Emmanuel Lubezki, Children of Men Dick Pope, The Illusionist Robert Richardson, The Good Shepherd Dean Semler, Apocalypto Vilmos Zsigmond, The Black Dahlia
Costume Designers Guild Award Nominations January 11, 2006 Best Costume Design – Feature Film Period Marie Antoinette, designed by Milena Canonero Dreamgirls, designed by Sharen Davis Curse of the Golden Flower, designed by Chung Man Yee The Illusionist, designed by Ngila Dickson Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest, designed by Penny Rose Best Costume Design – Feature Film Contemporary The Devil Wears Prada, designed by Patricia Field The Queen, designed by Consolata Boyle Little Miss Sunshine, designed by Nancy Steiner Casino Royale, designed by Lindy Hemming Babel, designed by Michael Wilkinson Best Costume Design – Feature Film Fantasy Eragon, designed by Kym Barrett The Fountain, designed by Renee April V for Vendetta, designed by Sammy Sheldon Pan’s Labyrinth, designed by Lala Huete X-Men: The Last Stand, designed by Judianna Makovsky
Directors Guild Award Nominations January 9, 2006 Bill Condon, Dreamgirls Jonathan Dayton Valerie Faris, Little Miss Sunshine Stephen Frears, The Queen Alejandro González Iñárritu, Babel Martin Scorsese, The Departed
National Society of Film Critics Winners January 7, 2006 BEST PICTURE 1. Pan’s Labyrinth – 34 (Guillermo del Toro) 2. The Death of Mr. Lazurescu – 31 (Cristi Puiu) 3. Letters from Iwo Jima – 29 (Clint Eastwood) BEST DIRECTOR 1. Paul Greengrass – 21 (United 93) 2. Martin Scorsese – 15 (The Departed) 2. Guillermo del Toro – 15 (Pan’s Labyrinth BEST NONFICTION FILM 1. An Inconvenient Truth – 26 2. Deliver Us From Evil – 24 3. Shut Up & Sing – 13 BEST ACTOR 1. Forest Whitaker – 9 in tiebreaker – 54 (The Last King of Scotland) 2. Peter O’Toole – 8 in tiebreaker – 54 (Venus) 3. Ryan Gosling – 37 (Half Nelson) BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR 1. Mark Wahlberg – 28 (The Departed) 2. Jackie Earle Haley – 18 (Little Children) 3. Alan Arkin – 17 (Little Miss Sunshine) BEST ACTRESS 1. Helen Mirren -94 (The Queen) 2. Laura Dern – 32 (Inland Empire) 3. Judi Dench – 25 (Notes on a Scandal) BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS 1. Meryl Streep – 25 (The Devil Wears Prada and A Prairie Home Companion) 2. Jennifer Hudson – 22 (Dreamgirls) 3. Shareeka Epps – 16 (Half Nelson) BEST SCREENPLAY 1. The Queen – 67 (Peter Morgan) 2. The Departed – 25 (William Monahan) 3. The Good Shepherd – 15 (Eric Roth) BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY 1. Children of Men – 66 (Emmanuel Lubezki) 2. Pan’s Labyrinth – 41 (Guillermo Navarro) 3. Curse of the Golden Flower – 10 (Xiaoding Zhao) BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM to David Lynch’s labyrinthine INLAND EMPIRE, a magnificent and maddening experiment with digital video possibilities. FILM HERITAGE AWARD to Jean-Pierre Melville’s ARMY OF SHADOWS (1969), lovingly restored and released by Rialto Pictures for the first time in the United States. FILM HERITAGE AWARD to the Museum of the Moving Image for presenting the first complete U.S. retrospective of French filmmaker Jacques Rivette, including the premiere American showing of the director’s legendary «Out 1.» The results of the meeting were dedicated to the memory of Robert Altman.
Producers Guild Award Nominations January 3, 2006 Babel (Prods: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Steve Golin, Jon Kilik The Departed (Prod: Graham King) Dreamgirls (Prod: Laurence Mark) Little Miss Sunshine (Prods: Marc Turtletaub, David T. Friendly, Peter Saraf, Albert Berger, Ron Yerxaslov) The Queen (Prods: Andy Harries, Christine Langan, Tracey Seaward)
Florida Film Critics Circle Winners December 22, 2006 Picture: The Departed Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed Actor: Forest Whitacker, The Last King of Scotland Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen Supporting Actor: Jack Nicholson, The Departed Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal Screenplay: The Departed, William Monahan Foreign Language Film: Pan’s Labyrinth Cinematography: Pan’s Labyrinth, Guillermo Navarro Pauline Kael Award for Newcomer of the Year: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls Animated Feature: Monster House Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth Golden Orange for Outstanding Contribution to Film: Billy Corben and Alfred Spellman, director and producer of the Florida-centric documentaries Cocaine Cowboys (2006) and Raw Deal: A Question of Consent (2001), for their continued dedication to South Florida’s film industry.
