2006 Seattle Film Festival Awards
The 32nd Seattle International Film Festival was held between May 25-June 18, 2006.
Jury Awards
New Directors Showcase Award: Host & Guest, director Shin Dong-il
Special Jury Prize: Grain in Ear, director Zhang Lu
New American Cinema: Live Free or Die, directors Andy Robin and Gregg Kavet
Special Jury Prize: Ahmad Razvi's performance in Man Push Cart
Best Documentary: Gitmo, the New Rules of War, directors Erik Gandini and Tarik Sale
Special Jury Prize: Walking to Werner, director Linas Phillips
Best Short Film, Narrative: Before Dawn, director Balint Kenyeres
Special Jury Prize: Mother, director Sian Heder
Best Short Film, Documentary: Lot 63, Grave C, director Sam Green
Special Jury Prize: Undressing My Mother, director Ken Wardrop
Best Short Film, Animation: Ringo, director Dave Monahan
Special Jury Prizes: Fumi and the Bad Luck Foot, director David Chai, and Marvelous, Keen Loony Bin, director Lizzie Akina
FutureWave Awards
WaveMaker Award: Slip of the Tongue, director Karen Lum
Special Jury Prize: Rez Life, directors Nick Clark, Martin Edwards, David Aleck
FutureWave Audience Award: The Drive Thru, directed by Stacey Rozich, Matt Lewis, Jesse Lomax, Ashley Russell
Audience Awards – Golden Space Needle Awards
Best Film: OSS 117: Le Caire nid d'espions / OSS 117: Nest of Spies, director Michel Hazanavicius (France)
Runners-up: Wristcutters: A Love Story, director Goran Dukic (USA)
Elsa y Fred / Elsa & Fred, director Marcos Carnevale (Spain / Argentina)
Quinceañera, directors Wash Westmoreland, Richard Glatzer (USA)
Lassie, director Charles Sturridge (Ireland)
Best Director: Goran Dukic – Wristcutters: A Love Story (USA)
Runners-up: Andrucha Waddington – Casa de Areia / House of Sand (Brazil)
Marco Tullio Giordana – Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide (Italy)
Jean-Marc Vallée, C.R.A.Z.Y. (Canada)
Ishai Setton – The Big Bad Swim (USA)
Best Actor: Ryan Gosling – Half Nelson (USA)
Runners-up: Alan Rickman – Snow Cake (Canada/UK)
Chris Taahima – Americanese (USA)
Ulrich Thomsen – Adam's Apples (Denmark)
David Dencik – En Soap / A Soap (Denmark)
Best Actress: Fiona Gordon – The Iceberg (Belgium)
Runners-up: Sigourney Weaver – Snow Cake (Canada/UK)
Fernanda Montenegro – Casa de Areia / House of Sand (Brazil)
China Zorilla – Elsa & Fred (Spain)
Shareeka Epps – Half Nelson (USA)
Best Documentary: The Trials of Darryl Hunt – dir. Rickie Stern, Annie Sundberg (USA)
Runners-up: Heart of the Game, director Ward Serrill (USA)
American Blackout, director Ian Inaba
Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner, director Freida Lee Mock (USA)
Who Killed the Electric Car?, director Chris Paine
Short Film: Full Disclosure – Douglas Horn (USA)
Runners-up: Heavy Metal Jr – Chris Waitt (Scotland)
The Legend of the Scarecrow, director Marco Besas (Spain)
K-7, director Christopher Leone (USA)
Choque, director Nacho Vigalondo (Spain)
Lena Sharpe Award: Freida Lee Mock for Wrestling With Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (USA)
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