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12-11-2006, 06:53 AM
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2006 Movie Awards - critics
LA critics
source: http://www.lafca.net/Home/News/2006_...s_winners.html
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32nd Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards
Best Picture
"Letters from Iwo Jima"
Runner-up: "The Queen"
Best Director
Paul Greengrass ("United 93")
Runner-up: Clint Eastwood
("Flags of our Fathers",
"Letters from Iwo Jima")
Best Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen
("Borat")
Forest Whitaker
("The Last King of Scotland")
(TIED)
Best Actress
Helen Mirren ("The Queen")
Runner-up: Penelope Cruz ("Volver")
Best Supporting Actor
Michael Sheen ("The Queen")
Runner-up: Sergi López ("Pan's Labyrinth")
Best Supporting Actress
Luminita Gheorghiu
("The Death of Mr. Lazarescu")
Runner-up: Jennifer Hudson ("Dreamgirls")
Best Screenplay
"The Queen" (Peter Morgan)
Runner-up: "Little Miss Sunshine"
(Michael Arndt)
Best Cinematography
Emmanuel Lubezki
("Children of Men")
Runner-up: Tom Stern ("Flags of our Fathers" & "Letters from Iwo Jima")
Best Production Design
Eugenio Caballero ("Pan's Labyrinth")
Runner-up: Jim Clay, Veronica Falzon, & Geoffrey Kirkland
("Children of Men")
Best Music Score
Alexandre Desplat
("The Painted Veil" & "The Queen")
Runner-up: Thomas Newman
("The Good German" & "Little Children")
Best Foreign-Language Film
"The Lives of Others"
Directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck
Runner-up: "Volver"
Directed by Pedro Almodóvar
Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film
"An Inconvenient Truth"
Directed by Davis Guggenheim
Runner-up: "Darwin's Nightmare"
Directed by Herbert Sauper
Best Animation
"Happy Feet"
Directed by George Miller
Runner-up: "Cars"
Directed by John Lasseter & Joe Ranft
The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award
"Old Joy"
Directed by Kelly Reichardt
"In Between Days"
Directed by So Yong Kim
(TIED)
New Generation Award
Michael Arndt (screenwriter),
Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
(co-directors) -- "Little Miss Sunshine"
Career Achievement Award
Robert Mulligan (previously announced)
Special Citations
To Jean-Pierre Melville's 1969 film "Army of Shadows" upon the occasion of its long-overdue U.S. release.
To Jonas Mekas for his contributions to American film culture as a filmmaker, critic, and co-founder of Anthology Film Archives
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12-11-2006, 07:33 AM
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2006 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
2006 Boston Society of Film Critics Awards
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Boston Film Critics Awards
Best Picture
The Departed
Runner up: United 93
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Runner up: Paul Greengras, United 93
Best Actor
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
Runner up: Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Best Actress
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Runner up: Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Best Supporting Actor
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed
Runners up: (tie) Michael Sheen, The Queen; Alec Baldwin, The Departed/Running with Scissors/The Good Shepherd
Best Supporting Actress
Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson
Runner up: Meryl Streep, The Devil Wore Prada
Best Ensemble Cast
United 93
Runner up: The Departed
Best Screenplay
William Monahan, The Departed
Runner up: Peter Morgan, The Queen
Best Foreign Language Film
Pan's Labyrinth
Runner up: Volver
Best Documentary:
TIE: Deliver Us From Evil/Shut Up & Sing
Runner up: 51 Birch Street
Best New Filmmaker
Ryan Fleck, Half Nelson
Runners up: Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris, Little Miss Sunshine
