Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2006

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The 19th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on December 28, 2006 honored the best in film for 2006.

[edit] Winners

• Best Actor:
  • Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland
• Best Actress:
  • Helen Mirren - The Queen
• Best Cinematography
  • Children of Men - Emmanuel Lubezki
• Best Director:
  • Martin Scorsese - The Departed
• Best Documentary Feature:
  • An Inconvenient Truth
• Best Film:
  • The Departed
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Letters from Iwo Jima, USA/Japan
• Best Original Score:
  • "The Fountain" - Clint Mansell
• Best Screenplay - Adapted:
  • The Departed - William Monahan
• Best Screenplay - Original:
  • The Queen - Peter Morgan
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Jackie Earle Haley - Little Children
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Rinko Kikuchi - Babel
• Most Promising Performer
  • Sacha Baron Cohen - Borat
• Most Promising Filmmaker
  • Rian Johnson - Brick

[edit] Nominees

• Best Actor:
  • Leonardo DiCaprio - The Departed
  • Ryan Gosling - Half Nelson
  • Peter O'Toole - Venus
  • Will Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness
• Best Actress:
  • Penélope Cruz - Volver
  • Judi Dench - Notes on a Scandal
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal - Sherrybaby
  • Meryl Streep - The Devil Wears Prada
  • Kate Winslet - Little Children
• Best Cinematography:
  • Babel - Rodrigo Prieto
  • The Departed - Michael Ballhaus
  • The Fountain - Matthew Libatique
  • Letters from Iwo Jima - Tom Stern
• Best Director:
  • Clint Eastwood - Letters from Iwo Jima
  • Alejandro González Iñárritu - Babel
  • Stephen Frears - The Queen
  • Paul Greengrass - United 93
• Best Documentary Feature:
  • Deliver Us From Evil
  • Jesus Camp
  • Shut Up & Sing
  • Wordplay
• Best Film:
  • Babel
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • The Queen
  • United 93
• Best Foreign Language Film:
  • Apocalypto, USA
  • El laberinto del fauno (Pan's Labyrinth), Mexico/Spain/USA
  • Tsotsi, South Africa.
  • Volver (To Return), Spain
• Best Original Score:
  • "Babel" - Gustavo Santaolalla
  • "Letters from Iwo Jima" - Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens
  • "Notes on a Scandal" - Philip Glass
  • "The Queen" - Alexandre Desplat
• Best Screenplay - Adapted:
  • Little Children - Todd Field and Tom Perrotta
  • Notes on a Scandal - Patrick Marber
  • A Prairie Home Companion - Garrison Keillor
  • Thank You for Smoking - Jason Reitman
• Best Screenplay - Original:
  • Babel - Guillermo Arriaga
  • Letters from Iwo Jima - Iris Yamashita
  • Little Miss Sunshine - Michael Arndt
  • United 93 - Paul Greengrass
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Ben Affleck - Hollywoodland
  • Eddie Murphy - Dreamgirls
  • Jack Nicholson - The Departed
  • Brad Pitt - Babel
  • Michael Sheen - The Queen
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Adriana Barraza - Babel
  • Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal
  • Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine
  • Toni Collette - Little Miss Sunshine
  • Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls