Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Awards 2005

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

Winners and nominees

Best Film

Munich

• Brokeback Mountain
• Capote
• Crash
• Good Night, and Good Luck.

Best Director

Steven Spielberg – Munich

• George Clooney – Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Ron Howard – Cinderella Man
• Ang Lee – Brokeback Mountain
• Fernando Meirelles – The Constant Gardener

Best Actor

Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote

• Terrence Howard – Hustle & Flow
• Heath Ledger – Brokeback Mountain
• Joaquin Phoenix – Walk the Line
• David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck.

Best Actress

Reese Witherspoon – Walk the Line

• Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger
• Felicity Huffman – Transamerica
• Keira Knightley – Pride & Prejudice
• Charlize Theron – North Country

Best Supporting Actor

Paul Giamatti – Cinderella Man

• Matt Dillon – Crash
• Terrence Howard – Crash
• Geoffrey Rush – Munich
• Peter Sarsgaard – Jarhead

Best Supporting Actress

Amy Adams – Junebug

• Brenda Blethyn – Pride & Prejudice
• Taraji P. Henson – Hustle & Flow
• Catherine Keener – Capote
• Michelle Williams – Brokeback Mountain

Best Original Screenplay

Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco – Crash

• George Clooney and Grant Heslov – Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Craig Brewer – Hustle & Flow
• Angus MacLachlan – Junebug
• Noah Baumbach – The Squid and the Whale

Best Adapted Screenplay

Dan Futterman – Capote

• Larry McMurty and Diana Ossana – Brokeback Mountain
• Arthur Golden, Robin Swicord, and Doug Wright – Memoirs of a Geisha
• Tony Kushner – Munich
• Deborah Moggach – Pride & Prejudice

Best Foreign Language Film

Kung Fu Hustle

• Innocent Voices
• Paradise Now
• Schultze Gets the Blues
• Turtles Can Fly

Best Animated Feature

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• Chicken Little
• Corpse Bride
• Madagascar
• Robots

Best Documentary

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• Grizzly Man
• Mad Hot Ballroom
• March of the Penguins
• Murderball

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 Ensemble

Crash

• Good Night, and Good Luck.
• Pride & Prejudice
• Rent
• Sin City

Best Art Direction

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• Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
• Memoirs of a Geisha
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References

External links

• 2005 WAFCA Awards
• 2005 WAFCA Awards at IMDb.com
• 2005 WAFCA Awards at moviecitynews.com