Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2005

4th WAFCA Awards

December 12, 2005

----Best Film:
Munich

The 4th Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards, honoring the best in filmmaking in 2005, were given on 12 December, 2005.

Winners

*Best Actor:
**Philip Seymour Hoffman - "Capote"
*Best Actress:
**Reese Witherspoon - "Walk the Line"
*Best Animated Feature:
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*Best Art Direction:
**""
*Best Breakthrough Performance:
**Terrence Howard - "Hustle & Flow
*Best Cast:
**"Crash"
*Best Director:
**Steven Spielberg - "Munich"
*Best Documentary Feature:
**""
*Best Film:
**"Munich"
*Best Foreign Language Film:
**"Kung fu (Kung Fu Hustle), China/Hong Kong
*Best Screenplay - Adapted:
**"Capote" - Dan Futterman
*Best Screenplay - Original:
**"Crash" - Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco
*Best Supporting Actor:
**Paul Giamatti - "Cinderella Man"
*Best Supporting Actress:
**Amy Adams - "Junebug"

Nominees

*Best Actor:
**Terrence Howard - "Hustle & Flow"
**Heath Ledger - "Brokeback Mountain"
**Joaquin Phoenix - "Walk the Line"
**David Strathairn - "Good Night, and Good Luck."
*Best Actress:
**Joan Allen - "The Upside of Anger"
**Felicity Huffman - "Transamerica"
**Keira Knightley - "Pride and Prejudice"
**Charlize Theron - "North Country"
*Best Animated Feature:
**"Chicken Little"
**"Corpse Bride"
**"Madagascar"
**"Robots"
*Best Cast:
**"Good Night, and Good Luck."
**"Pride and Prejudice"
**"Rent"
**"Sin City"
*Best Director:
**George Clooney - "Good Night, and Good Luck."
**Ang Lee - "Brokeback Mountain"
**Ron Howard - "Cinderella Man"
**Fernando Meirelles - "The Constant Gardener"
*Best Documentary Feature:
**"Grizzly Man"
**"Mad Hot Ballroom"
**"La marche de l'empereur (March of the Penguins)"
**"Murderball"
*Best Film:
**"Brokeback Mountain"
**"Capote"
**"Crash"
**"Good Night, and Good Luck."
*Best Foreign Language Film:
**"Paradise Now", Palestine Authority
**"Lakposhtha hâm parvaz mikonand (Turtles Can Fly)", Iran/France/Iraq
**"Schultze Gets the Blues", Germany
**"Voces inocentes (Innocent Voices)", Mexico/USA/Puerto Rico
*Best Screenplay - Adapted:
**"Brokeback Mountain" - Larry McMurty and Diana Ossana
**"Memoirs of a Geisha" - Arthur Golden, Robin Swicord and Doug Wright
**"Munich" - Tony Kushner
**"Pride and Prejudice" - Deborah Moggach
*Best Screenplay - Original:
**"Good Night, and Good Luck." - George Clooney and Grant Heslov
**"Hustle & Flow" - Craig Brewer
**"Junebug" - Angus MacLachlan
**"The Squid and the Whale" - Noah Baumbach
*Best Supporting Actor:
**Matt Dillon - "Crash"
**Terrence Howard - "Crash"
**Geoffrey Rush - "Munich"
**Peter Sarsgaard - "Jarhead"
*Best Supporting Actress:
**Catherine Keener - "Capote"
**Michelle Williams - "Brokeback Mountain"
**Brenda Blethyn - "Pride and Prejudice"
**Taraji P. Henson - "Hustle & Flow"

BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE: : Terrence Howard - "Hustle & Flow" :Amy Adams - "Junebug:Q'Orianka Kilcher - "The New World:Taryn Manning - "Hustle & Flow:Aishwarya Rai - "Bride and Prejudice

BEST ART DIRECTION::"Charlie and the Chocolate Factory:"Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire:"Memoirs of a Geisha:": ' "'