Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2006

12th BFCA Critics' Choice Awards

January 20, 2007

----Best Film:
The Departed

The 12th Annual Critics' Choice Awards were presented on 14 January, 2007 by the Broadcast Film Critics Association to honor the finest achievements in 2006 filmmaking. The event was held at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, California and was broadcast 20 January, 2007 in the United states on the E! channel.

Top 10 Films

(alphabetical)
#"Babel"
#"Blood Diamond"
#"The Departed (Academy Award for Best Picture)
#"Dreamgirls"
#"Letters from Iwo Jima"
#"Little Children"
#"Little Miss Sunshine"
#"Notes on a Scandal"
#"The Queen"
#"United 93"

Winners and nominees

Best Actor

"' Forest Whitaker - "The Last King of Scotland"
*Leonardo DiCaprio - "Blood Diamond"
*Leonardo DiCaprio - "The Departed"
*Ryan Gosling - "Half Nelson"
*Peter O'Toole - "Venus"
*Will Smith - "The Pursuit of Happyness"

Best Actress

"' Helen Mirren - "The Queen"
*Penelope Cruz - "To Return (Volver)"
*Judi Dench - "Notes on a Scandal"
*Meryl Streep - "The Devil Wears Prada"
*Kate Winslet - "Little Children"

Best Animated Feature

"' "Cars"
*"Flushed Away"
*"Happy Feet"
*"Monster House"
*"Over the Hedge"

Best Cast

"' "Little Miss Sunshine"
*"Babel"
*"Bobby"
*"The Departed"
*"Dreamgirls"
*"A Prairie Home Companion"

Best Composer

"' Phillip 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 Director

"' Martin Scorsese - "The Departed"
*Bill Condon - "Dreamgirls"
*Clint Eastwood - "Letters from Iwo Jima"
*Stephen Frears - "The Queen"
*Paul Greengrass - "United 93"

Best Documentary Feature

"' "An Inconvenient Truth"
*"Shut Up and Sing"
*"This Film Is Not Yet Rated"
*"Who Killed the Electric Car"
*"Wordplay"

Best Family Film

"' "Charlotte's Web"
*"Akeelah and the Bee"
*"Flicka"
*"Lassie"
*""

Best Film

"' "The Departed"
*"Babel"
*"Blood Diamond"
*"Dreamgirls"
*"Letters from Iwo Jima"
*"Little Children"
*"Little Miss Sunshine"
*"Notes on a Scandal"
*"The Queen"
*"United 93"

Best Film - Comedy

'
*"The Devil Wears Prada"
*"For Your Consideration"
*"Little Miss Sunshine"
*"Thank You for Smoking"

Best Film - Made for TV

"' "Elizabeth I"
*"The Librarian"
*"Nightmares and Dreamscapes"
*"The Ron Clark Story"
*"When the Levees Broke"

Best Foreign Language Film

"' "Letters from Iwo Jima", USA
*"Apocalypto", USA
*"Days of Glory (Indigènes)", Algeria
*"Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)", Mexico
*"To Return (Volver)", Spain
*"Water", Canada/India

Best Song

"' "Listen" performed by Beyoncé - "Dreamgirls"
*"I Need To Wake Up" performed by Melissa Etheridge - "An Inconvenient Truth"
*"My Little Girl" performed by Tim McGraw - "Flicka"
*"The Neighbor" performed by Dixie Chicks - "Shut Up and Sing"
*"Never Gonna Break My Faith" performed by Mary J. Blige and Aretha Franklin - "Bobby"
*"Ordinary Miracle" performed by Sarah McLachlan - "Charlotte's Web"

Best Soundtrack

"' "Dreamgirls"
*"Babel"
*"Cars"
*"Happy Feet"
*"Marie Antoinette"

Best Supporting Actor

"' Eddie Murphy - "Dreamgirls"
*Ben Affleck - "Hollywoodland"
*Alan Arkin - "Little Miss Sunshine"
*Adam Beach - "Flags of Our Fathers"
*Djimon Hounsou - "Blood Diamond"
*Jack Nicholson - "The Departed"

Best Supporting Actress

"' Jennifer Hudson - "Dreamgirls"
*Adriana Barraza - "Babel"
*Cate Blanchett - "Notes on a Scandal"
*Rinko Kikuchi - "Babel"
*Catherine O'Hara - "For Your Consideration"
*Emma Thompson - "Stranger Than Fiction"

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 Young Actor

"' Paul Dano - "Little Miss Sunshine"
*Cameron Bright - "Thank You for Smoking"
*Joseph Cross - "Running with Scissors"
*Freddie Highmore - "A Good Year"
*Jaden Smith - "The Pursuit of Happyness"

Best Young Actress

"' Abigail Breslin - "Little Miss Sunshine"
* Ivana Baquero - "Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)"
* Shareeka Epps - "Half Nelson"
* Dakota Fanning - "Charlotte's Web"
* Keke Palmer - "Akeelah and the Bee"

External links

* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6258389.stm 12th Annual Critics' Choice Awards] at BBC News
* [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,243590,00.html 12th Annual Critics' Choice Awards] at Fox News
* [http://www.eonline.com/news/article/index.jsp?uuid=644c7c74-fce7-4c15-993b-d422ee484885 12th Annual Critics' Choice Awards] at E! online