Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: 2006

CFCA Award

Date:

(announced: 28 December)

Best Picture


Winner:
	Departed, The (2006)
Other Nominees:
	Babel (2006) Little Miss Sunshine (2006) Queen, The (2006) United 93 (2006)

Best Actor


Winner:
	Last King of Scotland, The (2006) - Forest Whitaker
Other Nominees:
	Departed, The (2006) - Leonardo DiCaprio Half Nelson (2006) - Ryan Gosling (I) Pursuit of Happyness, The (2006) - Will Smith (I) Venus (2006/I) - Peter O'Toole (I)

Best Actress


Winner:
	Queen, The (2006) - Helen Mirren
Other Nominees:
	Devil Wears Prada, The (2006) - Meryl Streep Little Children (2006) - Kate Winslet Notes on a Scandal (2006) - Judi Dench SherryBaby (2006) - Maggie Gyllenhaal Volver (2006/I) - Penélope Cruz

Best Supporting Actor


Winner:
	Little Children (2006) - Jackie Earle Haley
Other Nominees:
	Babel (2006) - Brad Pitt Departed, The (2006) - Jack Nicholson Dreamgirls (2006) - Eddie Murphy (I) Hollywoodland (2006) - Ben Affleck Queen, The (2006) - Michael Sheen

Best Supporting Actress


Winner:
	Babel (2006) - Rinko Kikuchi
Other Nominees:
	Babel (2006) - Adriana Barraza Dreamgirls (2006) - Jennifer Hudson (I) Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Abigail Breslin Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Toni Collette Notes on a Scandal (2006) - Cate Blanchett

Best Director


Winner:
	Departed, The (2006) - Martin Scorsese
Other Nominees:
	Babel (2006) - Alejandro González Ińárritu Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) - Clint Eastwood Queen, The (2006) - Stephen Frears United 93 (2006) - Paul Greengrass

Most Promising Director


Winner:
	Brick (2005) - Rian Johnson
Other Nominees:
	Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Jonathan Dayton; Valerie Faris Monster House (2006) - Gil Kenan (I) Thank You for Smoking (2005) - Jason Reitman V for Vendetta (2005) - James McTeigue

Best Screenplay, Original


Winner:
	Queen, The (2006) - Peter Morgan (I)
Other Nominees:
	Babel (2006) - Guillermo Arriaga (I) Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) - Iris Yamashita Little Miss Sunshine (2006) - Michael Arndt (II) United 93 (2006) - Paul Greengrass

Best Screenplay, Adapted


Winner:
	Departed, The (2006) - William Monahan (II)
Other Nominees:
	Little Children (2006) - Todd Field; Tom Perrotta Notes on a Scandal (2006) - Patrick Marber Prairie Home Companion, A (2006) - Garrison Keillor Thank You for Smoking (2005) - Jason Reitman

Best Cinematography


Winner:
	Children of Men (2006) - Emmanuel Lubezki
Other Nominees:
	Babel (2006) - Rodrigo Prieto (I) Departed, The (2006) - Michael Ballhaus (I) Fountain, The (2006) - Matthew Libatique Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) - Tom Stern (II)

Best Original Score


Winner:
	Fountain, The (2006) - Clint Mansell
Other Nominees:
	Babel (2006) - Gustavo Santaolalla Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) - Kyle Eastwood; Michael Stevens (XI) Notes on a Scandal (2006) - Philip Glass Queen, The (2006) - Alexandre Desplat

Best Documentary


Winner:
	Inconvenient Truth, An (2006)
Other Nominees:
	Deliver Us from Evil (2006) Jesus Camp (2006) Shut Up & Sing (2006) Wordplay (2006)

Best Foreign Language Film


Winner:
	Letters from Iwo Jima (2006) - USA.
Other Nominees:
	Apocalypto (2006) - USA. Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) - Mexico/Spain/USA. Tsotsi (2005) - South Africa. Volver (2006/I) - Spain.

Most Promising Performer


Winner:
	Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan (2006) - Sacha Baron Cohen - Also for Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby (2006).
Other Nominees:
	Akeelah and the Bee (2006) - Keke Palmer Babel (2006) - Rinko Kikuchi Half Nelson (2006) - Shareeka Epps Laberinto del fauno, El (2006) - Ivana Baquero