Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2006

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

Helen Mirren – The Queen

• 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

An Inconvenient Truth

• Deliver Us from Evil
• Jesus Camp
• Shut Up & Sing
• Wordplay

Best Film

The Departed

• Babel
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Queen
• United 93

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

The Fountain – Clint Mansell

• 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

The Queen – Peter Morgan

• 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

Rinko Kikuchi – Babel

• 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

Rian Johnson – Brick

• Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine
• Gil Kenan – Monster House
• James McTeigue – V for Vendetta
• Jason Reitman – Thank You for Smoking

References