – John Williams Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio – Alexandre Desplat Tár – Hildur Guðnadóttir Women Talking – Hildur Guðnadóttir |- ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%"| Best Production Design ! style="background:#EEDD82; width=50%"| Best Acting Ensemble |- | valign="top" |Black Panther: Wakanda Forever – Hannah Beachler (production designer); Lisa Sessions Morgan (set decorator) Elvis – Catherine Martin and Karen Murphy (production designers); Bev Dunn (set decorator) Everything Everywhere All at Once – Jason Kisvarday (production designer); Kelsi Ephraim (set decorator) The Fabelmans – Rick Carter (production designer); Karen O'Hara (set decorator) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery – Rick Heinrichs (production designer); Elli Griff (set decorator) | valign="top" |Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery The Banshees of Inisherin Everything Everywhere All at Once The Fabelmans Women Talking Best Youth Performance Best Voice PerformanceGabriel LaBelle – The Fabelmans as Sammy Fabelman Frankie Corio – Aftersun as Sophie Paterson Jalyn Hall – Till as Emmett Till Banks Repeta – Armageddon Time as Paul Graff Sadie Sink – The Whale as EllieJenny Slate – Marcel the Shell with Shoes On as Marcel Rosalie Chiang – Turning Red as Meilin "Mei" Lee Gregory Mann – Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as Pinocchio Ewan McGregor – Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio as Sebastian J. Cricket Sandra Oh – Turning Red as Ming Lee Best Motion Capture PerformanceZoe Saldaña – Avatar: The Way of Water as Neytiri Sigourney Weaver – Avatar: The Way of Water as Kiri Sam Worthington – Avatar: The Way of Water as Jake Sully

Multiple nominations and wins

The following films received multiple nominations:

Nominations Film 11 Everything Everywhere All at Once The Fabelmans 8 The Banshees of Inisherin 6 Tár 5 Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio Women Talking 4 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Top Gun: Maverick 3 Avatar: The Way of Water Elvis Turning Red The Whale 2 Aftersun Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Marcel the Shell with Shoes On Nope Till

The following films received multiple awards:

Wins Film 4 Everything Everywhere All at Once 2 The Banshees of Inisherin Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery Top Gun: Maverick

References

External links The Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association