Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2006
19th CFCA Awards
December 28, 2006
Best Film:
The Departed
The 19th Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on December 28, 2006 honored the best in film for 2006.
Winners and nominees[]
Best Actor[]
Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
- 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[]
Children of Men – Emmanuel Lubezki
- Babel – Rodrigo Prieto
- The Departed – Michael Ballhaus
- The Fountain – Matthew Libatique
- Letters from Iwo Jima – Tom Stern
Best Director[]
Martin Scorsese – The Departed
- Clint Eastwood – Letters from Iwo Jima
- Stephen Frears – The Queen
- Alejandro González Iñárritu – Babel
- Paul Greengrass – United 93
Best Documentary Film[]
Best Film[]
Best Foreign Language Film[]
Letters from Iwo Jima, United States
- Apocalypto, United States
- Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno), Mexico/Spain/United States
- Tsotsi, South Africa
- Volver, 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[]
The Departed – William Monahan
- 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[]
Jackie Earle Haley – Little Children
- 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
Most Promising Performer[]
Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan and Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
- Ivana Baquero – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
- Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson
- Rinko Kikuchi – Babel
- Keke Palmer – Akeelah and the Bee
Most Promising Filmmaker[]
- Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine
- Gil Kenan – Monster House
- James McTeigue – V for Vendetta
- Jason Reitman – Thank You for Smoking
References[]
Categories:
- Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
- 2006 film awards