Best Cinematography
Guillermo Navarro. Pan's Labyrinth
Runners up: (tie) Stuart Dryburgh, The Painted Veil; Xiaoding Zhao, Curse of the Golden Flower
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12-11-2006, 07:44 AM
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2006 Washington DC Area Film Critics Awards
2006 Washington DC Area Film Critics Awards
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Best Film
United 93
Best Actor
Forrest Whitaker, Last King of Scotland
Best Actress
Helen Mirren, The Queen
Best Supporting Actor
Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson, Best Supporting Actress
Best Director
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
Best Original Screenplay
Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine
Best Adapted Screenplay
Jason Reitman, Thank You For Smoking
Best Foreign Film
Pan's Labrynth
Best Animated Feature
Happy Feet
Best Documentary
An Inconvenient Truth
Best Ensemble
Little Miss Sunshine
Best Art Direction
Marie Antoinette
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12-11-2006, 07:46 AM
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The New York Film Critics Online Awards 2006
source: The New York Film Critics Online Awards 2006
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BEST PICTURE
The Queen
BEST ACTOR
Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland)
BEST ACTRESS
Helen Mirren (The Queen)
BEST DIRECTOR
Stephen Frears (The Queen)
BEST SCREENPLAY
Peter Morgan (The Queen)
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Pan's Labyrinth
BEST DOCUMENTARY
An Inconvenient Truth
BEST ANIMATION
Happy Feet
BEST DEBUT DIRECTOR
Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris (Little Miss Sunshine)
BEST FILM SCORE/MUSIC
Philip Glass (The Illusionist)
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Little Miss Sunshine
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Michael Sheen (The Queen)
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Tie: Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls) and Catherine O'Hara (For Your Consideration)
BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Dick Pop (The Illusionist)
BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE
Jennifer Hudson (Dreamgirls)
HUMANITARIAN AWARD
Deepa Mehta (Water)
TOP TEN PICTURES (Alphabetical)
* Babel
* The Fountain
* Inland Empire
* Little Children
* Little Miss Sunshine
* Pan's Labyrinth
* The Queen
* Thank You For Smoking
* Volver
* Water
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12-11-2006, 07:48 AM
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American Film Institute Top Ten
source: American Film Institute Top Ten
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BABEL
BORAT: CULTURAL LEARNINGS OF AMERICA FOR MAKE BENEFIT GLORIOUS NATION OF KAZAKHSTAN
THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA
DREAMGIRLS
HALF NELSON
HAPPY FEET
INSIDE MAN
LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE
UNITED 93
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12-11-2006, 11:51 AM
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Man, I haven't seen any of those movies. What a boring year.
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12-11-2006, 12:27 PM
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Me too, but not because of boring year, just because I didn't have free time (job) and the cinema in my city collapse...
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12-11-2006, 01:45 PM
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I'm a little surprised that The Departed didn't make AFI's list but considering what is on their list maybe I shouldn't be. 
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12-12-2006, 01:12 AM
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There's no "Flags of our Fathers" and "The Queen" on their list too. Surprise.
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12-12-2006, 01:46 AM
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New York Film Critics Circle
source: New York Film Critics Circle 2006 Awards
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Best Picture
United 93
Best Actor
Forest Whitaker
The Last King of Scotland
Best Actress
Helen Mirren
The Queen
Best Director
Martin Scorsese
The Departed
Best Foreign Film
Army of Shadows
Best Screenplay
Peter Morgan
The Queen
Best Supporting Actor
Jackie Earle Haley
Little Children
Best Supporting Actress
Jennifer Hudson
Dreamgirls
Best Cinematographer
Guillermo Navarro
Pan's Labyrinth
Best Non-Fiction Film
Deliver Us From Evil
Best First Film
Ryan Fleck
Half Nelson
Best Animated Film
Happy Feet
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12-13-2006, 03:48 AM
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San Francisco Film Critics Circle
2006 San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards
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Best Picture
Little Children
Best Director
Paul Greengrass for United 93
Best Original Screenplay
Brick
Best Adapted Screenplay
Little Children
Best Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen for Borat
Best Actress
Helen Mirren for The Queen
Best Supporting Actor
Jackie Earle Haley for Little Children
Best Supporting Actress
Adriana Barraza for Babel
Best Foreign Language Film
Pan's Labyrinth
Best Documentary
An Inconvenient Truth
Marlon Riggs Award for courage & vision in the Bay Area film community
Stephen Salmons co-founder & artistic director San Francisco Silent Film Festival
Special Citation in honor of Arthur Lazere
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu
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12-13-2006, 03:53 AM
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BFCA Nominations
Broadcast Film Critics Awards - nominations
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BEST PICTURE
Babel
Blood Diamond
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Letters from Iwo Jima
Little Children
Little Miss Sunshine
Notes on a Scandal
The Queen
United 93
BEST ACTOR
Leonardo DiCaprio - Blood Diamond
Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
Peter O'Toole - Venus
Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
BEST ACTRESS
Penelope Cruz - Volver
Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren - The Queen
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
Kate Winslet - Little Children
BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
Alan Arkin - Little Miss Sunshine
Adam Beach - Flags of Our Fathers
Djimon Hounsou - Blood Diamond
Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
Jack Nicholson - The Departed
BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Adriana Barraza - Babel
Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
Catherine O'Hara - For Your Consideration
Emma Thompson - Stranger Than Fiction
BEST ACTING ENSEMBLE
Babel
Bobby
The Departed
Dreamgirls
Little Miss Sunshine
A Prairie Home Companion
BEST DIRECTOR
Bill Condon - Dreamgirls
Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima
Stephen Frears - The Queen
Paul Greengrass - United 93
Martin Scorsese - The Departed
BEST WRITER
Michael Arndt - Little Miss Sunshine
Guillermo Arriaga - Babel
Todd Field and Tom Perrotta - Little Children
Zach Helm - Stranger Than Fiction
William Monahan - The Departed
Peter Morgan - The Queen
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Cars
Flushed Away
Happy Feet
Monster House
Over the Hedge
BEST YOUNG ACTOR
Cameron Bright - Thank You For Smoking
Joseph Cross - Running With Scissors
Paul Dano - Little Miss Sunshine
Freddie Highmore - A Good Year
Jaden Christopher Syre Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
BEST YOUNG ACTRESS
Ivana Baquero - Pan's Labyrinth
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
Shareeka Epps - Half Nelson
Dakota Fanning - Charlotte's Web
Keke Palmer - Akeelah and the Bee
BEST COMEDY MOVIE
Borat
For Your Consideration
Little Miss Sunshine
The Devil Wears Prada
Thank You For Smoking
BEST FAMILY FILM (LIVE ACTION)
Akeelah and the Bee
Charlotte's Web
Flicka
Lassie
Pirates of the Caribbean 2
BEST PICTURE MADE FOR TELEVISION
Elizabeth I
The Librarian
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
The Ron Clark Story
When the Levees Broke
BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM
Apocalypto
Days of Glory
Letters from Iwo Jima
Pan's Labyrinth
Volver
Water
BEST SONG
I Need to Wake Up - Melissa Etheridge - An Inconvenient Truth
Listen - Beyonce - Dreamgirls
My Little Girl - Tim McGraw - Flicka
The Neighbor - Dixie Chicks - Shut Up & Sing
Never Gonna Break My Faith - Aretha Franklin and Mary J. Blige - Bobby
Ordinary Miracle - Sarah McLachlan - Charlotte's Web
BEST SOUNDTRACK
Babel
Cars
Dreamgirls
Happy Feet
Marie Antoinette
BEST COMPOSER
Philip Glass - The Illusionist
Clint Mansell - The Fountain
Thomas Newman - The Good German
Gustavo Santaolalla - Babel
Howard Shore - The Departed
Hans Zimmer - The Da Vinci Code
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
An Inconvenient Truth
Shut Up & Sing
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
Who Killed the Electric Car?
Wordplay
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London Film Critics Nominations
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The Attenborough Award, British Film of the Year
* Children of Men directed by Alfonso Cuaron
* The Queen directed by Stephen Frears
* Red Road directed by Andrea Arnold
* The Last King of Scotland directed by Kevin Macdonald
* The Wind That Shakes the Barley directed by Ken Loach
Film of the Year
* The Departed directed by Martin Scorsese
* Little Miss Sunshine directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris Volver directed by Pedro Almodovar
* United 93 directed by Paul Greengrass
* The Queen directed by Stephen Frears
British Producer of the Year
* Paul Greengrass, Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner - United 93
* Al Clark, Ken Marshall, Rachel Robey, Paul Andrew Williams - London to Brighton
* Lisa Bryer, Andrea Calderwood, Charles Steel - The Last King of Scotland
* Rebecca O’Brien - The Wind That Shakes the Barley
* Graham King – The Departed
Screenwriter of the Year
* Peter Morgan - The Queen
* Noah Baumbach - The Squid and the Whale
* Guillermo del Toro - Pan’s Labyrinth
* Dan Futterman – Capote
* Michael Arndt - Little Miss Sunshine
British Newcomer of the Year
* Andrea Arnold - writer/director, Red Road
* Paul Andrew Williams - writer/director, London to Brighton
* Jodie Whittaker - actress, Venus
* Clare-Hope Ashitey - actress, Children of Men
* Rebecca Hall - actress, The Prestige
British Actress of the year in support
* Emily Blunt - The Devil Wears Prada
* Emma Thompson - Stranger Than Fiction
* Juliet Stevenson – Pierrepoint
* Emily Watson - The Proposition
* Helen McCrory - The Queen
British Actor of the year in support
* Eddie Marsan – Pierrepoint
* Michael Caine - The Prestige
* Bill Nighy - Notes on a Scandal
* Leslie Phillips – Venus
* Dominic Cooper - The History Boys
British Actress of the Year
* Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
* Helen Mirren - The Queen
* Kate Winslett - Little Children
* Loraine Stanley - London to Brighton
* Kate Dickie - Red Road
British Actor of the Year
* Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat
* Toby Jones – Infamous
* Timothy Spall – Pierrepoint
* James McAvoy - The Last King of Scotland
* Christian Bale - The Prestige
British Director of the Year
* Andrea Arnold - Red Road
* Stephen Frears - The Queen
* Christopher Nolan - The Prestige
* Kevin Macdonald - The Last King of Scotland
* Ken Loach - The Wind That Shakes the Barley
Foreign Language Film of the Year
* L’Enfant directed by Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
* The Death of Mr Lazarescu directed by Cristi Piuiu
* Volver directed by Pedro Almodovar
* Pan’s Labyrinth directed by Guillermo del Toro
* Black Book directed by Paul Verhoeven
* Apolcalypto directed by Mel Gibson
Actress of the Year
* Helen Mirren - The Queen
* Penelope Cruz – Volver
* Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
* Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
* Joan Allen - The Upside of Anger
Actor of the Year
* Jeff Daniels - The Squid and the Whale
* Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
* Richard Griffiths - The History Boys
* David Strathairn - Goodnight, and Good Luck
* Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
Director of the Year
* Guillermo del Toro - Pan’s Labyrinth
* Pedro Almodovar – Volver
* Paul Greengrass - United 93
* Martin Scorsese - The Departed
* Alfonso Cuaron - Children of Men
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Toronto Film Critics Award Nominations
Toronto Film Critics Award Nominations
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BEST PICTURE
The Departed (Warner Bros.)