San Diego Film Critics Society Winners December 19, 2006 Picture: Letters from Iwo Jima Director: Clint Eastwood, Letters From Iwo Jima Actor: Ken Takakura, Riding Alone for a Thousand Miles Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen Supporting Actor: Ray Winstone, The Proposition Supporting Actress: Lili Taylor, Factotum Original Screenplay: The Dead Girl – Karen Moncrieff Adapted Screenplay: Thank You For Smoking – Jason Reitman Foreign-Language Film: Riding Alone for a Thousand Miles, directed by Yimou Zhang Animated Film: Cars, directed by John Lasseter Documentary: Shut Up & Sing, directed by Barbara Kopple & Cecilia Peck Cinematography: The Illusionist – Dick Pope Production Design: V For Vendetta – Owen Paterson Editing: United 93 – Christopher Rouse, Richard Pearson & Clare Douglas Score: Babel – Gustavo Santaolalla Ensemble: Babel
Dallas – Forth Worth Film Critics Winners December 19, 2006 1. United 93 2. The Departed 3. Little Miss Sunshine 4. The Queen 5. Babel 6. Letters From Iwo Jima 7. Dreamgirls 8. Blood Diamond 9. Little Children 10. Flags of Our Fathers Best Actor: Forest Whitacker, The Last King of Scotland Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen Best Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley, Little Miss Sunshine Best Supporting Actress: Cate Blanchett, Notes on a Scandal Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed Best Screenplay: Michael Arndt, Little Miss Sunshine Best Foreign-Language Film: Letters From Iwo Jima Best Cinematography: Dean Semler, Apocalypto Best Animated Film: Happy Feet Best Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth Russell Smith Award: Half Nelson
Southeastern Film Critics Association Winners December 18, 2006 SEFCA Top 10: 1. The Departed 2. Letters from Iwo Jima 3. The Queen 4. United 93 5. Little Miss Sunshine 6. Notes On a Scandal 7. Babel 8. Pan’s Labyrinth 9. Little Children 10. Thank You For Smoking Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls Original Screenplay: Little Miss Sunshine, by Michael Arndt Adapted Screenplay: The Departed, by William Monahan Foreign-language Film: Pan’s Labyrinth Documentary: An Inconvenient Truth Animated Film: Cars Wyatt Award (for the best «Southern» film): Shut Up & Sing
New York Film Critics Circle Winners December 11, 2006 Picture: United 93 (RU – The Queen) Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed (RU – Stephen Frears, The Queen) Best Actor: Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland (RU – Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson) Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen (RU – Judi Dench, Notes on a Scandal) Best Supporting Actor: Jackie Earle Haley, Little Children (RU – Eddie Murphy, Dreamgirls) Best Supporting Actress: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls (RU – Shareeka Epps, Half Nelson) Best Screenplay: Peter Morgan, The Queen (RU – The Departed) Cinematography: Guillermo Navarro, Pan’s Labyrinth Best First Film: Half Nelson, directed by Ryan Fleck Best Foreign Film: Army of Shadows, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville Best Non-Fiction Film: Deliver Us From Evil, directed by Amy Berg Best Animation: Happy Feet, directed by George Miller
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Winners December 10, 2006 Picture Letters from Iwo Jima (RU – The Queen) Director Paul Greengrass, United 93 (RU – Clint Eastwood, Flags of our Fathers & Letters from Iwo ima) Actor (TIE) Sacha Baron Cohen, Borat Forest Whitaker, The Last King of Scotland Actress Helen Mirren, The Queen (RU – Penelope Cruz, Volver) Supporting Actor Michael Sheen, The Queen (RU – Sergi Lopez, Pan’s Labyrinth) Supporting Actress Luminita Gheorghiu, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (RU – Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls) Screenplay (tie) Peter Morgan, The Queen (RU – Little Miss Sunshine) Foreign Film: The Lives of Others, directed by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Animation: Happy Feet, directed by George Miller Non-Fiction Film: An Inconvenient Truth, directed by Davis Guggenheim Cinematography: Emmanuel Lubezki, Children of Men Production Design: Eugenio Caballero, Pan’s Labyrinth Music Score: Alexandre Desplat, The Painted Veil & The Queen The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award: Old Joy, directed by Kelly Reichardt and In Between Days, directed by So Yong Kim Special Citation: To Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1969 film Army of Shadows which had its U.S. premiere this year, and to Jonas Mekas for his career as a critic and filmmaker. New Generation Award: Michael Arndt, Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris – Little Miss Sunshine Career Achievement: Robert Mulligan
