London Film Critics Circle Awards 2006



27th London Film Critics Circle Awards 8 February 2007

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.

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