Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Award Nominees

The Winners will be announced Monday, December 8th.

Best Film
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Boyhood
Gone Girl
Selma
Whiplash

Best Director
Damien Chazelle (Whiplash)
Ava DuVernay (Selma)
David Fincher (Gone Girl)
Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance))
Richard Linklater (Boyhood)

Best Actor
Benedict Cumberbatch (The Imitation Game)
Oscar Isaac (A Most Violent Year)
Michael Keaton (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance))
David Oyelowo (Selma)
Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything)

Best Actress
Scarlett Johansson (Under the Skin)
Felicity Jones (The Theory of Everything)
Julianne Moore (Still Alice)
Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl)
Reese Witherspoon (Wild)

Best Supporting Actor
Ethan Hawke (Boyhood)
Edward Norton (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance))
Mark Ruffalo (Foxcatcher)
Andy Serkis (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes)
J.K. Simmons (Whiplash)

Best Supporting Actress
Patricia Arquette (Boyhood)
Jessica Chastain (A Most Violent Year)
Laura Dern (Wild)
Emma Stone (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance))
Tilda Swinton (Snowpiercer)

Best Acting Ensemble
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance)
Boyhood
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Into the Woods
Selma

Best Youth Performance
Ellar Coltrane (Boyhood)
Mackenzie Foy (Interstellar)
Jaeden Lieberher (St. Vincent)
Tony Revolori (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Noah Wiseman (The Babadook)

Best Adapted Screenplay
Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl)
Graham Moore (The Imitation Game)
Paul Thomas Anderson (Inherent Vice)
Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything)
Nick Hornby (Wild)

Best Original Screenplay
Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr., Armando Bo (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance))
Richard Linklater (Boyhood)
Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel)
Phil Lord & Christopher Miller (The LEGO Movie)
Damien Chazelle (Whiplash)

Best Animated Feature

Big Hero 6

The Book of Life

The Boxtrolls

How to Train Your Dragon 2

The LEGO Movie

Best Documentary

Citizenfour

Jodorowsky's Dune

Last Days in Vietnam

Life Itself

The Overnighters

Best Foreign Language Film

Force Majeure

Ida

Mommy

Two Days, One Night

Wild Tales

Best Art Direction

Production Designer: Kevin Thompson, Set Decorator: George DeTitta Jr., SDSA (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance))

Production Designer: Adam Stockhausen, Set Decorator: Anna Pinnock (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Production Designer: Nathan Crowley, Set Decorator: Gary Fettis (Interstellar)

Production Designer: Dennis Gassner, Set Decorator: Anna Pinnock (Into the Woods)

Production Designer: Ondrej Nekvasil, Set Decorator: Beatrice Brentnerova (Snowpiercer)

Best Cinematography

Emmanuel Lubezki, ASC, AMC (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance))

Robert Yeoman, ASC (The Grand Budapest Hotel)

Hoyte Van Hoytema, FSF, NSC (Interstellar)

Roger Deakins, ASC, BSC (Unbroken)

Daniel Landin, BSC (Under the Skin)

Best Editing

Douglas Crise, Stephen Mirrione, ACE (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance))

Sandra Adair, ACE (Boyhood)

Kirk Baxter, ACE (Gone Girl)

Lee Smith, ACE (Interstellar)

Tom Cross (Whiplash)

Best Original Score

Antonio Sanchez (Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance))

Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (Gone Girl)

Hans Zimmer (Interstellar)

Jóhann Jóhannsson (The Theory of Everything)

Mica Levi (Under the Skin)

The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC

Anita

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Kill the Messenger

Selma

X-Men: Days of Future Past