National Board of Review Winners December 8, 2006 The Ten Best Movies (in alphabetical order) Babel Blood Diamond The Departed The Devil Wears Prada Flags of Our Fathers The History Boys Letters from Iwo Jima < winner > Little Miss Sunshine Notes on a Scandal The Painted Veil The Five Best Foreign Movies (in alphabetical order) Curse Of The Golden Flower Days of Glory Pan’s Labyrinth Volver < winner > Water Best Director: Martin Scorsese, The Departed Best Actor: Forest Whitacker, The Last King of Scotland Best Actress: Helen Mirren, The Queen Best Supporting Actor: Djimon Hounsou, Blood Diamond Best Supporting Actress: Catherine O’Hara, For Your Consideration Best Adapted Screenplay: The Painted Veil, Ron Nyswaner Best Original Screenplay: Stranger Than Fiction, Zach Helm Best Ensemble: The Departed Best Documentary: The Inconvenient Truth Best Animated Feature: Cars Special Awards Career Achievement: Eli Wallach Breakthrough Performance Actor: Ryan Gosling, Half Nelson Breakthrough Performance Actress: Jennifer Hudson, Dreamgirls & Rinko Kikuchi, Babel Directorial Debut: Jason Reitman, Thank You For Smoking Billy Wilder Award for Excellence in Directing: Jonathan Demme William K. Everson Award for Film History : Donald Krim Career Achievement – Producing: Irwin Winkler Freedom of Expression Award: Water & World Trade Center Special Mention for Excellence in Filmmaking: Akeelah And The Bee, Bobby, Catch A Fire, Copying Beethoven, A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints, Half Nelson, The Illusionist, Lonesome Jim, Sherrybaby, 10 Items Or Less, Thank You For Smoking
European Film Award Winners December 2, 2006 Film: The Lives of Others, by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Director: Pedro Almodovar, Volver Actor: Ulrich Mühe, The Lives of Others Actress: Penelope Cruz, Volver Screenplay: The Lives of Others, Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck Cinematography (TIE): Volver, José Luis Alcaine and The Wind That Shakes the Barley, Barry Ackroyd Score: Volver, Alberto Iglesias Discovery Award: 13 Tzameti, by Gela Babluani Documentary: Into Great Silence, by Philip Gröning Fipresci Award: Regular Lovers, by Philippe Garrel Achievement in World Cinema: Jeremy Thomas Lifetime Achievement Award: Roman Polanski The People’s Choice Award for Best European Film: Volver, by Pedro Almodovar
European Film Award Nominations November 4, 2006 European Film Breakfast On Pluto, Ireland/Uk Grbavica, Austria/Bosnia-Herzegovina/Germany/Croatia Das Leben Der Anderen (The Lives Of Others), Germany The Road To Guantanamo, Uk Volver; Spain The Wind That Shakes The Barley; Uk/Ireland/Germany/Italy/Spain European Director Pedro Almodóvar, Volver Susanne Bier, Efter Brylluppet (After The Wedding) Emanuele Crialese, Nuovomondo (Golden Door) Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck, Das Leben Der Anderen (The Lives Of Others) Ken Loach, The Wind That Shakes The Barley Michael Winterbottom & Mat Whitecross, The Road To Guantanamo European Actress Nathalie Baye, Le Petit Lieutenant Penelope Cruz, Volver Martina Gedeck, Das Leben Der Anderen (The Lives Of Others) Sandra Hüller, Requiem Mirjana Karanovic, Grbavica Sarah Polley, La Vida Secreta De Las Palabras (The Secret Life Of Words) European Actor Patrick Chesnais, Je Ne Suis Pas Là Pour Être Aimé (Not Here To Be Loved) Jesper Christensen, Drabet (Manslaughter) Mads Mikkelsen, Efter Brylluppet (After The Wedding) Ulrich Mühe, Das Leben Der Anderen (The Lives Of Others) Cillian Murphy, Breakfast On Pluto & The Wind That Shakes The Barley Silvio Orlando, Il Caimano (The Caiman) European Cinematographer Barry Ackroyd, The Wind That Shakes The Barley José Luis Alcaine, Volver Roman Osin, Pride And Prejudice Timo Salminen, Laitakaupungin Valot (Lights, The Dusk) European Screenwriter Pedro Almodóvar, Volver Florian Henckel Von Donnersmarck, Das Leben Der Anderen (The Lives Of Others) Paul Laverty, The Wind That Shakes The Barley Corneliu Porumboiu, A Fost Sau N-A Fost (12:08 East Of Bucharest) European Composer Alberto Iglesias, Volver Tuomas Kantelinen, Äideistä Parhain (Mother Of Mine) Dario Marianelli, Pride And Prejudice Gabriel Yared & Stéphane Moucha, Das Leben Der Anderen (The Lives Of Others) European Discovery 2006 13 Tzameti, Gela Babluani, France/Georgia Z Odzysku (Retrieval), Slawomir Fabicki, Poland Pingpong, Matthias Luthardt, Germany Friss Levegö (Fresh Air), Agnes Kocsis, Hungary
