London Film Critics Circle Awards 2006 Explained

27th London Film Critics Circle Awards

8 February 2007

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Film of the Year:
United 93 ----
British Film of the Year:
The Queen

The 27th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2006, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 8 February 2007.^{[1] [2] [3] [4]}

Winners and nominees

Film of the Year

United 93

• The Departed
• Little Miss Sunshine
• The Queen
• Volver

British Film of the Year

The Queen

• Children of Men
• The Last King of Scotland
• Red Road
• The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Foreign Language Film of the Year

Volver • Spain

• Apocalypto • United States
• Black Book • Netherlands
• The Death of Mr. Lazarescu • Romania
• L'Enfant • Belgium
• Pan's Labyrinth • Mexico

Director of the Year

Paul Greengrass – United 93

• Pedro Almodóvar – Volver
• Alfonso Cuaron – Children of Men
• Guillermo del Toro – Pan's Labyrinth
• Martin Scorsese – The Departed

British Director of the Year

Stephen Frears – The Queen

• Andrea Arnold – Red Road
• Ken Loach – The Wind That Shakes the Barley
• Kevin Macdonald – The Last King of Scotland
• Christopher Nolan – The Prestige

Screenwriter of the Year

Peter Morgan – The Queen

• Dan Futterman – Capote
• Michael Arndt – Little Miss Sunshine
• Guillermo del Toro – Pan's Labyrinth
• Noah Baumbach – The Squid and the Whale

Actor of the Year

Forest Whitaker – The Last King of Scotland

• Jeff Daniels – The Squid and the Whale
• Richard Griffiths – The History Boys
• Philip Seymour Hoffman – Capote
• David Strathairn – Good Night, and Good Luck

Actress of the Year

Meryl Streep – The Devil Wears Prada

• Joan Allen – The Upside of Anger
• Penélope Cruz – Volver
• Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
• Helen Mirren – The Queen

British Actor of the Year

Toby Jones – Infamous

• Christian Bale – The Prestige
• Sacha Baron Cohen – Borat
• James McAvoy – The Last King of Scotland
• Timothy Spall – Pierrepoint

British Actress of the Year

Helen Mirren – The Queen

• Judi Dench – Notes on a Scandal
• Kate Dickie – Red Road
• Lorraine Stanley – London to Brighton
• Kate Winslet – Little Children

British Supporting Actor of the Year

Michael Caine – The Prestige

• Dominic Cooper – The History Boys
• Eddie Marsan – Pierrepoint
• Bill Nighy – Notes on a Scandal
• Leslie Phillips – Venus

British Supporting Actress of the Year

Emily Blunt – The Devil Wears Prada

• Helen McCrory – The Queen
• Juliet Stevenson – Pierrepoint
• Emma Thompson – Stranger Than Fiction
• Emily Watson – The Proposition

British Newcomer of the Year

Andrea Arnold – Red Road

• Clare-Hope Ashitey – Children of Men
• Rebecca Hall – The Prestige
• Jodie Whittaker – Venus
• Paul Andrew Williams – London to Brighton

British Producer of the Year

Paul Greengrass, Eric Fellner, Tim Bevan – United 93

• Graham King – The Departed
• Lisa Bryer, Andrea Calderwood, Charles Steel – The Last King of Scotland
• Alastair Clark, Ken Marshall, Rachel Robey, Paul Andrew Williams – London to Brighton
• Rebecca O'Brien – The Wind That Shakes the Barley

Dilys Powell Award

• Leslie Phillips

Distinguished Service to the Arts

• Helen Mirren

Notes and References

1. Web site: Mirren lauded by London critics . BBC News.
2. Web site: London critics give seven nominations to The Queen. ScreenDaily.com.
3. Web site: United 93 named best film by London critics. ScreenDaily.com.
4. Web site: 'United 93' Hailed as Film of the Year by British Critics . Hollywood.com . https://archive.today/20130125234141/http://www.hollywood.com/news/United_93_Hailed_as_Film_of_the_Year_by_British_Critics/3654462 . 25 January 2013 . dead .