The Queen (Alliance Atlantis)
United 93 (Universal Pictures)
BEST PERFORMANCE, MALE
Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat: Cultural Learnings of America
for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson
Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland
BEST PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Penelope Cruz, Volver
Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal
Helen Mirren, The Queen
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, MALE
Danny Huston, The Proposition
Michael Sheen, The Queen
Mark Wahlberg, The Departed
BEST SUPPORTING PERFORMANCE, FEMALE
Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal
Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls
Rinko Kikuchi, Babel
BEST DIRECTOR
Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, L'Enfant
Stephen Frears, The Queen
Paul Greengrass, United 93
Martin Scorsese, The Departed
BEST SCREENPLAY
Guillermo Arriaga, Babel
William Monahan, The Departed
Peter Morgan, The Queen
BEST CANADIAN FILM
The Journals of Knud Rasmussen (Alliance Atlantis)
Manufactured Landscapes (Mongrel Media)
Monkey Warfare (Odeon Films)
Six Figures (Seville Pictures)
BEST FIRST FEATURE
Brick, directed by Rian Johnson
Little Miss Sunshine, directed by Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris
Thank You for Smoking, directed by Jason Reitman
BEST ANIMATED FEATURE
Happy Feet (Warner Bros.)
Over the Hedge (DreamWorks/Paramount)
A Scanner Darkly (Warner Independent Pictures)
BEST FOREIGN-LANGUAGE FILM
L'Enfant (Mongrel Media)
Pan's Labyrinth (Odeon Films)
Volver (Mongrel Media)
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
Deliver Us from Evil (Maple Pictures)
An Inconvenient Truth (Paramount Classics)
Manufactured Landscapes (Mongrel Media)
The Toronto Film Critics Association is made up of film critics representing a cross-section of Toronto's media, including daily and weekly newspapers, film magazines, radio and television.
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The Alliance of Women Film Journalists
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2006 Awards.
Interesting point of view:
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BEST FILM
Pan's Labyrinth - Guillermo del Toro
BEST DRAMA BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
Little Children - Todd Field
BEST COMEDY BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
Little Miss Sunshine - Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris
BEST SCREENPLAY WRITTEN BY A WOMAN
Half Nelson - Anna Boden
BEST DOCUMENTARY BY OR ABOUT WOMEN
Jesus Camp - Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
BEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE
Dame Helen Mirren - The Queen
BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDIC PERFORMANCE
Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS OR ACTOR IN SUPPORT OF A FEMALE PROTAGONIST OR FEMALE PERSPECTIVE
Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls
BEST BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMANCE FOR A YOUNG ACTRESS
Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
BEST ENSEMBLE CAST
Little Miss Sunshine
HANGING IN THERE FOR THE BEST PERSISTENCE
Deepa Mehta - Water
BEST OF THE FESTS
In Recognition of the outstanding films that premiered and were seen at festivals during 2006, but have not yet found their way into distribution.
Apart from That -- Randy Walker and Jennifer Shainin
This quirky, experimental first feature explores themes of
loneliness, relationship and the desire for love and acceptance.