Toronto International Film Festival Winners September 17, 2006 The 31st annual Toronto International Film Festival ran September 7 – 16, 2006. The opening film for the festival was The Journals of Knud Rasmussen, directed by Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn. PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARD: 1. Bella, by Alejandro Gomez Monteverde 2. Mon Meilleur Ami, by Patrice Leconte 3. Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing, by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck SWAROVSKI CULTURAL INNOVATION AWARD: Takva: A Man’s Fear of God, by Özer Kiziltan DIESEL DISCOVERY AWARD: Reprise, by Joachim Trier FIPRESCI Award: Death of a President, by Gabriel Range Best Canadian Feature: Manufactured Landscapes, by Jennifer Baichwal Best Canadian First Feature: Sur la trace d’Igor Rizzi, by Noël Mitrani
Venice Film Festival Winners September 10, 2006 The 63rd annual Venice Film Festival ran from August 33 to September 9, 2006. The opening film for the festival was The Black dahlia, directed by Brian de Palma. Catherine Deneuve was president of the jury. GOLDEN LION – Sanxia haoren (Still Life), by Jia Zhang-Ke JURY PIZE – Darrat (Dry Land), by Mahamat-Saleh Haroun BEST DIRECTOR – Alain Resnais, Coeurs (Private Fears in Public Places) BEST ACTOR – Ben Affleck, Hollywoodland BEST ACTRESS – Helen Mirren, The Queen BEST SCREENPLAY – Peter Morgan, The Queen BEST CONTRIBUTION – Emmanuel Lubezki (cinematography), The Children of Men, by Alfonso Cuarón BEST NEW TALENT – Isild Le Besco in L’intouchable (The Untouchable), by Benoît Jacquot SPECIAL LION FOR CINEMATIC REVELATION – Nuovomondo (Golden Door), by Emanuele Criales SPECIAL LION FOR CINEMATIC LANGUAGE – Quei loro incontri, by Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet
Cannes Film Festival Winners May 29, 2006 The 59th annual Cannes Film Festival ran May 17 – 28, 2006. The opening film for the festival was The Da Vinci Code, directed by Ron Howard. The closing film was Transylvania, directed by Tony Gatlif. Wong Kar-Wai was president of the jury. PALME D’OR – The Wind That Shakes The Barley, Ken Loach GRAND PRIZE – Flanders, Bruno Dumont BEST ACTOR – Ensemble male cast of Indigenes by Rachid Bouchareb: Jamel Debbouze, Samy Naceri, Sami Bouajila, Roschdy Zem, Bernard Blancan BEST ACTRESS – Ensemble female cast of Volver by Pedro Almodovar: Penelope Cruz, Carmen Maura, Lola Duenas, Blanca Portillo, Yohana Cobo, Chus Lampreave BEST DIRECTOR – Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Babel BEST SCREENPLAY – Pedro Almodovar, Volver JURY PRIZE – Red Road, Andrea Arnold CAMERA D’OR – A Fost sau n-a fost? (12:08 East of Bucharest) by Corneliu Porumbolu
Berlin Film Festival Winners February 19, 2006 Charlotte Rampling was president of the jury. Golden Bear – Grbavica, by Jasmila Zbanic Jury Grand Prix (TIE) – A Soap, by Pernille Fischer Christensen AND Offside, by Jafar Panahi Best Director – Michael Winterbottom and Mat Whitecross, The Road To Guantanamo Best Actor – Moritz Bleibtreu, The Elementary Particles Best Actress – Sandra Hueller, Requiem Best Film Music – Peter Kam, Isabella Artistic Contribution – Jurgen Vogel as actor, co-writer and co-producer of the film The Free Will Alfred Bauer Prize (goes to a film which succeeds in «taking the art of film in a new direction”) – El custodio, by Rodrigo Moreno
Sundance Film Festival Winners January 29, 2006 Grand Jury Prize – Quinceanera, directed by Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer Best Director – Dito Montiel, A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints The Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award – Hilary Brougher, Stephanie Daley Special Jury Prizes for ‘Independent Vision’ – In Between Days, directed by So Yong Kim Special Jury Prize for Acting – Robert Downey, Jr., Shia La Boeuf, Rosario Dawson, Chazz Palminteri, Dianne Wiest and Channing Tatum, A Guide To Recognizing Your Saints Audience Award – Quinceanera, directed by Wash Westmoreland and Richard Glatzer The World Jury Prize – 13 Tzameti, directed by Gela Babluani The World Cinema Audience Award – No. 2, directed by Toa Fraser |