2006 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Explained

32nd LAFCA Awards
Date:	December 2006
Award1 Type:	Best Picture
Award1 Winner:	Letters from Iwo Jima
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The 32nd Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards, given by the Los Angeles Film Critics Association (LAFCA), honored the best in film for 2006.^[1]

Winners

• Best Picture:
  • Letters from Iwo Jima
  • Runner-up: The Queen
• Best Director:
  • Paul Greengrass – United 93
  • Runner-up: Clint Eastwood – Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima
• Best Actor (TIE):
  • Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
  • Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland
• Best Actress:
  • Helen Mirren – The Queen
  • Runner-up: Penélope Cruz – Volver
• Best Supporting Actor:
  • Michael Sheen – The Queen
  • Runner-up: Sergi López – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
• Best Supporting Actress:
  • Luminița Gheorghiu – The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Moartea domnului Lăzărescu)
  • Runner-up: Jennifer Hudson – Dreamgirls
• Best Screenplay:
  • Peter Morgan – The Queen
  • Runner-up: Michael Arndt – Little Miss Sunshine
• Best Cinematography:
  • Emmanuel Lubezki – Children of Men
  • Runner-up: Tom Stern – Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima
• Best Production Design:
  • Eugenio Caballero – Pan's Labyrinth (El laberinto del fauno)
  • Runner-up: Jim Clay, Veronica Falzon, and Geoffrey Kirkland – Children of Men
• Best Music Score:
  • Alexandre Desplat – The Painted Veil and The Queen
  • Runner-up: Thomas Newman – The Good German and Little Children
• Best Foreign-Language Film:
  • The Lives of Others (Das Leben der Anderen) • Germany
  • Runner-up: Volver • Spain
• Best Documentary/Non-Fiction Film:
  • An Inconvenient Truth
  • Runner-up: Darwin's Nightmare
• Best Animation:
  • Happy Feet
  • Runner-up: Cars
• The Douglas Edwards Experimental/Independent Film/Video Award:
  • So Yong Kim – In Between Days
  • Kelly Reichardt – Old Joy
• New Generation Award:
  • Michael Arndt (screenwriter), Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris (co-directors) – Little Miss Sunshine
• Career Achievement Award:
  • Robert Mulligan
• Special Citation:
  • Jean-Pierre Melville's 1969 film Army of Shadows upon the occasion of its long-overdue U.S. release.
  • Jonas Mekas for his contributions to American film culture as a filmmaker, critic and co-founder of Anthology Film Archives.

External links

• 32nd Annual Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards

Notes and References

1. Web site: Brooks. Brian. New York Critics Pick “United 93” and “Letters from Iwo Jima” Top Choice in LA. IndieWire. 25 December 2017. 11 December 2006.