Using an amateur cast, the filmmakers scheduled shooting two days on, one day off, so they could rewrite the script as they went along, based on where the actors were taking their roles. (Seen at Sundance)
Cats of Mirikatani - Linda Hattendorf
A wonderful documentary about how a courageous filmmaker
managed to change her subject's life for the better. (Seen at
Tribeca Film Festival)
Cinnamon - Kevin Jerome Everson
This experimental blend of documentary and narrative filmmaking
presents the story of a female drag racer whose family are all involved in the exhilarating sport. (Seen at Sundance)
Falling - Barbara Albert
Working improvisationally with actors, Albert follows a group of 30-something Austrian women who reunite 14 years after their schooldays at their teacher's funeral, and confront their unrealized dreams and burdensome adult lives. Albert's portrait of the difficulties women face is realistic, yet optimistic. (Seen at New York Film Festival)
Just Like The Son - Morgan J. Freeman
A sweet, simple story about a troubled teen who opens his heart to a young, neglected boy. (Seen at Tribeca Film Festival)
Shadow of Afghanistan - Suzanne Bauman and Jim Burroughs
It took 20 years to complete this documentary chronicling developments in Afghanistan, from Eisenhower's 1959 friendly visit, through Soviet invasion and expulsion, the ensuing civil war, to post-9/11 American bombing and occupation. The film uses extraordinary footage, some shot by slain journalist Lee Shapiro, to present the lives of a beleaguered people. (Seen at Tribeca Film Festival)
Snow Cake - Marc Evans
Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman give wonderful performances in this film, which was flawlessly written by newcomer Angela Pell. (Seen at Tribeca Film Festival)
Son of Man - Mark Dornford-May
An effective and powerful retelling of the Jesus Christ story, transposed to Africa during civil war. It's intense and violent and familiar and moving, all at once. (Seen at Sundance)
BEST DEPICTION OF NUDITY OR SEXUALITY
Little Children
DON'T STICK YOU HEAD IN THE SAND AWARD
Jesus Camp - Heidi Ewing and Rachel
2006's OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT BY A WOMAN IN THE FILM INDUSTRY
For her amazing 2006 trifecta as Susan in Babel, Lena Brandt in The Good German, and
Sheba Hart in Notes On A Scandal, AWFJ officially dubs her Cate the Great, and presents its 2006 Outstanding Achievement Award
Cate Blanchett
THE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
For a treasury of extraordinary performances far too numerous to name here, and much too memorable to make it necessary to do so, for her great integrity in choosing and making the very most out of roles big and small, for her ability to melt into the ensemble or seize the spotlight with a single biting line delivery, for having the versatility to be as at home in historical dramas as she is in James Bond pictures, for her commitment to lending her abilities to the part rather than bending the part to her abilities and for being famous not just as a powerhouse performer but also as a woman who's a delightful colleague, always supportive, ready with restorative humor and generous with handmade needlepoint pillows for those whom she especially favors, it is with a great hurrah that there's much more to come, that AWFJ presents its 2006 EDA Award for Lifetime Achievement
Dame Judi Dench.
AWFJ AWARD FOR HUMANITARIAN ACTIVISM
For redirecting the spotlight that shines on her so that it illuminates critical problems of child welfare, poverty, pandemic and prevasive violence throughout the world, and for commiting her spirit, time and material resources to their resolution, it is with profound respect and appreciation that AWFJ presents its 2006 EDA Award for Humanitarian activism
Angelina Jolie
AN ACTRESS DEFYING AGE AND AGISM
For making career and life choices that let fans of all ages know that becoming older is much easier and more joyful when it is not encumbered by the prejudices society places upon it, it is with great enthusiasm that AWFJ presents its 2006 EDA Award for Defying Age and Agism
Dame Helen Mirren
ACTRESS MOST IN NEED OF A NEW AGENT
Uma Thurman
MOVIES YOU WANTED TO LOVE BUT JUST COULDN'T
Marie Antoinette
BEST DEPICTION OF NUDITY OR SEXUALITY
Little Children
DON'T STICK YOU HEAD IN THE SAND AWARD
Jesus Camp - Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
AWFJ HALL OF SHAME AWARDS
A Good Year
Basic Instinct 2
Beerfest
Black Dahlia
Little Man
My Super-Ex Girlfriend
You, Me and Dupree
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Mel Gibson, who has been awarded his place in the AWFJ Hall of Shame in recognition of the sexism he displayed when, according to police reports, he called a female officer 'sugar tits,' during his more famously anti-Semitic rant. We wish to assure Mr. Gibson that we heard the full scope of his rage that evening-- not just the Jewish part.
The Alliance of Women Film Journalists (AWFJ) IS a not-for-profit association of professional female movie critics, reporters and feature writers working in print, broadcast and online media. Our purpose is to support work by and about women-- both in front of and behind the cameras-- though intra-group promotional activities, outreach programs and by presenting awards in recognition of outstanding accomplishments (the best and worst) by and about women in the movies.
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