Washington, D.C. — "Parasite" triumphed with three wins when The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) announced their top honorees for 2019 this evening. A darkly comedic South Korean thriller of class warfare from filmmaker Bong Joon-ho, "Parasite" won Best Film and Best Director, as well as Best Foreign Language Film.

WAFCA awarded Best Actor to Adam Driver for his poignant turn as a father navigating the tricky, often painful complexities of divorce in Noah Baumbach's "Marriage Story," while Best Actress went to Lupita Nyong'o for her gripping dual roles in Jordan Peele's socially relevant horror film "Us." Best Supporting Actor was awarded to Brad Pitt for his magnetic performance as a dedicated stuntman living in 1969 Los Angeles in Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood." Best Supporting Actress went to Jennifer Lopez, a compelling standout as a seasoned stripper in Lorene Scafaria's "Hustlers."

Best Acting Ensemble accolades were awarded to Rian Johnson's sharply written murder-mystery "Knives Out," co-starring Ana de Armas, Toni Collette, Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, Don Johnson, Katherine Langford, Jaeden Martell, Christopher Plummer and Michael Shannon.

Best Original Screenplay honors went to Noah Baumbach for his deeply human "Marriage Story," while Best Adapted Screenplay was awarded to Greta Gerwig for her freshly envisioned adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's "Little Women."

Josh Cooley's "Toy Story 4" earned Best Animated Feature honors, while Tony Hale's irresistible work as a plastic spork named Forky won Best Voice Performance. For the second consecutive year, Josh Brolin claimed the award for Best Motion Capture Performance for his intense turn as villain Thanos in "Avengers: Endgame," following last year's "Avengers: Infinity War." Roman Griffin Davis clinched the Best Youth Performance category for his sensitive and endearing work as a young boy growing up in Nazi Germany in Taika Waititi's satire "Jojo Rabbit."

Best Documentary kudos went to "Apollo 11," Todd Douglas Miller's mesmerizing look at the fateful 1969 spaceflight wherein the first men walked on the moon. The picture is compiled solely from archival footage, including never-before-seen 70 mm film.

In technical categories, Best Production Design went to the immersive, Manson-era "Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood," Best Editing was awarded to car-racing drama "Ford v Ferrari," Best Original Score was given to "Us," and Best Cinematography went to riveting WWI drama "1917," told entirely through elaborately orchestrated camera movements and impressive long takes.

The Joe Barber Award for Best Portrayal of Washington, DC, given each year in honor of one of WAFCA's cherished late members, went to Scott Z. Burns' "The Report."

The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association comprises 64 DC-VA-MD-based film critics from television, radio, print and the Internet. Voting was conducted from December 6-December 8, 2019.