Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards 2006

The 7th Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards, honouring the best in film for 2006, were given by the Phoenix Film Critics Society on 19 December 2006.

Winners

Best Animated Film

• Flushed Away

Best Cinematography

• Apocalypto - Dean Semler

Best Costume Design

• Marie Antoinette - Milena Canonero

Best Director

• Martin Scorsese - The Departed

Best Documentary Film

• An Inconvenient Truth

Best Ensemble Cast

• Little Miss Sunshine''

Best Film

• 'United 93''

Best Film Editing

• The Departed - Thelma Schoonmaker

Best Foreign Language Film

• Letters from Iwo Jima (Iō Jima Kara no Tegami) • Japan

Best Live Action Family Film

• Charlotte's Web

Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Male

• Jaden Smith - The Pursuit of Happyness

Best Performance by a Youth in a Lead or Supporting Role - Female

• Abigail Breslin - Little Miss Sunshine

Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role

• Forest Whitaker - The Last King of Scotland

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role

• Helen Mirren - The Queen

Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

• Jack Nicholson - The Departed

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role

• Cate Blanchett - Notes on a Scandal

Best Production Design

• Marie Antoinette - K.K. Barrett

Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen

• Little Miss Sunshine - Michael Arndt

Best Screenplay Adapted from Another Medium

• The Departed - William Monahan

Best Stunts

• Casino Royale

Best Use of Music

• Dreamgirls

Best Visual Effects

• Superman Returns

Breakout Performance of the Year - Behind the Camera

• Emilio Estevez - Bobby

Breakout Performance of the Year - On Screen

• Jennifer Hudson - Dreamgirls

Overlooked Film of the Year

• Hard Candy